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I noticed that some of his most significant works is missing from the listing. Sir Syed wrote: -A complete Biography of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him); as well as -A partial commentary on the Holy Bible (The first commentary of the Bible ever written by a Muslim. Must be a fascinating read for the devout of Islam or Christianity.)

Both of these are mentioned in Graham's Biography, which, as you know, is the trusted source on Sir Syed within intellectual circles. If you talk about The Biography of Sir Syed, you probably mean Graham's Biography of him. They were contemporaries - Graham was an englishman who was very impressed with this intelligent "native" (as they called him in the 1800's).

[edit] NPOV

This article is intensely biased against Hindus and the Indian National Congress.

Syed Ahmed Khan was a critic of the Congress, but the article goes far beyond this without absolutely no factual basis. He is presented as anti-Gandhi and anti-India, and pro-Pakistan.

For example, it says Khan was disappointed that Hindus and Congress were working against Muslims. This is outrageous! Gandhi and the Congress at no end harped about bringing Hindus and Muslims together. It is insane, especially when there is no evidence offered!

Jai Sri Rama!

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I disagree. I find the article to be fairly neutral, and the information about Ahmed Khan to be accurate. The quote in the article is not, "He was disappointed that Hindus and Congress were working against MUSLIMS", but instead, "He was pained to see both Congress and Hindus working against the INTEREST of the MUSLIMS." Khan did think that Congress' goals were against the interests of the Muslim community, which could use a little clarifying in the article, but overall the article seems fine in my opinion. (12-14-05)

Article is fairly neutral. Gandhi and other hindu leaders where working against Muslims, this is a fact anyou should embrace it. --digitalSurgeon 06:30, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Bullshit, And you are PAkistani, no Indian or Bannladeshi muslim would ever say something that disgusting. Anyway, muslims faced social boycott under the british after 1857 because of their role in the revolution. Although I provide no link here, sinse Sir Syed worked for the british and was generally a supporter of the govt. He believed that muslims had to integrate with the british further to regain their lost edge (Because of the primary rejection of british education), the congress, on the other hand, became increasingly hostile to the British and demanded as much separation as possible. -XK

[edit] Sir

What's "Sir", is that an honorific, or part of the name? If it's an honorific, when did he get the title?--128.139.226.37 20:33, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

It's a title, he was a loyal supporter of the British rule, and a great reformer, deserved it I guess. -XK

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This "Sir" is the title from Knighthood. He was being Knighted by the British ( as mentioned in the article).