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Justice Syed Mahmood (also spelled Sayyid Mahmud; 24 May 1850 – 8 May 1903) was Puisne Judge of the High Court, in the North-Western Provinces of British India from 1887 to 1893, after having served in the High Court in a temporary capacity as officiating judge on four previous periods since 1882.
Apr 18, 2022 · How judge Syed Mahmood, known for dissent under the British Raj, shaped an interfaith debate. An excerpt from ‘Syed Mahmood: Colonial India’s Dissenting Judge’, by Mohammad Nasir and Samreen...
May 13, 2022 · New Delhi: A new book titled ‘Syed Mahmood: Colonial India’s Dissenting Judge’ documents the life of Justice Syed Mahmood, son of social reformer Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, who became the first Indian judge of the Allahabad High Court at 32. He went on to become an icon of judicial resistance to British colonialism in the late 19th century.
5 days ago · In 1887, Syed Mahmood, the younger son of the eminent Indian social reformer, thinker and educationist Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, became the first Muslim and North-Indian to officiate as a permanent...
In the late 19th century, Justice Syed Mahmood, son of the great social reformer Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, and the first Indian judge of the Allahabad High Court, became an icon of judicial resistance to British colonialism at the apex of British power across the world.
- Mohammad Nasir, Samreen Ahmed
Jun 10, 2022 · Syed Mahmood would have been a brilliant, and perhaps even singular, judge in any age but he might not have resigned under what the authors Mohammad Nasir and Samreen Ahmed describe as “acrimonious” circumstances in 1893, after a five-year tenure in the high court, in any previous dispensation.
In the late 19th century, Justice Syed Mahmood, son of the great social reformer Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, and the first Indian judge of the Allahabad High Court, became an icon of judicial resistance to British colonialism at the apex of British power across the world.
