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Date transcribed2011-08-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Muhammad    
First Name(s)  Mahmud Syad    
Birth Year  1850    
Death Year  1903    
Entry  Born at Delhi, 1850 : son of Sir Syad Ahmad (q.v.) : educated at Delhi, Queen's College, Benares, and Christ's College, Cambridge : studied a number of languages, Oriental, European, classical : called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn, 1872: practised in the High Court, Allahabad : made a District Judge at Rai Bareli in Oudh, 1879 : member of the Education Commission, 1882 : acted as a Puisne Judge of the High Court, N.W.P., 1882, '84, '86, '87: confirmed May 9, 1887: retired, Nov. 1893 : helped his father at the M.A.O. College, Alighar : from 1898, successively, Hon. Secy., President, and Visitor of the College : author of Law of Evidence in British India, in Hindustani : and edited Muhammadan law books in Arabic : published a History of Education in India : began a History of Islam : gave much attention to philosophy, theology, .law and education : died May 8, 1903.     
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