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.)

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.

Table of Contents

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 -- 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 -- CHAPTER THREE. Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan’s Framework for Muslim Modernization -- Introduction -- 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 -- 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 -- APPENDIX -- Bibliographical list -- Index -- Glossary -- Acknowledgements