The Cambridge Companion to Sayyid Ahmad Khan
- Editors:
- Yasmin Saikia, Arizona State University
- M. Raisur Rahman, Wake Forest University, North Carolina
- Date Published: March 2019
- availability: In stock
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781108483872
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This volume examines Sayyid Ahmad Khan's life, his contribution, and legacy in the context of current times. The editors engage his writings, ideas, and activities to read and present his work critically, not as a biographical account of his life but approach his work keeping in mind the tumultuous political events and changes of the nineteenth century, after the failed revolt of 1857 when Indians were transformed into colonial subjects. The collective anxieties of the Indian communities, particularly the Muslims, cried out for a new local leadership; Sayyid Ahmad Khan rose up to this occasion etching the way forward for Indians, in general, and Muslims in particular. Sayyid Ahmad Khan's multifaceted work offers an important understanding for national thinking emerging from the location of the Muslim, but it is not a 'minority' voice with vested political interests rather a constructive and integrative voice of relevance even today for addressing difficult problems.
Read more- Contributions from eminent and emerging scholars of Muslim South Asia
- Discusses the relevance of Sayyid Ahmad Khan as a global figure
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- Date Published: March 2019
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781108483872
- length: 308 pages
- dimensions: 236 x 165 x 28 mm
- weight: 0.53kg
- availability: In stock
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
Notes on contributors
Acknowledgements
A chronology of Sayyid Ahmad Khan's life
Introduction Yasmin Saikia and M. Raisur Rahman
Part I. Sayyid Ahmad Khan: The Rise of a Historical Figure:
1. Sir Sayyid on history: the Great Revolt of 1857 and rethinking the 'rebellious' Muslim question Yasmin Saikia
2. 'The Indian Muslims are the most loyal subjects of the British Raj': Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan and the Caliphate Carimo Mohomed
3. Sir Sayyid on 'the present state of education among Muhammadan females' Gail Minault
4. Naicari nature: Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan and the reconciliation of science, technology and religion David Lelyveld
Part II. Musalman-e-Hind: Indian Muslim in a Plural Environment:
5. Creating a community: Sir Sayyid and his contemporaries M. Raisur Rahman
6. Envisioning a future: Sir Sayyid's mission of education Mohammad Sajjad
7. Religion, science, and the coherence of prophetic and natural revelation: Sayyid Ahmad Khan's religious writings Charles M. Ramsey
8. Defending the 'community': Sir Sayyid's concept of qaum Frances W. Pritchett
9. Understanding the political thought of Sir Sayyid Mirza Asmer Beg
Part III. Sir Sayyid Today: Enduring Legacies:
10. Bridging the past and the present: how Sir Sayyid speaks to the twenty-first century angry protestors Mohammad Asim Siddiqui
11. Darwin or design? Examining Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan's views on human evolution Sarah Ahmed Kidwai
12. Loss and longing at the qila mu'alla: Āṣār-us-Ṣanādīd and the early Sayyid Ahmad Khan Mrinalini Rajagopalan
13. A living legacy: Sir Sayyid today Amber Abbas
Conclusion Yasmin Saikia and M. Raisur Rahman
Suggested further readings
Index.
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