Boden Professor of Sanskrit election, 1860
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Zaɓen da aka yi a 1860 don matsayin Boden Farfesa na Sanskrit a Jami'ar Oxford wata gasa ce tsakanin 'yan takara biyu da ke ba da hanyoyi daban-daban ga malanta Sanskrit . Daya shine Monier Williams, Baturen Ingila wanda yayi karatun Oxford wanda ya kwashe shekaru 14 yana koyar da Sanskrit ga wadanda suke shirin yin aiki a British India Company na Gabashin Indiya . Sauran, Max Müller, malami ne haifaffen Jamus a Oxford wanda ya kware a fannin ilimin halin dan Adam, kimiyyar harshe. Ya shafe shekaru da yawa yana aiki akan bugu na Rig Veda (tsohuwar tarin waƙoƙin Vedic Sanskrit ) kuma ya sami suna na duniya don karatunsa. Williams, akasin haka, yayi aiki akan kayan daga baya kuma yana da ɗan lokaci don makarantar "nahiya" ta malanta Sanskrit wanda Müller ya misalta. Williams ya ɗauki nazarin Sanskrit a matsayin hanya ta ƙarshe, wato maida Indiya zuwa Kiristanci. A ra'ayin Müller, aikinsa, yayin da zai taimaki masu wa'azi a ƙasashen waje, yana da amfani a matsayin ƙarshensa.
Zaben dai ya zo ne a daidai lokacin da jama'a suka tafka muhawara game da rawar da Birtaniyya ta taka a Indiya sakamakon tawayen da Indiya ta yi a shekara ta 1857 . An raba ra'ayoyi kan ko ya kamata a yi ƙoƙari sosai don sauya Indiya ko kuma a ci gaba da kula da al'adu da al'adun gida. Dukkan mutanen biyu sun yi gwagwarmaya don neman kuri'un masu zabe ( Convocation na jami'a, wanda ya ƙunshi fiye da 3,700). wadanda suka kammala karatun digiri) ta hanyar bayyanawa da wasikun jaridu. Williams ya nuna matukar damuwa a yakin neman zabensa kan manufar asalin wanda ya kafa kujerar, cewa mai rike da mukamin ya taimaka wajen sauya Indiya ta hanyar yada litattafai na Kirista. Ra'ayin Müller shi ne cewa aikinsa a kan Rig Veda yana da matukar amfani ga aikin mishan, kuma ya buga shaidar hakan. Ya kuma so ya koyar da darussa masu yawa kamar tarihin Indiya da wallafe-wallafe don taimaka wa masu wa’azi na mishan, malamai, da ma’aikatan gwamnati – shawara da Williams ya soki cewa bai dace da ainihin abin da mai taimako ya yi ba. Kamfen ɗin masu hamayya sun fitar da tallace-tallacen jaridu da watsa shirye-shirye, kuma jaridu daban-daban sun goyi bayan kowane mutum. Ko da yake galibi ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin wanda ya fi Williams a malanta, Müller yana da lahani biyu (a gaban wasu) kasancewar Jamusanci da kuma samun ra'ayoyin Kirista masu sassaucin ra'ayi. Wasu daga cikin maganganun jaridun da ke goyon bayan Williams sun dogara ne akan wata ikirari na kasa na samun Bature a matsayin farfesa Boden don taimakawa da aikin mulki da canza Indiya.
An ba da jiragen ƙasa na musamman zuwa Oxford a ranar zaɓe, 7 ga Disamba, 1860, don waɗanda ba mazaunan Convocation ba don kada kuri'unsu. A karshen yakin neman zabe, Williams ya samu rinjaye da kuri'u sama da 220. Bayan haka, ya taimaka wajen kafa Cibiyar Indiya a Oxford, ya sami matsayin jarumi, kuma ya rike kujera har mutuwarsa a 1899. Müller, ko da yake ya ji takaicin shan kashinsa, ya ci gaba da zama a Oxford har tsawon rayuwarsa, amma bai taba koyar da Sanskrit a can ba. Zaɓen 1860 shine karo na ƙarshe da Convocation ya zaɓi Farfesa Boden, saboda an cire wannan ikon a 1882 sakamakon gyare-gyaren da majalisar ta yi. As of 2017[update] , Farfesan har yanzu yana nan, kuma yanzu shine farkon farfesa na Sanskrit na ƙarshe a Burtaniya.