Mawlana 'Ubayd Allah Sindhi's Mission to Afghanistan & Soviet Russia

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M.vr.p tb.yd ALh Shdht's Mblid to Afgh$iirrr

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Mlvl,n

\Jb6yd Arbh Sbdhi's

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RLsd.

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The lmpscl of!4adsr'UDsyd Slndhi's M|ldon od bI6 Rdigims

Thc rhpocl

olM4:d!!s aboyd

AIlb Ttulhr

Allrh

II2 ,

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Sindhi'! Mls$lotr on hh Polifrcsl Ttrou$t

!95 BlbhoFlphy

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INTRODUCTION

The problcm befor€ me is to b.ing into bold r.licf reconsrrucr from the

hith4lo

dd

scAttercd and conradictory rn ss

of

nraLcial, n cohcrctt. meminSful. {nalyticrl and balanccd accounr

poli(icnl cnrcc. ol l4atulflla 'Ubayd Allah Siadli (16?2_ I944)i moft sp€cifimlly hk mission to Afghmishn

ad

Soviel

Thh mission ans undenakcn in tlE znd decadc ofthe eadv 20th cenru.y, n time of intemalional crisis and inteFimperialislic

contmdictions. Thc lndian Muslim lerdership endeavoured to capitaliz. on this situationi lhcy cnsured thar dre Solden opporlunitv which

hd

knockcd

ar

rcir dmrs did not 8o waslcd Consequentlv.

they strovc to pulverize the British lmpe.ialism bv sp.arbqdinS a

multiplicily ofconspimtoriat ntctemcn$. Ote such molemc wa dre

'silk'lcrcr novement" in which 'Ubayd Allah Sindhi

ccnk.l chahcter or figure.

tr

dre nnin. dDush, wc

was dE

will

be

analyzing d]c va.iols dimcnsioN of Sindhi\ political mission, his

sbry, however, will not bc complctc wilhout bking into accoflt his hroad conccptual system encompassirg seculnf. raiioMl and philosophicil oends as well as th. impad of his mission lpon his subsequent th@ghr and carcer.

2

"Ubayd Allah Sindhi, (l&2-1944) an important pcrson

in llle retiSious history of Muslim India'

Dcoband

ro lh€ British

semi ry, lhc sat of Musll , reshtanc.

lmpcrialism. Hc

has

been dubbcd an lndian

"of the firc-bmnd' ind a

nationalisl

.

agitalor". He wa!

man of indefatiSlbl€ energv- He

a rclisious shota.,

philosoply ix{cmism

of

succcastul

i

wd

elusive

a thinker.

teachd of fte QuRn and inlcrprerer of dre

Shrh Waliullnh (l?03-1762) dE ratner or

nr thc lodian suhqtnnEnl- Aom ro

tcrtilc-injren

md

arca

I

Sil(h tamilv in tlB

ofsialkoton l0h March l8?2. Sindhiended up

in bccoming a typical Mawl.na, compete atd wel!'veBed rhe rcligious sciences in vogu. in his

says

rh

div. ln

his p€rsonal diary' h€

his faLlEr had embraccd the S;kh rcli8ion lhrough

persuasion

'll

of his matemal Srandfather. Fomerlv' sindhi

!

rc

fathcr

w.s a tlindu. llc ape his childhood with his m.t.rml unclcs *ho hcld thc otllcc ol Di!r44!r (lMd ofllcc6)

i

l)cm Chazi

becaus€ Sindhi's farhc. had di€d four months beforc his

Klrtrn

bnth llc

rcceived his carly educalion in tllc middle scltool at Jmpur and

while still

iu

ro rlrird stnndrfll, nn

grve trim a copy

as

ie

&ra !$!qi

oll]ltfnld-lli0C. l'lr

]3q!iyn!rl!!r!!

study of

bov in rhc sclnol

||lk book'

as wcll

of shalt lsma'il shahid ( l?86- |83I ) crealed

J

an inclina$on in rhe heart of Sindhi tow.rds

lslarn at the impressionable age

of

Islaft. He

cmbraccd

16: the klam *hich

discovered was not the hcrcditary one of the ordinary rort

hc

nb..

ir

had accrucd ro him thrcugh srudy, rcflectio! and mcdilation. As

regard! Sindhis @f,version

sode

lo lsltm, Muhannad San,ar. 6c

and biographer of Sindhi, slltes tha! lhe shirt

oi Sikhhm

lnd bccornc too narrow lor lrim who wantcd lo take it offlo throw

ftc. poblicly mbncinS

klu

Muzrtfargarl Disrid, Sindhi cmsscd i||to coDhcr

at Koda RahAm Shlh al anto Siddh wherc

wi$ lializ Muhamm.d Siddiq BadDndi,

lE cam.

the Jumid

of

his iimc ns he wns called then. Bharchondi became d€ spkioal

la

r of Sindhi who initialed him into

various

$li

orders. Sindhi

dcvcloped a srrone likio8 for Sindh bccause of hi3 assdiarion wid'

has spirnual menor Aar.hoodi. The mys.ical influcnc. of Barcho di or Sindhi was so decp and incalculable that l.tter in

lif.

whcn Sindhi was lhcc to t,cc with life-shrtte.ing expericnccs itrd

tlr

h{rd |l|ds of lifc-coNidcr

nucndi r-l|l.dships

it

lis

exile for 25 yea.s

qas by vinue ot

commiunc ro lslam rcmainld utrclungcd.

ra$!]!!f

rM

the

thxl

his

4

'Ubayd Allah Sindli

ficr

wandcrcd lor 6 yean in the |owns

of lhe Punjab and Sindh, altending vnrious Madrasrs and leaminS Arabic as wcll as olh6 religios 3cioes. Finally. he headed for Deoband at the age

!bd@! (

of25- At Deoband,

he camc into contacl with

Mahmood I.lasnn popularly known as

185l-1920) and studied urder him. Sirdhi was

$c Sbei&bulHild pr.cociot$ youth:

a

hc had becn 8iftcd wilh a creativc miod pone to scholarship aM lcaarinS- Sincc childhood. hc was particula.ly lbnd

n,

oi aritlnnclic

i'r onc uqli'das Ar l)cohrnd. Sindhi iinisl'cJ d'c etrrirc 'iuBe

year with flyin8

c;louF. His tcachcr ard cxmincr Sayyid Ahhad

rcnurlcd tlxrt il hc (Sindfii) uscd lrh opporL!tritica wcll. llc will bc

thc

s(ord

Shtrh

'Alxlul '.Aziz. ljurLltnDorc. hh voracity lor

knowlcd8c is obvios from tlrc facl Llut he finisllcd the

N^sri

d

lbo Mrja irt four drys ard Simiivvan,

. diliiculr

suu! ot book

or

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