Taj Mahmood Amroti

Taj Mahmūd Amrōtī (Sindhi: مولانا سيد تاج محمود امروٽي‎, Urdu: مولانا سید تاج محمود امروٹی‎) (born in Deewani village, Khairpur, Sindh, 1857; died 1929) was a scholar, fighter against British control of India, and educationalist. He led the "Reshmi Roomal" and "Hijrat Movement" of protest emigration to Afghanistan. Amroti helped Khilafat Movement of Turkish Khilafat / Khalifah by sending financial help and troops of his followers, force named as Junood-e-Rabbani i.e. the Forces of Allah.[1][2]

Taj Mahmud Amroti
Personal
Born1857
Deewani village, Khairpur, Sindh
Died1929
ReligionIslam

Amroti translated the Qurʾān into Sindhi, gave lectures, wrote books of poetry, and edited the monthly journal Ikhwān-ul-Muslimīn. A proponent of the non-cooperation movement in India, he was a leader of the Khilafat Movement and a founding member of Jamʿiyyat-i ʿUlamā-i Hind.[3]

References
  1. Mughul, Muhammad Yakub (1988). Studies on Sind. Pakistan Study Centre. p. 118. OCLC 18541195.
  2. Cannā, Maḥbūbu ʻAlī (1971). Various trends in Sindhi literature. Idara-i-Saleh Series. p. 26. OCLC 1031077.
  3. Ujan, Badruddin (2007). "Moulana Taj Mahmood Amroti (1857-1929)". The Reporter. Missing or empty |url= (help)

Bibliography
  • Qureshi, M. Naeem (1999). Pan-Islam in British Indian Politics: A Study of the Khilafat Movement, 1918–1924. Brill Academic Publishers. p. 224. ISBN 978-90-04-11371-8.



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