A number of former students of the Aligarh Muslim University (based in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India) and others will pay homage to Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, one of the most eminent educationists and scholars of Islam in Auckland.
The event will be held on Sunday, October 21 at 6 pm at Shanti Niwas Charitable Trust auditorium in Onehunga (14 Spring Street).
The programme will include speeches, dinner and a social sitting.
Sir Syed was born in Delhi (Mughal Empire) on October 17, 1817 and died in Aligarh (British India) on March 27, 1898.
Known as a social and Islamic reformer, he pioneered modern education for the Muslim community in India. He established the ‘Muhammedan Anglo-Oriental College, which later became the Aligarh Muslim University.
He encouraged the emergence of a new generation of Muslim entrepreneurs and politicians who composed the Aligarh movement to secure the political future of Muslims of India.
In 1842’, Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar II conferred the title of ‘Javad Ud Daulah’ on Sir Syed (conferred earlier upon his grandfather Syed Hadi by Emperor Shah Alam II in the middle of the 18th century), adding the title of ‘Arif Jang.’
The conferment of these titles was symbolic of Sir Syed’s incorporation into the nobility of Delhi.
