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Definition
Amīr ‘Alī was a Muslim thinker, law professor, high court judge, and politician in India and a member of the United Kingdom’s Privy Council, to date the only Muslim member.
Education and Early Life
Amīr ‘Alī was born in Chinsura, Bengal on April 6, 1849. His family were sayyids, descendants of Muḥammad through his daughter Fāṭimah and her husband ‘Alī through the eighth Shīʿah Imām, Ali Riḍʿā‘. As Sayyids, his family belonged to the elite class in Bengal where the ashrāf class preferred Bengali language and culture. Although the Shīʿah were a minority in Bengal, most ashrāf were Shīʿah, as were the ruling Nawabs at this time, the Najafi dynasty (1757–1880; clients of the British). ‘Alī’s family were wealthy landowners, having settled in India in 1739 after Nadir Shah (1688–1747), Shah of Iran, had invaded India. ‘Alī’s father, Syed Saadat Ali Khan, studied unani...
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Timur
Turco-Mongol conqueror (1320s–1405)
"Tamerlane" and "Tamerlan" redirect here. For the poem, see Tamerlane (poem). For people named Tamerlan, see Tamerlan (given name). For people named Timur or Temur, see Timur (name). For other uses, see Timur (disambiguation).
Timur,[b] also known as Tamerlane[c] (1320s – 17–18 February 1405), was a Turco-Mongol conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire in and around modern-day Afghanistan, Iran, and Central Asia, becoming the first ruler of the Timurid dynasty. An undefeated commander, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest military leaders and tacticians in history, as well as one of the most brutal and deadly.[8][9][10] Timur is also considered a great patron of art and architecture, for he interacted with intellectuals such as Ibn Khaldun, Hafez, and Hafiz-i Abru and his reign introduced the Timurid Renaissance.
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Syed Ameer Ali: A Modern South Asian Thinker
By Mohammad Ali, New Age Islam
25 August 2022
Ameer Ali Set Out To Remove Them By Introducing Prophet Muhammad Not Solely As An Object Of Attraction Of The Divine Revelation But Also As A ‘Seer’ A ‘Teacher’, And A ‘Philosopher’ Who Contributed The Most To The Uplift Of Humanity
Main Points:
• This essay discusses the salient points of the thoughts of one of the most prominent and earliest Muslim modernists of South Asia.
• This essay derives ideas from his seminal book, Spirit of Islam, and his memoirs, Memoirs and Other Writings of Syed Ameer Ali (ed. S. Raza Wasti).
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Syed Ameer Ali (1849-1928)
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Biographical Account
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