Tags: Philosopher.

Syed Ahmad Khan KCSI Urdu: سر سید احمد خان‎; 17 October 1817 – 27 March 1898) born Syed Ahmad Taqvi; Urdu: سید احمد تقوی‎) commonly known as Sir Syed was an Anglo–Indian Muslim philosopher pragmatist and social activist of nineteenth century India.In 1842 Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar–II conferred upon Sir Syed the title of Javad-ud Daulah conferred upon Sir Syed’s grandfather Syed Hadi by Emperor Shah Alam II around the middle of the 18th century.

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birth date
1817-10-17
birth place
India, Delhi, Mughal Empire
death date
1898-03-27
death place
India, Aligarh Uttar Pradesh, Presidencies and provinces of British India
era
Modern history
influenced
Louis Mountbatten 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Pervez Musharraf, Politics of Pakistan, All-India Muslim League, Pakistan Movement, Ziauddin Ahmad, Aligarh_Movement
influenced by
John Locke, Thomas Paine, Thomas Walker Arnold, Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner
main interest
Aesthetics, Metaphysics, Pragmatism, Christianity and Islam, Ordinary language philosophy
notableIdea
Two-nation theory
philosophicalSchool
Renaissance philosophy, Islamic philosophy

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