CONTENTS: Preface, Introduction by Syed Khalid Rashid, PART 1: CONFERENE PAPERS: 1. The Institution of Waqf and its Historical Evolution: With Special Reference to the Dargah of Ajmer by Mushtaa Ahmad, 2. Islamic Financial Instruments for the Development of Waqf Properties (With Special Reference to India) by Syed Khalid Rashid, 3. Certain Current Issues Relating to the Administration of Awqaf in India by Syed Zafar Mahmood, 4. Legal Framework, Protection and Maintenance of Awqaf by M Afzal Wani, 5. Action Plan fopr the Protection & Improvement of Waqf Properties by Ahmadullah Khan, 6. Importance of Informal Structures in Protecting Awqaf and some other Matters by M U Siddiqui, PART II: CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS: Rajasthan Conference on the Protection and Maintenance of Awqaf, Jaipur (October 25-27, 2002)-Programme, Key-note Adddress by Dr Mohd. Manzoor Alam, Welcome Address by Shabber Khan, Inaugural Address by Shri Ashok Gehlot, Chief Guest's Address by Justice Aftab Alam, Presidential Address by Maulana Nizamuddin, Valedictory Address by Justice Syed Sagbir Ahmad, Valedictory Session Address by Prof Abdul Rehman Momin, Resolutions Adopted at the Rajasthan Waqf Conference, Jaipur (October 25-27 2002), A Report on the Rajasthan Waqf Conference (Theme of the Conference: Protection, Maintenance and Development of Awqaf in Rajasthan, Jaipur), October 25-27, 2002, PART III: APPENDICES: aPPENDIX 1 TO 4, Burney Committee Report, 1976, List of Cases, List of Statutes, Index.