He was a prominent member of the Muslim Patriotic League, and under the Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms, which introduced greater self-government to British India, he was elected to the council of the Bombay Presidency.
Ia merupakan anggota penting Liga Patriotik Muslim, dan di bawah Reformasi Montagu–Chelmsford, yang mengenalkan pemerintahan sendiri yang lebih besar untuk India Britania, ia terpilih pada dewan Kepresidenan Bombay.