Format:
1 Online-Ressource (179 p)
Edition:
[Online-Ausgabe]
ISBN:
9783112208687
Series Statement:
Islamkundliche Untersuchungen 292
Content:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- I. The Fall of Muslim Hegemony and the Coming of the British -- II. The Impact of British Rule on Muslims -- III. The Impact of the Indian Great Revolt on Muslim Community -- Introduction -- I. Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan’s View of the Causes of the Great Revolt -- II. Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan’s Defence of Islam and the Muslim Community in the Indian Sub-continent -- Introduction -- I. Loyalty to the British -- II. Devotion to Education -- III. Socio-religious Reform -- IV. Reaction to Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan’s Reform Movement -- Introduction -- I. The Urdu-Hindi Language Controversy -- II. The Foundation of the Indian National Congress -- III. Muslim Reaction to the Founding of the Indian National Congress -- IV. Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan’s Doctrine of “Aloofness from Politics” -- EPILOGUE. Post-Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan’s Era: A New Context -- Bibliographical list -- Index -- Glossary -- Acknowledgements
Content:
This book seeks to outline Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan’s approach to the Muslim cause in British India. Hailed by his supporters – mainly Muslim nationalists in South Asia – as a great leader, and criticized scathingly by his opponents and dubbed as a ‘toady’ or ‘sycophant’ of the British, Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan remains, hitherto, a very controversial personality. Be that as it may, no one can deny his decisive role in shaping his co-religionists’ destiny in the Indian Sub-continent up to independence, namely the creation of Pakistan. He was, indeed, one of those who took the initiative to save Islam and Muslims from further disgrace and deterioration, at a time when the process of the disintegration of the Muslim world was set in motion and the fate of the Indian Muslims had already begun following a downward trajectory. This book also explores his socio-religious reforms, and particularly his fresh orientation over the issue of Muslim-Christian relationship in the light of modern times, a subject deemed very sensitive in the Indian context at the time
Note:
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783879973774
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als print ISBN 9783879973774
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783112208687
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