Atiq Ullah or Atiqullah (Srinagar 1291-1381H, 1872-1962 CE) was acting Mirwaiz of Kashmir during the 1950s.[1][2]
His nephew, Mirwaiz Yusuf Shah, was the official mirwaiz, but had been exiled away to Pakistan by the Indian government during the partition of India. His brother Ahmed Ullah or Ahmadullah of Jama Masjid was also a traditionalist Muslim leader.[3][4][5][6][7] They were known for opposition to the Ahmadiya Movement.[8]
References
edit- ^ B. N. Mullik, Jawaharlal Nehru My Years with Nehru, Volume 2 (1971), p. 100: "On April 30, 1962, the acting Mir Waiz (the highest religious dignitary in Kashmir valley) died. The real Mir Waiz, Maulavi Yusuf Shah, had gone away to Pakistan during the partition and his uncle Maulavi Atiqullah had then been proclaimed".
- ^ Anil Maheshwari, Crescent over Kashmir: Politics of Mullaism (1993), p. 205: "Later, he rose to become the third President of Azad Kashmir. In Kashmir, Maulvi Atiqullah, a protege of Sheikh Abdullah, was appointed as the Mirwaiz. He was the uncle of Maulvi Yusuf Shah."
- ^ Nirmal K. Singh, Inter-communal Relations in Jammu & Kashmir, 1846 to 1931 (1991) p. 118: "relevant to mention here that Kashmiri Muslims' traditional leader like Mirwaiz Ahmed Ullah of Jama Masjid and his brother Atiq Ullah were the moving spirits behind this movement. They were vehemently opposed to the outside interference".
- ^ Andrew Rippin, World Islam: Critical Concepts in Islamic studies (2008), p. 99: "This is a small tract in which the views of the members of the Mir Waiz family of Rajori Kadal particularly Mir Waiz Moulana Atiq Ullah, General Secretary Anjuman-i-Nusrat-ul-Islam and Moulana Mohammad Yousuf, pertaining to a conflict".
- ^ Prem Nath Bazaz The History of Struggle for Freedom in Kashmir (1954), p. 152: "The Muslims of Srinagar nominated seven prominent workers as their spokesmen. They were Khwaja Saad-ud-Din Shawl, Mir Waiz Usuf Shah, Mir Waiz Atiq Ullah Hamadani, Aga Sayyid Hussain Shah Jalali, Khwaja Ghulam Ahmad Ashai"
- ^ Islam and the Modern Age (2000), 31, p. 109: "The remaining officiating body constituted the following personalities:- 1 . Khawaja Hassan Shah Naqshbandi - Vice-President, 1st; 2. Khawaja Muhammad Shah Naqashbandi - Vice-President, 2nd; 3. Maulvi Atiq-ullah - General Secretary;"
- ^ Hindu Rulers, Muslim Subjects: Islam, Community, and the History of Kashmir 2004, p. 237: "regarding the death of Mirwaiz Moulvi Ahmadullah and the election of Moulvi Atiqullah as Mirwaiz and President of the Anjuman-i- Nusrat-ul-Islam", General Department, 1931, File no.
- ^ Muslim Mushtaq Ahmad Wani, Religious Trends in Kashmir in Modern Times (1997), p. 26: "Thus Mirwaiz of Kashmir, his brother Maulavi Atiqullah and Mirza Ghulam Mustafa and their close associates took an attitude of animosity against Ahmadiya Movement and pronounced them to be outside the pale of Islam."
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