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 Ahma...

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