| A Moral Reckoning: Muslim Intellectuals in Nineteenth-Century Delhi Contributor(s): Hasan, Mushirul (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195691970 ISBN-13: 9780195691979 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2008 Annotation: This volume discusses the lives of five significant and influential figures of nineteenth-century Delhi -- Mohammad Zakaullah, Nazir Ahmad, Sayyid Ahmad Khan, Mizra Asadullah Khan Ghalib, and Khwaja Altaf Husain Hali. It studies their attitudes and behaviour towards one another, their responses to the onset of colonial rule, their experience of living through the 1857 Rebellion, their reappraisal of their culture and identity, and above all, the impact of their thinking and activism on their contemporaries. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - India & South Asia - Social Science | Islamic Studies - History | Modern - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 954.560 |
| Series: Oxford India Paperbacks |
| Physical Information: 332 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Indian - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Religious Orientation - Islamic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume discusses the lives of five significant and influential figures of nineteenth-century Delhi -- Mohammad Zakaullah, Nazir Ahmad, Sayyid Ahmad Khan, Mizra Asadullah Khan Ghalib, and Khwaja Altaf Husain Hali. It studies their attitudes and behavior towards one another, their responses to the onset of colonial rule, their experience of living through the 1857 Rebellion, their reappraisal of their culture and identity, and above all, the impact of their thinking and activism on their contemporaries. |