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‘Ubaid Allah Sindhi

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Islam, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of Indian Religions ((EIR))

Synonyms

Imam-e Inqilab; ‘Ubaidullah Sindhi; Ubaydullah Sindhi

Definition

Turn-of-the-century scholar-activist ‘Ubaid Allāh Sindhī (1872–1944) is famous for two distinct contributions: his revolutionary nationalist activities, especially his involvement in the so-called Silk Handkerchief Conspiracy (taḥrik-i rīshm-i rumāl) and his socialist and historiographical interpretations of Shāh Walī Allāh and Walī Allāh’s family.

Formative Period at Deoband and Delhi

‘Ubaid Allāh Sindhī was born into a Sikh family in Sialkot, Punjab. After converting at the age of 15, Sindhi first moved to Sindh to acquire basic Islamic education before enrolling at the Dār al-‘Ulūm seminary in Deoband in 1888. Upon graduation in 1891, he returned to Sindh and settled in Sukkur with a family and began teaching ([1], p. 17).

Among the many famous scholars of Deoband, Sindhī had attached himself most exclusively to the principal Maḥmūd Ḥasan, commonly referred to as Shaykh al-Hind. When Ḥasan called on Sindhī in...

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  1. MESAAS, Columbia University, New Hyde Park, NY, USA

    Maheen Zaman

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  1. Pomona College Religious Studies, Claremont, CA, USA

    Zayn R. Kassam

  2. Rollins College Jewish Studies Program, Winter Park, FL, USA

    Yudit Kornberg Greenberg

  3. World Zoroastrian Organization, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Jehan Bagli

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Zaman, M. (2018). ‘Ubaid Allah Sindhi. In: Kassam, Z.R., Greenberg, Y.K., Bagli, J. (eds) Islam, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism. Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1267-3_884

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