This book is a translation of Shaykh Husain Ahmad Madani’s autobiog-

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raphy, highlighting the colonial practices that reduced Indians to economic
poverty, erasing their culture and corrupting their faith. It shows the jihad
of Shaykh Madani, free from the Eurocentric paradigm of vested interest
and hierarchy. It explains why the British imprisoned him in Malta, for two
years in Sabarmati prison with hard labour and in Nene Jail, Allahabad.
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The book also brings forward the role of prominent individuals and
institutes in ending the British colonialism of India. It traces the resistance
movement from the foundation of Darul-Uloom Deoband by Shaykh Qasim

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Nanotwi and Shaykh Rashid Aḥmad Gangohi after the 1857 British occupa-
tion of Delhi. It also includes the role of Shaykh Sayyid Aḥmad Shaheed and
Shaykh al-Hind Mahmud Hasan.
This book is a small way of acknowledging his contribution and challeng-
ing nationalist and exclusivist historians who have written out the Muslims’
efforts in liberating India.
The book will be helpful to students and researchers across colleges,
universities and Darul Ulooms. More than that, it will be useful to anyone
who wants to learn about the anti-colonial movement in India.
Readers are taken on a fascinating journey exploring leading anti-colonialists that challenged the
British occupation of India. —Shaykh Arshad Madani (India)

Shayk h Husa i n A h. mad Mada n ī

A Biography and Memoirs of
An engaging book that brings to attention the sacrifices of Shaykh Husain Ahmad Madani and
other leading personalities of the last century. —Shaykh Mahmood Asad Madani (India)
This book is a must-read for understanding the role of the Ulama in the liberation of India.
—Mufti Shabbir Ahmad (England)

Ismail Patel is a visiting research fellow at the University of Leeds and Chair
of the UK-based NGO Friends of Al-Aqsa. He regularly contributes to print
media and is the author of several books including: A Brief History of Palestine;
Madina to Jerusalem Encounters with Byzantine Empire; The Virtues of Al-Aqsa,
and Making the Muslim Problem - From British Empire to Islamophobia. He
is a leading political activist in the UK and a decolonial thinker.

ISBN 978-1-915265-32-6

Turath Abridged and Edited by

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Ismail Adam Patel

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