Contents

pp v-vi

List of Figures

pp vii-viii

Notes on Contributors

pp ix-xii

Acknowledgements

pp xiii-xvi

A Note on Spellings and Transliteration

pp xvii-xviii

Chronology of Sayyid Ahmad Khan

pp xix-xx

Introduction

pp 1-14

Part I - Sayyid Ahmad Khan: The rise of a historical figure

pp 15-16

1 - Sir Sayyid on History: The Indian Rebellion of 1857 and Rethinking the ‘Rebellious’ Muslim Question

pp 17-37

2 - Indian Muslims Are the Most Loyal Subjects of the British Raj: Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan and the Caliphate

pp 38-54

3 - Sir Sayyid on ‘The Present State of Education among Muhammadan Females’

pp 55-68

4 - Naicari Nature: Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan and the Reconciliation of Science, Technology, and Religion

pp 69-86

Part II - Musalman-e Hind: Indian Muslim in a plural environment

pp 87-88

5 - Creating a Community: Sir Sayyid and His Contemporaries

pp 89-107

6 - Envisioning a Future: Sir Sayyid Ahmad's Mission of Education

pp 108-137

7 - Religion, Science, and the Coherence of Prophetic and Natural Revelation: Sayyid Ahmad Khan's Religious Writings

pp 138-158

8 - Defending the ‘Community’: Sir Sayyid's Concept of Qaum

pp 159-174

9 - Understanding Sir Sayyid's Political Thought

pp 175-192

Part III - Sir Sayyid today: Enduring legacies

pp 193-194

10 - Bridging the Past and the Present: How Sir Sayyid Speaks to the Twenty-First Century Protestors

pp 195-213

11 - Darwin or Design? Examining Sayyid Ahmad Khan's Views on Human Evolution

pp 214-232

12 - Loss and Longing at the Qila Mu'alla: Āṣār-us Ṣanādīd and the Early Sayyid Ahmad Khan

pp 233-254

13 - A Living Legacy: Sir Sayyid Today

pp 255-272

Conclusion

pp 273-280

Suggested Further Readings

pp 281-282

Index

pp 283-292