Ali, Syed Ameer, 1849-1928
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- Ali, Syed Ameer. The personal law of the Mahommedans, according to all the schools, 1880:title page (Syed Ameer Ali (Moulvi, M.A., LL.B.; barrister-at-law, president magistrate of Calcutta; member of the Faculty of Law, Calcutta University; late member of the Legislative Council of Bengal, etc.))
- Britannica.com, academic edition, January 15, 2015(Sayyid Amir Ali (born April 6, 1849, Cuttack, India; died August 3, 1928, Sussex, England), jurist, writer, and Muslim leader who favoured British rule in India rather than possible Hindu domination of an independent India; Amir Ali received his law degree from the University of Calcutta; he was called to the bar of the Inner Temple (1873) in England and returned to practice in Calcutta (now Kolkata), becoming a judge of the High Court in 1890; a permanent resident of England from 1904, he was appointed to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in 1909; the following year he helped establish the first mosque in London; Amir Ali founded the National Mohammedan Association (1877) to provide Muslims with experience in Western political techniques and to protect their interests, he founded the British Red Crescent Society; he furthered Western understanding of Islam by writing the first presentation of Islam by a Muslim in the English language: The Critical Examination of the Life and Teachings of Mohammed (1873); he also wrote Spirit of Islam (1891))
- His A short history of Saracens, 1900.
- His A short hist. of the ... 1900.
- His Memoirs and other writings of Syed Ameer Ali, 1985.
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Syed Ameer Ali (6 April 1849 – 3 August 1928) was an Indian jurist, a prominent political leader, and the author of a number of influential books on Muslim history and the modern development of Islam. He hailed from the State of Oudh, from where his father moved and settled down in the Bengal Presidency, and is credited for his contributions to the Law of India, particularly Muslim personal law, as well as the development of political philosophy for Muslims, during the British Raj. He was a signatory to the 1906 Petition to the Viceroy and was thus a founding member of the All India Muslim League. He played a key role in securing separate electorates for the Muslims in British India and promoting the cause of the Khilafat Movement.
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