description: This book is the first biographical study Allama Mashraqi, one of the most colorful personalities in pre-partition Muslim India. A brilliant and unconventional scholar, Mashraqi studied at Cambridge and after his return to India founded the controversial paramilitry khaksar movement. Mashraqiwas the focus of both intense hatred and loyalty, and his life provides unique insight into the culture and politics of the period.
language: English
title: Allama Inayatullah Mashraqi: A Political Biography
titlecomplete: Allama Inayatullah Mashraqi: A Political Biography
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publisher: Oxford University Press