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1. Ph.D. Viva-Voce Department of Islamic Studies, F/O Hum. & Languages, Jamia Millia Islamia March 20, 2023 Topic: Intellectual Legacy of Uthmani Ulama of Budaun Research Scholar Mohammad Ali Supervisor Dr. Iqtidar Mohd Khan Prof. & HoD , Department of Islamic Studies

2. 15 th June, 2020 Ph.D. Viva-Voce Department of Islamic Studies, F/O Hum. & Languages, Jamia Millia Islamia March 20, 2023 Who are the Uthmanis of Budaun? Migration to India during the time of the Ghurid conquest. Settlement in Budaun during the time of the governorship of Iltutmish. The family of scholars, jurists, Sufis, and teachers. The founders of a branch of the Qadiri Order in Budaun. Launch of a polemical campaign against Shah Ismail. Participation in the independence movement.

3. 15 th June, 2020 Ph.D. Presentation Department of Islamic Studies, F/O Hum. & Languages, Jamia Millia Islamia Sep 16, 2022 Objectives Present a historical account of the Uthmani family. Study the intellectual contributions of the Uthmani ulama. Analyze their role in defending the devotional aspect of Islam in South Asia. Examine their polemics against Shah Ismail. Discuss their participation in the independence movement. Ph.D. Viva-Voce Department of Islamic Studies, F/O Hum. & Languages, Jamia Millia Islamia March 20, 2023

4. 15 th June, 2020 Ph.D. Presentation Department of Islamic Studies, F/O Hum. & Languages, Jamia Millia Islamia Sep 16, 2022 Statement of Problem & Relevance Ph.D. Viva-Voce Department of Islamic Studies, F/O Hum. & Languages, Jamia Millia Islamia March 20, 2023 Important scholarly contributions to the study of ulama traditions in South Asia Islamic Reform and Revival in Nineteenth-century India: The Tarīqa -I Muhammadīyah , Harlan O Pearson (PhD thesis, 1979, first pub. 2008) Islamic Revival in British India: Deoband, (1860-1900), Barbara Metcalf (1982) Devotional Islam and Politics in British India: Ahmad Raza Khan Barelwi and His Movement, 1870-1921 by Usha Sanyal (1996) The Ulama of Farangi Mahall and Islamic Culture in South Asia, Francis Robinson (2001) The Ulama in Contemporary Islam: Custodians of Change, Qasim Zaman (2002) Defending Muhammad in Modernity, SherAli Tareen (2020)

5. 15 th June, 2020 Ph.D. Presentation Department of Islamic Studies, F/O Hum. & Languages, Jamia Millia Islamia Sep 16, 2022 Statement of Problem & Relevance Ph.D. Viva-Voce Department of Islamic Studies, F/O Hum. & Languages, Jamia Millia Islamia March 20, 2023 Continue… The above-mentioned studies leave a void in the field of studying Islam in modern South Asia and do not take into account the contributions of the Usmanis who consisted of some prominent personalities and contributed largely. This thesis brings into consideration a long-forgotten part and fills the gap in the academic study of Islam and the intellectual history of Muslims in the subcontinent. It also highlights the genealogical roots of the Barelvi ideology that Barelvīsm has tremendously influenced the conception of religion during the last century and claims a huge following. Furthermore, it adds to the history of the Muslim struggle against the East India Company and the British government.

6. 15 th June, 2020 Ph.D. Presentation Department of Islamic Studies, F/O Hum. & Languages, Jamia Millia Islamia Sep 16, 2022 Literature Survey Ph.D. Viva-Voce Department of Islamic Studies, F/O Hum. & Languages, Jamia Millia Islamia March 20, 2023 Besides the Published and Unpublished (manuscripts) works of the authors under discussion. On the history of Budaun Kanzut Tārīkh (1900) by Muhammad Raziuddin Siddiqi Bismil Hast wa Būd (1987) by Zia Ali Khan Ashrafi Āthār -e-Budaun by Fazl Akram Siddiqui Tazkirahs (biographical dictionaries) Akmalut Tārīkh (1916)compiled by Maulana Muhammad Yaqub Hussain Ziaul Qadiri . Tawāliul Anwār (1880) by Maulana Anwarul Haq Uthmani Budauni , a tazkira of Abdul Qadur Uthmani Budauni . Tajul Fuhool : Hayāt aur Khidmāt (1998) by Mufti Abdul Hakim Nuri Misbahi Jang-e- Azādī kā ek Mujāhid Maulana Faiz Ahmad Budauni (1957) by Prof Ayyub Qadiri

7. 15 th June, 2020 Ph.D. Presentation Department of Islamic Studies, F/O Hum. & Languages, Jamia Millia Islamia Sep 16, 2022 Literature Survey Ph.D. Viva-Voce Department of Islamic Studies, F/O Hum. & Languages, Jamia Millia Islamia March 20, 2023 Continue… Tazkira -e-Majid (2008) by Maulana Usaidul Haq Qadiri Tazkira -e-Ulama-e-Hind (1961) by Maulvi Rahman Ali Mazharul Ulama wa Tarajimul Kumalā (2018) by Maulana Sayyid Muhammad Hussain Tazkiratul Wasilīn (1900) by Muhammad Raziuddin Siddiqi Bismil Tazkira Ulama-e-Ahl-e- Sunnat (1971) by Maulana Mahmud Ahmad Qadiri On masala-e- adhān -e- thānī Shamāim al-Anbar fī Ādāb -al- Nidā -e- Imām al-Minbar by Ahmad Raza Khan al- Qawl al-Azhar fī mā Yat’allaqo bi-al- Adhān ‘ ind -al-Minbar by Moinuddin Ajmeri

8. 15 th June, 2020 Ph.D. Presentation Department of Islamic Studies, F/O Hum. & Languages, Jamia Millia Islamia Sep 16, 2022 Literature Survey Ph.D. Viva-Voce Department of Islamic Studies, F/O Hum. & Languages, Jamia Millia Islamia March 20, 2023 Continue… On Ulama’s struggle against the British Regionalizing Pan-Islamism Documents on the Khilafat Movement (2005, eds. Mushirul Hasan & Margrit Pernau ). Government documents on the Khilafat Movement. Pan-Islamism in British Indian Politics A Study of the Khilafat Movement, 1918-1924 (1999) by M. Naeem Qureshi Barre Saghīr Pāk wa Hind kī Siyāsat main Ulama kā Kirdār (1931) by H. B. Khan

9. 15 th June, 2020 Ph.D. Presentation Department of Islamic Studies, F/O Hum. & Languages, Jamia Millia Islamia Sep 16, 2022 Research Methodology Ph.D. Viva-Voce Department of Islamic Studies, F/O Hum. & Languages, Jamia Millia Islamia March 20, 2023 The approach of the study is descriptive, comparative, and analytical in nature. It engages with the polemical views of Uthmani ulama as a part of the ‘discursive tradition’ of Islam.

10. 15 th June, 2020 Ph.D. Presentation Department of Islamic Studies, F/O Hum. & Languages, Jamia Millia Islamia Sep 16, 2022 Research Questions Ph.D. Viva-Voce Department of Islamic Studies, F/O Hum. & Languages, Jamia Millia Islamia March 20, 2023 Who were the Uthmanis ? How did they respond to the reformist/puritanical interpretations of Islam? What were the epistemological foundations of their polemics? Was the development of the Barelvi thought from Fazl -e-Rasul to Ahmad Raza linear in manner or were there some mutations during its progress? Why were the Uthmanis marginalized? What were their contributions to the Indian struggle and its freedom movement?

11. 15 th June, 2020 Ph.D. Presentation Department of Islamic Studies, F/O Hum. & Languages, Jamia Millia Islamia Sep 16, 2022 Some Clarifications Ph.D. Viva-Voce Department of Islamic Studies, F/O Hum. & Languages, Jamia Millia Islamia March 20, 2023 Discussion on the modern intra-Muslim polemics may be found discomforting by some people because of its history. But I have tried to maintain objectivity in my study of the Uthmanis , and in my exploration of them as an intellectual tradition among many without attempting to give any value-judgment. Often in the thesis, I have used the term ‘Wahhabi’ for the ideological opponents of the Uthmanis following the usage of the term in the Uthmani polemics. But, to their opponents, it may seem derogatory. I do not intend to employ any such meaning which is offensive to anyone. On the usage of the term ‘devotional.’ First, I found this term in the works of Usha Sanyal on Barelvis. Its usage for the beliefs and practices challenged by Shah Ismail and his followers does not mean that they did not have devotion to Islam or other beliefs that they viewed as authentic. Rather, this term is used to denote the Sufi practices that developed in later years, especially among the masses, through which they demonstrate their devotion to the Prophet and Sufis.

12. 15 th June, 2020 T opic : Intellectual Legacy of Uthmani Ulama of Budaun Introduction Chapter 1 Budaun: A Spiritual and Religious Centre Chapter 2 History of Uthmani Ulama of Budaun Chapter 3 Leadership of Devotional Islam: Uthmani Ulama in 19 th Century Chapter 4 Opinions of Other Scholars about the Usmani Ulama of Budaun Chapter 5 Differences between Usmani Ulama and Ahmad Raza Khan Barelvi Chapter 6 The Role of Uthmani Ulama in the Independence Movement Conclusion Thesis Structure Ph.D. Viva-Voce Department of Islamic Studies, F/O Hum. & Languages, Jamia Millia Islamia March 20, 2023

13. Thank you 15 th June, 2020 Ph.D. Viva-Voce Department of Islamic Studies, F/O Hum. & Languages, Jamia Millia Islamia March 20, 2023