Sayyid Ahmad Khan

Japanese: サイイド･アフマド･ハーン（英語表記）Sayyid Aḥ‐mad Khān

1817‐97
An Indian Muslim social reformer. Born into a distinguished family of Mughal nobles in Delhi, his family's status had already fallen into decline before the Indian Mutiny (the Sepoy Mutiny). After his father's death, at the age of 21, he became a judicial officer for the East India Company, overcoming opposition from those around him, and rose to the position of assistant judge, but retired in 1876. He accepted British rule as being well-intentioned, rejected the idea of anti-British resistance among Muslims, maintained a pro-British attitude, and declared his loyalty to the British during the Indian Mutiny.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1817‐97
インドのムスリムの社会改革家。デリーのムガル貴族の血を引く名門の出であるが，その家柄はインド大反乱(セポイの反乱)以前にすでに没落していた。父の死後21歳のとき，周囲の反対を押し切って東インド会社の司法官吏となり，判事補にまで昇進したが1876年に退職。彼はイギリス支配を善意によるものとして受け入れ，ムスリムの間の反英抵抗の思想を否定，親英的態度を保ち，インド大反乱に際してもイギリス側に忠誠を表明した。

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