Shia Islam in India Books A Critical Examination of the Life and Teachings of Mohammed (1873) — His first book, written when he was 24, while in England. The orientalist Major R. D. Osborn (1835–1889) wrote: "Regarded simply as a literary achievement, we have never read anything issuing from the educated classes in this country which could be compared with it; and the Muslims of India are to be congratulated on the possession of so able a man in their rank. It is impossible if his after-life accords with this early promise that he should not leave his influence for good stamped upon the country in deep and enduring characters." The Personal Law of Muhammedans (1880) The Spirit of Islam (editions in 1891, 1922, 1953) - A book covering the life of Muhammad, and the political, cultural, literary, scientific, mystic, philosophical, and social history of Islam. Ethics of Islam (1893) A Short History of Saracens (1899) Islam (1906) The Legal Position of Women in Islam (1912) References External links Ameer Ali, Syad in the Dictionary of Indian Biography Ameer, Ali (Hon. Syed) in Men-at-the-Bar by Joseph Foster Ali, Syed Ameer, 1849-1928 at Online Books Page 1849 births 1928 deaths Bengali Muslims Bengali lawyers 19th-century Bengalis 19th-century Indian judges 20th-century Indian judges Aliah University alumni All India Muslim League members Burials at Brookwood Cemetery Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire Indian members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Judges of the Calcutta High Court Leaders of the Pakistan Movement Members of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council Academic staff of Presidency University, Kolkata Shia scholars of Islam University of Calcutta alumni Academic staff of the University of Calcutta West Bengal politicians People from Cuttack