Nahda-izing India
The Urdu-Hindi Debate and its Arabic Alternative, c. 1860s–1947
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8967341 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Roy Bar Sadeh (0000-0001-9315-1809, Yale University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 146-151 |
| Publication date | 2023-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s002074382300048x |
| OpenAlex | W4365515026 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 14 |
In 1869–70, the celebrated South Asian Muslim intellectual Sayyid Ahmad Khan (1817–98) visited Egypt on his way to England. Khan, one of South Asia's most renowned Muslim thinkers, was the founder of the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College (est. 1875; hereafter MAO College), a higher education institution in the North Indian town of Aligarh modeled after Oxbridge. Responding to intensified efforts by Hindu organizations to elevate the status of Devanagari-script Hindi to that of Urdu in Indian provincial courts, Khan argued throughout his journey that the use of Urdu was even more extensive than that of French in Europe, contrasting it with Hindi, which he “did not find anywhere.” In his view, Urdu was a clear and simple language that facilitated connections between diverse peoples, unlike Hindi
Ancient history · Arabic · Arabic script · Art · Character (mathematics · Devanagari · Hindi · Hinduism · Indian literature · Linguistics · Literature · South asia · Urdu · History · Philosophy · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Religious studies · Social and Economic Development in India · South Asian Studies and Diaspora
Arabic Thought in the Liberal Age 1798–1939
The Aga Khan Case
Monsoon Islam
Arabic thought beyond the liberal age
Empire and Arab Indology
Arabic, the Arab Middle East, and the Definition of Muslim Identity in Twentieth Century India
A Book of Conquest
Across the Divide
The Trans-Border Traffic of Afghan Modernism
Colonial Knowledge and the Fate of Hindustani
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |