| LC control no. | n 50039201 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Ali, Syed Ameer, 1849-1928 |
| Variant(s) | Amīr ʻAlī, 1849-1928 ʻAlī, Amīr, 1849-1928 Syed Ameer Ali, 1849-1928 Ameer Ali, 1849-1928 Ali, Ameer, 1849-1928 سيد امير علي علي سيد أمير، 1849-1928 |
| Associated country | India England |
| Associated place | Kolkata (India) |
| Birth date | 1849-04-06 |
| Death date | 1928-08-03 |
| Place of birth | Cuttack (India) |
| Place of death | Sussex (England) |
| Field of activity | Islamic law Law Islam Muslims |
| Affiliation | Great Britain. Privy Council. Judicial Committee India. High Court (Kolkata, India) University of Calcutta Bengal (India). Legislative Council |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyers Law teachers Judges Authors |
| Special note | Machine-derived non-Latin script reference project. Non-Latin script references not evaluated. |
| Found in | His A short history of Saracens, 1900. His Memoirs and other writings of Syed Ameer Ali, 1985. Ali, Syed Ameer. The personal law of the Mahommedans, according to all the schools, 1880: title page (Syed Ameer Ali (Moulvi, M.A., LL.B.; barrister-at-law, president magistrate of Calcutta; member of the Faculty of Law, Calcutta University; late member of the Legislative Council of Bengal, etc.)) Britannica.com, academic edition, January 15, 2015 (Sayyid Amir Ali (born April 6, 1849, Cuttack, India; died August 3, 1928, Sussex, England), jurist, writer, and Muslim leader who favoured British rule in India rather than possible Hindu domination of an independent India; Amir Ali received his law degree from the University of Calcutta; he was called to the bar of the Inner Temple (1873) in England and returned to practice in Calcutta (now Kolkata), becoming a judge of the High Court in 1890; a permanent resident of England from 1904, he was appointed to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in 1909; the following year he helped establish the first mosque in London; Amir Ali founded the National Mohammedan Association (1877) to provide Muslims with experience in Western political techniques and to protect their interests, he founded the British Red Crescent Society; he furthered Western understanding of Islam by writing the first presentation of Islam by a Muslim in the English language: The Critical Examination of the Life and Teachings of Mohammed (1873); he also wrote Spirit of Islam (1891)) |
| Associated language | eng |
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