Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College

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Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College was a pioneering late 19th-century educational institution in Aligarh, India, founded by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan to promote modern Western-style education among Indian Muslims and later evolved into Aligarh Muslim University.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf college
educational institution
aim promote modern education among Indian Muslims
reconcile Islamic tradition with Western knowledge
architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic NERFINISHED
associatedPerson Syed Mahmood NERFINISHED
Theodore Beck NERFINISHED
Theodore Morison NERFINISHED
associatedWith Aligarh Movement NERFINISHED
campusSetting urban
country India
curriculum English literature
Islamic studies
Oriental studies
modern sciences
developedInto Aligarh Muslim University NERFINISHED
educationalLevel college
school
educationalPhilosophy modern Western-style education
establishedIn 1875
foundedBy Sir Syed Ahmad Khan NERFINISHED
founder Sir Syed Ahmad Khan NERFINISHED
governanceModel trust-managed institution
historicalEra late 19th century
inception 1875
inspiredBy British public school model
Cambridge University NERFINISHED
Oxford University NERFINISHED
languageOfInstruction English
Urdu
legacy influenced Muslim educational reform in South Asia
model for later Muslim institutions in the subcontinent
locatedIn Aligarh NERFINISHED
British India NERFINISHED
Uttar Pradesh
mottoLanguage Urdu NERFINISHED
namedAfter Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental NERFINISHED
notableMovement Aligarh Movement NERFINISHED
primaryCommunityServed Indian Muslims
regionServed North India NERFINISHED
religiousAffiliation Islam NERFINISHED
significance pioneering institution for Muslim modern education in India
precursor of Aligarh Muslim University
statusChange upgraded to university
statusChangeDate 1920
studentDemographic primarily Muslim male students
successor Aligarh Muslim University NERFINISHED
typeOfInstitution modernist Muslim college
residential college

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Aligarh Muslim University formerName Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan (through AMU) founded Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College
subject surface form: Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan (through AMU) hasPredecessor Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College
subject surface form: Aligarh Muslim University