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Sir Syed Ahmad Khan had a feudal-casteist orientation and is an icon of the Ashraf (high caste) Muslims. He looked down upon the subjugated caste Pasmanda Muslims with contempt and pejoratively addressed the weavers as 'badzaat'. 1/n
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After the popular anti-colonial insurrection of 1857 he started collaborating closely with the British colonial regime in order to secure the interests of the Ashraf classes. 2/n
The ideas of Sir Syed laid down the foundations of Muslim nationalism/communalism and inspired the notion of an exclusivist Muslim identity. 3/n
