1. Islam and the British Empire Quest for an identity in a new world

2. Diversity within Indian Islam  Delhi Sultanate, Mughal Empire and the Heartland of Muslim aristocracy in North India  Muslim Peasantry in Bengal and their supposed backwardness  Punjab Muslims and their wider Connections with Military in the Empire  Hyderabad and Muslim Kingdom in Deccan  Kashmir under Hindu Rule  Autonomous Territories of North Western Frontier Province

3. The Fear of Decline Muslim Resentment of the British India  Muslim Aristocrats in Delhi and United Province and their Fear of Decline of Social Status and loss of Power  The Rebellion of 1857 and the growing Mistrust of Colonial Rule  Enumerated Identities, Civil Service and Democracy Undermining the position of Muslim Service Gentry  Urdu the language of North Indian Muslims under siege  Cow Protection Movement and Communal Riots  Reluctance to Accept British Colonial Education  Hunter’s Indian Musalman and the idea of a homogenous backward monolithic Muslim Community

4. Debates within Muslim Community  Maulana Qasim Nanautavi and the establishment of Dar Ul Uloom at Deoband (1866)  Pan Islamists Net Works and Continuation of Anti colonial sentiment  Sir Syed Ahmad Khan [1817- 1898]  Aligarh Muhammadan Anglo Oriental College 1875  Alliance with the government and counsel against the participation in Indian Nationalist Movement  Muslim Peasant Resistance in Kerala and Bengal