Islam and the British Empire

1. Islam and the British Empire Quest for an identity in a new world

2. Diversity within Indian Islam • Delhi Sultanate, Mughal Empire and the Heartland of Muslim aristocracy in North India • Muslim Peasantry in Bengal and their supposed backwardness • Punjab Muslims and their wider Connections with Military in the Empire • Hyderabad and Muslim Kingdom in Deccan • Kashmir under Hindu Rule • Autonomous Territories of North Western Frontier Province

3. The Fear of Decline Muslim Resentment of the British India • Muslim Aristocrats in Delhi and United Province and their Fear of Decline of Social Status and loss of Power • The Rebellion of 1857 and the growing Mistrust of Colonial Rule • Enumerated Identities, Civil Service and Democracy Undermining the position of Muslim Service Gentry • Urdu the language of North Indian Muslims under siege • Cow Protection Movement and Communal Riots • Reluctance to Accept British Colonial Education • Hunter’s Indian Musalman and the idea of a homogenous backward monolithic Muslim Community

4. Debates within Muslim Community • MaulanaQasimNanautavi and the establishment of Dar UlUloom at Deoband (1866) • Pan Islamists Net Works and Continuation of Anti colonial sentiment • Sir Syed Ahmad Khan [1817-1898] • Aligarh Muhammadan Anglo Oriental College 1875 • Alliance with the government and counsel against the participation in Indian Nationalist Movement • Muslim Peasant Resistance in Kerala and Bengal