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008			200609b2019 ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020			_a9781108705240
082			_a954.0309 SAI-Y
100			_aedited by Saikia, Yasmin
245			_aThe Cambridge companion to Sayyid Ahmad Khan / _cedited by Yasmin Saikia and M. Raisur Rahman
260			_aIndia _bCambridge University Press _c2019
300			_a292 p.
365			_aINR _b595.00.
500			_aThis 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.
650			_aMuslim educators
650			_aMuslims--Education
650			_aAḥmad K̲h̲ān̲, Sayyid, Sir, 1817-1898
650			_aIndia
650			_aAligarh Muslim University
700			_aRahman, M. Raisur