Ali Shah became the 48th imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims at the young age of 7. He was known as the Aga Khan‚ a title he inherited from his father. He grew up under the care of his mother who took a great interest in his education. Until the age of 18 years‚ Aga Khan III received education in Bombay and Poona. He was later given the title “His Highness” by the British Government. The Aga Khan believed that the poor status of Muslims in India was illiteracy‚ and therefore‚ education was the greatest
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Sir Syed Ahmed Khan Muslim reformer: Through the 1850s‚ Syed Ahmed Khan began developing a strong passion for education. While pursuing studies of different subjects including European [jurisprudence]‚ Sir Syed began to realise the advantages of Western-style education‚ which was being offered at newly established colleges across India. Despite being a devout Muslim‚ Sir Syed criticised the influence of traditional dogma and religious orthodoxy‚ which had made most Indian Muslims suspicious of British
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Kim Jong II‚ Genghis Khan‚ and Ivan IV are fearless‚ ruthless leaders‚ they will always be remembered as great leaders. They formed most of today’s Europe‚ Asia and most of Korea. Though they were ruthless and fearless‚ they all had a huge impact on today’s society and both positive and negative affects. In 1162 near the border between modern Mongolia and Siberia‚ there is a soon to be one of the most recognized leaders of China and Asia‚ Genghis Khan. Temujin aka Genghis Khan established the largest
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Discuss different opinions about whether Genghis Khan was a hero or villain. While Genghis Khan’s intent was and still is very clear‚ putting the label of hero or villain next to his name is still an awfully hard task to perform. Genghis Khan can be labelled a hero because of his incredible leadership and his advanced military skills that helped him to create undoubtedly one of the largest empires the world has ever seen. Although Genghis Khan did achieve some great things‚ if you look at his ‘achievements’
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Sir Syed Ahmed Khan and His Contributions Some personalities leave far-reaching effects in history and the succeeding generations cannot ignore them. Such is the personality of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan who showed the ray of light to the Muslims and enabled them to restore their lost status. The great emancipator of the Indian Muslims Sir Syed Ahmad Khan was born at Delhi on October 17‚ 1817. This is the period when the great Mughal Empire was close to a complete collapse. Sir Syed’s family had
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6. TO SAVE MUSLIM ENTITY: Sir Syed Ahmed Khan expressed a belief that the Muslims were a separate entity from Hindus. It was not acceptable by Muslims that Hindus and Muslims can be one nation. Muslims were different in history‚ religion‚ civilization and languages. It did become important for the Muslims of India to establish a political party of their own. On December 30 1906‚ under the chairmanship of Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk‚ the yearly meeting of Muhammadan Educational Conference was held at Dhaka
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What do you find most striking about the poem Kubla Khan?’’Works of imagination should be written in very plain language; the more purely imaginative they are the more necessary it is to be plain.’’ - Samuel Taylor Coleridge. In this essay I am going to discuss one of the most famous and very striking poem Kubla Khan which was written by Coleridge. The poem is about the nature of creativity. Coleridge describes the dome of pleasure which he sees in his dream while he is opium- induced. While he
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Khan Academy ! Case study! Bus 490 How did Khan Academy start? • In late 2004‚ Khan began tutoring his cousin Nadia in mathematics using Yahoo!’s Doodle notepad. • When other relatives and friends sought similar help‚ he decided it would be more practical to distribute the tutorials on YouTube. • Khan to quit his job in finance as a hedge fund analyst at Connective Capital Management in 2009‚ to focus on the tutorials (then released under the moniker "Khan Academy") full-time
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Naren did not understand the meaning of ‘losing caste’ .one day he saw many hookas(smoking pipes) placed in one corner of the room in the household. Different pipes were kept for Brahmins‚ non Brahmins and muslims. Naren took the pipes and smoked from each one of them‚ one at a time. He wanted to see if he would lose caste by smoking from a pipe meant for someone of a lower caste. He felt no change in himself. Everything remained the same. Just then‚ vishwanath entered the room and asked him what
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