Sir Syed Ahmad Khan-Reformer and first protagonist of Muslim Nationalism
Subtitle: Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Publisher: National Book Council of Pakistan
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Pakistan
Format: History
Number of pages: 383
Description: Paper bound
Table of contents: title: Islam is a universal Religion and Muslims as such, are a Universal brotherhood transccnding the barriers of geography, colour and racc. indccd, the concept of ' Nation' is alien to the spirit of Islam and its very concept is Western. Even in our own times, the Ulema, as a class, think that the concept of 'Nation' is repugnant to te belief in Islam. In the life-time of Syed Ahmed Khan Portends of Hindu-Muslim discord had already begun to appear just within ten years of assumption of paramountcy by the British. A few distinguished Hindus proposed that the Urdu language and the Persian script, which was used for writing, should be, as far as possible, discontinued in the courts of Law, and that the Hindi Bhasha, written in Devanagri script should be adopted in its place. The opponents of Urdu wrote a number of spiteful articles suggesting that Urdu should be reserved for Muslims only, while Hindus should be taught in Hindi.; title: Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, the father of Muslim renaissance and resurgence as a nation and a political force in the Indo-Pak sub-continent was born on 17th October 1817 at Delhi. Syed Ahmed Khan was the first in the annals of the seven hundred years of the existence of the Muslim Community.  It goes to the credit of Syed Ahmed that he created among the Muslims the awareness that they are a Nation and that for the preservation of their identity as a Nation they must of necessity coordinate with each other on country wide basis for their progress. To inculcate the consciousness of national unity he worked for the establishment of a Muslim University exactly on the pattern of Oxford and Cambridge Universities catering fully to the religious education alongside Western education. Thus the idea of a Muslim Nation  kindled by Syed Ahmed Khan.