""Islam and Political Mobilization in Kashmir"" by Ian Copland (1981)

Intro
Ian Copland covered how the Ahmadiyya Movement was allowed to oppose the Maharaja Hari Singh in 1931 by the British Government. Out of nowhere, in July of 1931, the Khalifa, Mirza Basheer ud Din Mahmud Ahmad was allowed to mobilize Ahmadi’s to organize “Reading Rooms” in Kashmir and a national boycott on August 14th, 1931. The Maharaja Hari Singh wanted the Ahmadiyya Khalifa to be arrested, however, the British interjected and refused to arrest the Khalifa for organizing Kashmiri’s against Dogra rule. Copland covered this topic from a neutral perspective in 1981 as he wrote “Islam and Political Mobilization in Kashmir, 1931-34”, which was published in an academic journal entitled: “PACIFIC AFFAIRS”, Vol. 54, No. 2 (Summer, 1981), pp. 228-259 (32 pages), Published by: Pacific Affairs, University of British Columbia.

Some quotes
“””The Ahmadyas adopted a two-pronged strategy with regard to Kashmir. The first, of which they made no secret, was to capture control of AIKC, a Lahore-based lobby group founded by Sir Fazal-i-Hussain (Italics added). How they managed this, given the hostility with which the Qadianis were regarded in orthodox circles, is a puzzle, but manage it they did.”””
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“”To this missionary-oriented sect (Qadian), Kashmir represented a natural field for expansion. Qadian, the Ahmadya headquarter, was situated at Gurdaspur district which abutted the Jammu frontier and the Ahmadya creed embraced the belief that Srinagar was the last resting place of Jesus Christ revered by all Muslims as prophet. However, it was the July agitation which suggested to the Ahmadya Khalifa, Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad, that the time was ripe for a concerted missionary push, championed the civil rights cause would establish a firm foothold in the hearts and minds of the Kashmiri people, and he hoped to put this goodwill to work in his campaign for converts. Nevertheless it is doubtful whether he would have chanced his arm on such a risky venture had the sect not possessed some important local contacts in Srinagar notably Jamaluddin (the brother of Khawaja Kamaluddin) and the Darbar’s Director of Public Instruction, and the ubiquitous (Sheikh) Abdullah.””

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https://ahmadiyyafactcheckblog.com/2019/11/07/sir-bertrand-james-glancy-governor-of-the-punjab-from-1941-and-1946-and-the-ahmadiyya-community/

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fazl-i-Hussain

http://pu.edu.pk/images/journal/csas/PDF/12_v33_1_18.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_India_Kashmir_Committee

https://www.dawn.com/news/1069712

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Copland, Ian, “Islam and Political Mobilization in Kashmir, 1931-34”, which was published in an academic journal entitled: “PACIFIC AFFAIRS”, Vol. 54, No. 2 (Summer, 1981), pp. 228-259 (32 pages), Published by: Pacific Affairs, University of British Columbia

https://ahmadiyyafactcheckblog.com/2018/06/14/was-an-ahmadi-made-the-1st-president-of-azad-kashmir/