Syed Ahmed Khan

Other names: 

Saiyid Ahmad Khan

Location

Mecklenburgh Square WC1N 2AF
United Kingdom
51° 31' 28.1136" N, 0° 7' 6.9096" W
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Date of birth: 
17 Oct 1817
City of birth: 
Delhi
Country of birth: 
India
Date of death: 
27 Mar 1898
Location of death: 
Aligarh, India
Location: 

21 Mecklenburgh Square, Camden (1869-70)

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About: 

Syed Ahmed Khan was a prominent Muslim reformer and leader. He founded the Muslim Anglo-Oriental College in Aligarh in 1877, which proved to be a highly influential educational institution for Muslim and Indian politics in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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Secondary works: 

Robinson, Francis, ‘Ahmad Khan, Sir Saiyid [Syed Ahmed Khan] (1817–1898)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004) [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/47667]

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Archive source: 

Aligarh Muslim University