This
commemorative volume, marking the bicentenary of an outstanding thinker,
writer, educationist, and visionary — Sir Syed Ahmad Khan (1817-1898) brings
into sharper light the various facets of Sir Syed’s genius. Contributors to the
volume, hailing from the US, Europe, and South Asia, provide fresh perspectives
on Sir Syed’s oeuvre, and his sterling contributions to domains as diverse as
the Quran interpretation, Prophet Muhammad’s biography, social reform, Urdu
language and literature, journalism, travelogue, archaeology, history,
politics, inter-Faith understanding, and, above all, education.
This volume
offers a nuanced, critical exploration of the historic phenomenon of the
awakening of the Indian Muslims to the challenges of modernity, which was set
in motion by this great Muslim Renaissance Man of India - Sir Syed Ahmad
Khan. Sir Syed is,
nonetheless, acclaimed most for having founded in 1877, against the bleak
conditions contingent on the end of the Muslim rule in India, the
Mohammedan-Anglo Oriental College (the MAO College) at Aligarh which sensitized
Indian Muslims to Western education and modernity, which, in turn, inspirited
them. In 1920, the MAO College was elevated to the Aligarh Muslim University
(AMU) which now ranks amid the top Indian universities.
Book Detail
- Publisher
- N A
- Publication Date
- 01/01/2017
- Number of Pages
- 100
- Binding
- Paper Back
- ISBN
- 9789386243645
- Category
-
Management and Leadership
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