‘Sir Syed unfailingly stood for all Indians’
The Hindu
In Sir Syed Ahmad Khan: Reason, Religion And Nation, Professor Shafey Kidwai combines the rigour of a scholar and the flair of a scribe to evaluate a complex figure who merits an honest appraisal
A Raj loyalist or a social reformist, the conundrum has shrouded the legacy of Syed Ahmad Khan (1817-1898) for more than a century. In Sir Syed Ahmad Khan: Reason, Religion And Nation (Routledge India), Professor Shafey Kidwai has penned an objective analysis of the man who was undoubtedly more than the founder of the Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College that grew into Aligarh Muslim University more than two decades after his death.
With a foreword by Professor Irfan Habib, the book deals with Sir Syed’s attitude towards Congress leaders, his shifting concepts of watan (nation) and qaum (community) and his views on girl education.
A seasoned professor of journalism at AMU, Prof. Kidwai has written extensively on Sir Syed. In 2019, Sawaneh-e-Sir Syed: Ek Bazadeed, a biography of Sir Syed in Urdu, fetched him the prestigious Sahitya Akademi award.
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