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File 287/1917 'Arabia: Deportation of undesirable Indians' [‎88r] (186/324)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (155 folios). It was created in 12 Dec 1916-14 Jun 1920. It was written in English and Urdu. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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Statement of Husain Aimed Hadnj, son of S.Habibullah, of Tanda, age 40.
M?7 father v/as headmaster in the Tahsibi school at Tanda. He took a
pea^s furlough in 131fi.H. and became a Muhajir. He never v/ent back. I
ient to Deoband as a student in 1309.H. and stayed there till 1310.H. I
irent with him and so did the whole family, women and children. The reason
going was as follows. My family had a grant of 24 villages from
f&helilM King, I do not know which. It was before Oudh became a province
&t the time of the Mutiny there were about 18 or 19 left in the family. The
Raja King of Bhiti in Fyzabad was on bad terms with my family. ? T y maternal
o^andfather Akbar Ali owed money to the Raja King and there was a dispute about
the amount. My paternal grandfather Pir Ali was a relation of Akbar Ali.
At the time of the Mutiny they both died. They both lived in Allahabadpur
near Tanda. As it was on the road from Fyzabad to Azanguali and troops
passed, Akbar Ali thought it safer to take his family to a village he owned
in the Basti district. When order was being restored he was bringing back
his family. They were in one boat and he was in the other. They crossed
safely hut his boat was upset, and he was drowned. When peace was restored
there was no adult in all'my family. The Raja King of Bhiti seized all our
villages except Allah&badpur and Jeorawanpur• My father sold them to other
relatives when he left, keeping bnly his house. One of my uncles (mamu)
Tafazzul Husain sued the Raja King I believe, but had not enough money to press
the suit and it failed. A younger brother of his, Abdul Ghafur, who was
employed in a school was financing him. The Raja King used witchcraft and
Abdul Ghafur died of it. Tafazzul Husain died later leaving Zuwar Husain
who is the hpspital Assistant. He was/Banda. My father brooded over his
misfortunes and was also very religiously inclined, and that was "hy no erd
away. I went with him as he was my father. I have been to India three
tines since. A Muhajir is permitted to leave the Hedjaz for a visit or for
work, but not to change his residence. In 1319.H. I went to Gau ;ohg,c
study with Maulana Rashid Ahmad. I returned in 1380.H. I visited ^a&goh
Deoband, my home, *oradabacl, Delhi, Bhopal. fuhi Ud tin was not Q&zl ^nove
at that tine. He was at Moradahad. I know bin an I went to ray hone only
to s' ; e Tr| Y friends, not to do business. y second visit was in 132B.H. Mo
reason was that mv wife who belonged to Fyzabad and went with me had mxed
in Medina. Indians do not like marrying with Arab omen s o ^ father 1< ?°^ +
ne to India to marry again. When I got home my friends said they would not
give rae a wifs unlees I agreed to renain in India. So I +1? h
hraon, in the house of Hakim Shulam Ahmad. I stayed 3 years on that
occasion, chiefly at Deoband, where I he oar® a teacher, on '
gone first to Deoband. I was married about 5 months after. e
Hafiz Zahid Hasan of Anroha ( now jg 1 ” 0 **5.1 .£*??** ^n'lSPB H (28th
When I was at Deoband, he told re of HakriJ bnulara Ataad. the'
Shawwal) I became a teacher. I was one g* kprf e'thac> with Sv
Arabic section, and stayed there a year. In 1329.H. I went bach witn ay
f H as m father sent for me. When I was married it was agreed t .at
two ars after returning to Medina I should take my wife horae again. I
1332 H accordingly I took mvjfflfd and my nephew (bhatija) Y/ahid Ahmad to
133j.H. aooorain. i, i riv father-in-law to meet me at Delhi. He
India. I wired ^ Ahmad, who took my wife to Bachhraon and I
b
raraained at Deoband. H ®Xd n^er teS to India before. The Maulana
“ la ^ “tinfto^ira t^t either he would take him back or
brought dm to India, ' S jj used to live in the Maul^.na's house
Tf l3e i W firet ™w the Gulina at Telirl, not at Mecca. No news had
tLe^rtfindL! 1 ^^^^^ party -ched Jedda ^we- in^^ran-
sf 6, I wa^nrsparing wrote and' said it was
loured " other suras are sent from varioue countries to tne nfti i or
distribution. Ho Hoops * li»t of ulm Ml »“»•*“
K MribSs prs ”„.ib ..
distribute it. The chief Mohtamlm is in .ecca.

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The file contains papers, mostly India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. minute papers and correspondence, relating to the deportation from the Hejaz of certain Indians for anti-British and pro-Turkish activities (as part of the silk letters movement), and their internment in Malta.

The file includes correspondence between the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. and the following: the Government of India Foreign and Political Department; the High Commissioner for Egypt, Sir (Arthur) Henry McMahon; the Foreign Office; the Colonial Office; and the War Office. The file also includes correspondence between the High Commissioner for Egypt, Sir (Arthur) Henry McMahon, and the Foreign Office, and between the High Commissioner for Egypt and the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Department.

The file includes photographic copies of the silk letters, which are written in Urdu (folios 63 to 66).

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1 volume (155 folios)
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The papers are arranged in chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 157; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

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English and Urdu in Latin and Arabic (Nastaliq variant) script
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