Syed Zafarul Hasan

Background

Syed Zafarul Hasan was the eldest son of Khan Sahib Syed Diwan Mohammad.

Education

Syed Zafarul Hasan was educated at Allahabad (Master of Arts, LL B) and obtained doctorates from the universities of Erlangen and Heidelberg, Germany, and Oxford University. Prominent philosophers and educationists lauded his work, among them, his teacher Professor John Alaxander Smith (1863–1930), and Allama Mohammad Iqbal.

Career

His doctoral thesis Realism is a classic on the subject. He started teaching at the Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India in 1911. In 1913, he became professor of philosophy at Islamia College, Peshawar.

From 1924 to 1945 he was professor of philosophy at the Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh - where he also served as Chairman of the Department of Philosophy and Dean of the Faculty of Arts.

There, in 1939, he put forward the "Aligarh Scheme" along with Doctor Afzaal Hussain Qadri. From 1945 until the partition of the sub-continent, Doctor Hasan was Emeritus Professor at Aligarh.

In August 1947, he migrated to Lahore, Pakistan. He started work on a book that he could not complete due to his death in 1949.

Only one volume ("PHILOSOPHY - A Critique") was ready, which was published from Lahore by Institute of Islamic Culture in 1988.

President, Islami Jamaat, Aligarh. at Aligarh.

Works

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  • Realism - An Attempt To Trace Its Origin And Development In Its Chief Representatives

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  • Realism: An Attempt to Trace Its Origin and Development in Its Chief Representatives
  • Realism - An Attempt To Trace Its Origin And Development In Its Chief Representatives by Hasan, Syed Zafarul (2006) Paperback

Membership

He received honours and served on a number of bodies: Member of Court, Member of Executive Council, Finance Company, Committee