The Jehad/Mujahidin Movement

1 Introduction

2 A brief sketch of Sayyid Ahmad— The founder of the movement

3 The formative Influences

(I) The influence of Wali Allahi movement

(II) The new challenges the Indian Islam faced

(III) The growing concerns of Muslim ulema about the British territorial
expansion and the realization that their presence had become too intrusive.

(IV) The influence of Arab Whabbism

4 The Other exponents of Jehad movement

5 The Objectives of the movement

6 The teachings of Sayyid Ahmad

7 His strategy

8 Historicizing the Jehad movement: (1826—1831)

(I) The Launching of the movement

(II) The battles of Akhora and Hazro (1826)

(III) The establishment of Imamat

(IV) The Islamic reforms instituted/introduced by Sayyid Ahmad

(V) The measures to rein in the recalcitrant tribal chiefs

(VI) The battle of Panjtar

(VII) The battle of Balakot and the martyrdom of Sayyid Ahmad and Shah Ismail
(May 1831)

8.1 The Jehad movement after the martyrdom of its founders

9 The Critical analysis of the movement

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9.1 The contributions/the Long-term Impact of the movement

9.2 The reasons behind failure

(I) The conspiracies of tribal chiefs hatched against Sayyid Ahmad and his
movement

(II) The political miscalculations by the leaders of the movement.

(III) The Pathans’ unease with the appointment of the Indian Muslims to the
positions of authority.

(IV) The challenges of {roping and holding of allegiance of} tribal into an
alliance against a common enemy.

(VI) The Sikh Challenge.

(VII) The resource constraints/ limited resources

(VIII) The dissensions within the movement.

9.3 The opinions of scholars

10 Summing Up /Conclusion

1 Introduction
●General thesis statement

●as the first organized effort....

●I.H.Qureshi’s quotation

●rise of the puritanical Islam

●deep anti-Imperialist consciousness among Indian Muslims

2 A brief sketch of Sayyid Ahmad— The founder of the movement

Early life The military 1818--1821 1821—1823 1823— 1826--

training in the 1826 1831
Amir khan’s pilgrimage to
camp Mecca

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3 The formative Influences

(I) The influence of Wali Allahi movement

(II) The new challenges the Indian Islam faced

(III) The growing concerns of Muslim ulema about the British territorial
expansion and the realization that their presence had become too intrusive.

(I) The influence of Wali Allahi movement

●Pupil of Shah ●Shah Ismail and ●teachings ●his uncle

Abdul Aziz Shah Abdul Hayee ●maternal grand
father

(II) The new challenges the Indian Islam faced

Frivolities Wujudi Decline of
Un-Islamic Influences central
accretions / authority

(III)) The growing concerns of Muslim ulema about the British territorial
expansion and the realization that their presence had become too intrusive.

(IV) The influence of Arab Whabbism

→1821→pilgrammage to Mecca

4 The Other exponents of Jehad movement

5 The Objectives of the movement

●to restore Islam according to its pristine originality

●to reinforce belief in unity of GOD

● to draw attention toward forgotten precepts of Islam

5 The Immediate objective

●1799—1848
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6 The teachings of Sayyid Ahmad

7 His strategy

●Two pronged strategy

●why he deemed or considered it necessary to address/ tackle the Sikh

menace/ threat first?

●preparation for Jehad

8 Historicizing the Jehad movement: (1826—1831)

(I) The Launching of the movement

(II) The battles of Akhora and Hazro (1826)

(III) The establishment of Imamat

(IV) The Islamic reforms instituted/introduced by Sayyid Ahmad

(V) The measures to rein in the recalcitrant tribal chiefs

(VI) The battle of Panjtar

(VII) The battle of Balakot and the martyrdom of Sayyid Ahmad and Shah
Ismail (May 1831)

(I) The Launching of the movement

When he The number of Route of journey

embarked upon followers that
his accompanied him
mission/journey?

(II) The battles of Akora and Hazro (1826)

(III) The establishment of Imamat

●Why the need ●What did the

arouse to development
establish the symbolize?
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 institution? Qeyamuddin
Ahmed

(IV) The Islamic reforms instituted/introduced by Sayyid Ahmad

●nature and direction

(V) The measures to rein in the recalcitrant tribal chiefs

The shifting of headquarters Peshawar rejdwari balakot

VI) The battle of Panjtar (1830)

The battle of Balakot (6 May 1831)

8.1 The Jehad movement after the martyrdom of its founders

→pp.54—55 Peter Hardy

Militant Pacifist
Mujahiden e Sattana ●Shahabdul Hai

ali Moulvi Wilayat Ali and Moulvi Inayat

ali
1852

9.1 The contributions/the Long-term Impact of the

movement
(I)●Consciousness of political duty

(II) instil among Indian Muslim a sense of community consciousness

(I.HQureshi

(iii) Aziz armed, Studies in Islamic Culture:

(IV) Rise/upsurge of puritanical Islam

(V) it inculcated anti-Imperialist consciousness→name the movements

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(VI) They left behind a nucleus of Muslim armed resistance.

(VII) To save from Sikh ambitions

Sharif al Mujahid traces the origin of ideology of Pakistan to Jehad movement.

9.2 The reasons behind failure 228—230

(I) The conspiracies of tribal chiefs against Sayyid Ahmad and his movement

(II) The political miscalculations by the leaders of the movement.

Two types

Raf’yadain

(III) The Pathans’ unease with the appointment of the Indian Muslims to the
positions of authority.

(IV) The challenges of {roping and holding of allegiance of} tribal into an
alliance against a common enemy.

(VI) The Sikh Challenge.

(VII) The resource constraints/ limited resources

(VIII) The dissensions within the movement

9.3 The opinions of scholars

I. H . quereshi Peter Hardy 52 The concept of dar-ul-

Islam