Begging For Caliphate (Iqbal's Daryuza-e-Khilafat)

                                                  Begging For Caliphate

                                               (Iqbal’s Daryuza-e-Khilafat)

                                        If the governance goes out of hand, let it go,

                                        Never be unfaithful to command of God,

                                        Dost thou not have knowledge of history?*  

                                        Caliphate is not given in charity,                                                                                                                                                            

                                        If we don’t purchase that in lieue of our blood,

                                        Such an empire is a shame for Muslim,

                                        I don’t feel disgraced at damage to my skeletal structure,

                                        But I will definitely do, if I beg for remedial measure.

                                        (Suggestions invited for betterment)

                         *This couplet refers to the defeat that the Ottoman empire of Turkey  

                           suffered at the hands of the British and laid down arms unconditionally

                           on November 03, 1918.

                            When the news reached India, Muslims were struck with grief. They

                             showed their concern by holding meetings all over the country (India),

                           from Peshwar to Madras (now Chennai) and from Karachi to Dacca.

                           They reminded the British government of the past foolish acts of the

                           Ottoman empire:

1-     In 1799 Turkish empire instead of helping Tipu Sultan, helped the

British by advising the Sultan to submit to the British,

2-     In 1855 the Turks and the British had fought shoulder to shoulder in

the war of Crimia,

3-     In 1857 the Turks permitted the British to take their troops through

Egypt to suppress the famous Indian rebellion.

            After these agitations, in December 1919 Khilafat conference was held in Amritsar.in which it was decided to send a delegation to England in January 1920 to convince the British government to restore Caliphate of the Ottoman empire. The delegation went to

England and spent eight months and Rupees Sixtyfive thousand and returned empty handed.

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