American historian Barbara Metcalf conferred Sir Syed Excellence Award for 2022

American historian Barbara Metcalf conferred Sir Syed Excellence Award for 2022

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Category : Awards Published on: October 20 2022

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American historian and internationally acclaimed scholar of South Asian history and Islam, Barbara D Metcalf, on Monday (October 17) received the Sir Syed Excellence International Award for 2022.
The annual award is given by the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) on its founder Sir Syed Ahmad Khan’s birth anniversary.
This year, AMU is marking the 205th anniversary of Sir Syed.
The international award, given to Metcalf this year, carries a cash prize of Rs. 200,000, while the national award of Rs 100,000 was given to the Maulana Azad Education Foundation in New Delhi.
The award is named in honour of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan (1817-1898), one of the foremost social and political reformers of modern India. He founded the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental (MAO) College in 1875, which was influenced by Oxford and Cambridge Universities in Britain.

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