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The London Muslim League emerged
as an
articulate lobby of the All India Muslim League in London, and
played a crucial role in shaping Muslim policies at home. The
League was architect of separate Muslim representation. When it
came to converting Mmto's pledge into a Statute of Parliament,
Morley's and Minto's perceptions of separate Muslim
representation converged on the Joint Electorates scheme
favoured by the Indian National Congress. Thanks to persistent
opposition of the London Muslim League, Morley and Minto were
prevented from nullifying Muslim demand through political
subterfuges.
As an upholder of human freedom
the League deplored the ruthless exploitation and persecution of
Indians in South Africa and British East Africa. Syed Ameer Ali,
president of the London Muslim League, despatched many medical
missions to Tripoli (Libya) and the Balkans to alleviate the
sufferings of war-worn Turks and Arabs. The Russian intervention
in Iran evoked a sharp protest from the League. Similarly it
stood forth as the bold champion of Turkish territorial
integrity and independence. The League's Pan-Islamism was not a
distant dream but a highly pragmatic expression of Muslim
fraternity.
Meticulously documented, written
in lucid style and crisp prose, this analytical expose is the
first book ever on this subject. In its broad sweep the work
encompasses some of the unchartered expanses in the history of
Muslim Nationalism.
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Muhammad Yusuf Abbasi was
born on
4 September 1921 in Gujranwala. He got M.A. and PhD. degrees in
History from the Punjab University, Lahore and began his career
as a college Lecturer-in-History. In 1949 he joined the teaching
staff of the Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul and from 1962 to
1968 taught in Nigeria. In 1974, he retired as the Head of Modem
Subjects
Department and Lt. Col. of the Army Education Corps, and became
Associate Professor and Head of the Department of History of the
Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. Later he worked as Professor
of History and Chairman of Department of History and Pakistan
Studies at Islamia University, Bahawalpur.At present he is a
Post-Doctoral Fellow at the National Institute of Historical and
Cultural Research, Islamabad.
His major publications include
Muslim Politics and Leadership in South Asia 1876-1892,
Islamabad, 1981, and Urdu translations of Harold Lamb's Flame of
Islam (as Sultan Salah-ud-Oin ), Pearl Buck's East Wind and West
Wind (as Naey Puraney ) and Balzac'S novellette The Mamas (as La
Marina). Recently, his English translation of Imam Nawawi's
Arbaeen. has been published (as Forty Gems.
His other publications include
Syed Ameer Ali - A Political Biography and Pakistani Culture: A
Historical Perspective.
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