Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan and the Muslim Cause in British India / / Belkacem Belmekki.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2020
• VerfasserIn: Belmekki, Belkacem,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Islamkundliche Untersuchungen , 292
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (179 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; CHAPTER ONE. Prologue: Muslim Predicament under British Rule --; 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 --; CHAPTER TWO. The Emergence of Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan: A Nineteenth Century Indian Muslim Reformer --; 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 --; CHAPTER THREE. Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan’s Framework for Muslim Modernization --; I. Loyalty to the British --; II. Devotion to Education --; III. Socio-religious Reform --; IV. Reaction to Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan’s Reform Movement --; CHAPTER FOUR. The Deterioration of Hindu-Muslim Interrelations and Muslim Breakaway --; 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 --; APPENDIX --; Bibliographical list --; Index --; Glossary --; Acknowledgements
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783112208687; 9783110696288; 9783110696271; 9783110704716; 9783110704518; 9783110704730; 9783110704525
• ISSN: 0939-1940
• DOI: 10.1515/9783112208687
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Belkacem Belmekki.

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.