He had already coauthored a seven-volume biography of Muhammad, which is highly regarded in the Muslim world for its scholarly merits.
Some have credited him with predicting the formation of the United Nations and both World Wars, although these claims are of questionable scholarly merit.
The objectives of the Foundation are pursued by organising, on a worldwide basis, diverse activities of cultural or scholarly merit.
There are, however, selection criteria for inclusion according to scholarly merit and scope.
Standards for submission vary, but most of these libraries ask only that donated books be in good condition and have some scholarly or literary merit.
A key element of the process is ensuring the research meets a level of quality and is of scholarly merit.
The UAP acquires, publishes, and disseminates works of scholarly merit, making them available to the broader public.
The approach suggested provides a framework for developing and evaluating qualitative research that would have both defensible scholarly merit and heuristic value.
It's very much like the standard adopted by Congress in 1985 when it spoke about endowment grants being for artistic excellence and scholarly merit.
Preferably, it would be published by a leading university press - a shining badge of scholarly merit.