Armistice of Murdos : Murdos a small town in Greece today.
This was a treaty signed between the allied forces and the Turkish ottaman empire ending WW 1.
One the points was the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire Or the Caliphate.
This was a treaty signed between the allied forces and the Turkish ottaman empire ending WW 1.
One the points was the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire Or the Caliphate.
The treaty was signed in Severece a town in France, known as the Severece treaty. This treaty gave birth to nations like Syria, Lebanon etcetc in that region.
Due to this the 400 year old ottaman empire came to a crashing end.
Due to this the 400 year old ottaman empire came to a crashing end.
The common citizen of turkey held the then sultan Mohammed the 6th responsible for their humiliation. As the movement intensified the aultan panicked and called upon his cousin named Abdul Majid, and over night he declared Majid as the caliph or calipha.
The entire Arab world rejected this caliphate by the sultan
But the abolishing of the ottaman empire send the most shocking reactions in the most unlikely place - India, colonial British India. Indian Muslims felt like the earth had opened and swollowed them alive.
But the abolishing of the ottaman empire send the most shocking reactions in the most unlikely place - India, colonial British India. Indian Muslims felt like the earth had opened and swollowed them alive.
The Ottoman Caliphate was very important to the Indian Muslims, why.?, from Mohammed Bin Kasim to Aurangazeb,/ Tipu sultan had sworn their aligence and loyalty to this Calipha, and all the Mughal invaders send annual jizya to the Calipha.
The Calipha was seen as an Islamic protector where ever Muslims wentwent or the global Muslim umma.
This was seen as a threat to Islamise India, and their work coming apart. . .....
This was seen as a threat to Islamise India, and their work coming apart. . .....
In 1919 a man named Mohammed Ali Jouhar a well educated Muslim (Oxford and madarsa) he was also one of the founder/president of All India Muslim league, led a delegation to British government and demanded to restore the caliphate,
which even the communal British government laughed and rubbished the entire session.
From this rejection, gave birth to something called the "Khilafat committee" was formed.
From this rejection, gave birth to something called the "Khilafat committee" was formed.
The khilafat committee was clear, to boycott everything against the British, as they refused to restore the caliphate.
So there was nothing Indian, Nationalist,or patriotic about the committee. Their only aim was to turn India into an Islamic nation,
So there was nothing Indian, Nationalist,or patriotic about the committee. Their only aim was to turn India into an Islamic nation,
and they swore their loyalty to the ottaman caliphate.
Mohammed Ali Jouhar and his brother Showakath Ali,came to be popularly known as The Ali Brothers.
Ali brothers were solely influential in expanding both the Aligarh university and Jamia Milia Islamia universities in India.
Mohammed Ali Jouhar and his brother Showakath Ali,came to be popularly known as The Ali Brothers.
Ali brothers were solely influential in expanding both the Aligarh university and Jamia Milia Islamia universities in India.
From 1919 to 1921 the Ali brothers could not take their committee any where in India, they toured nation wide for support of khilafat cause, but in vain.
Suddenly a support came from one man, which transformed Khilafat committee into Khilafat Movement,
Suddenly a support came from one man, which transformed Khilafat committee into Khilafat Movement,
India started noticing the committee, Muslims poured in to enlist due to this one man's clarion support call - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
So Gandhi was actually supporting gazwa e hind, and Indian Muslims were misled by Gandhi thinking they were supporting
So Gandhi was actually supporting gazwa e hind, and Indian Muslims were misled by Gandhi thinking they were supporting
the freedom struggle by joining the Khilafat, but the truth was to the contrary.
Gandhi was Romanticising Jouhar Ali, to such an extent Gandhi wrote //"when I first met Ali, it was love at first sight "// I kid u not this was what he wrote.
Gandhi was Romanticising Jouhar Ali, to such an extent Gandhi wrote //"when I first met Ali, it was love at first sight "// I kid u not this was what he wrote.
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