Other names Saiyid Ahmad Khan 1 Date of birth Friday, October 17, 1817 - 12:00 City of birth Delhi Country of birth India Date of death Sunday, March 27, 1898 - 12:00 Location of death Aligarh, India Location 21 Mecklenburgh Square, Camden (1869-70) 2 About Syed Ahmed Khan was a prominent Muslim reformer and leader. He founded the Muslim Anglo-Oriental College in Aligarh in 1877, which proved to be a highly influential educational institution for Muslim and Indian politics in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. 3 Secondary works Robinson, Francis, ‘Ahmad Khan, Sir Saiyid [Syed Ahmed Khan] (1817–1898)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004) [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/47667] 4 Archive source Aligarh Muslim University