Author
Zekai Kardaş
Subject
Caliphate, India
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Royal Danish Library
Library Asset ID
EISSN: 2717-6916, DOI: 10.26650/jos.1160767
Record ID
cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_a73d37fa8c0f43e1b415f3f73bc17d93
Library Location
DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
Notes
With the Ottoman Empire taking over the Caliphate at the beginning of 16th century, an intangible bond started to appear between the people of the Indian subcontinent, the majority of whom were Muslims, and the Ottoman Empire, and the relationships between them begun to increase gradually. After the Britain’s dominance over India in particular, the Muslims of the subcontinent considered the Caliph as their Maecenas [generous patron], protector of the rights they’d gained by being Muslim, and the maintainer of their freedom to pray as Muslims. They kept track of the incidents would soon happen to the Ottomans in the Balkan Wars and tried to find every possible way to help and support the Turks. Britain’s entry into World War I against the Ottoman Empire caused outrage among the Indian Muslims. The Indian Khilafat [Caliphate] Movement was initiated by Indian Muslims to suppress the British government and protect the Ottoman Caliphate. The Hijrat Movement emerged as a result of the Indian Caliphate Movement. The leading religious and political leaders of India put forward the ideas that India, which was ruled by the British, was no longer a place where Muslims could fulfill their religious obligations and that they should migrate to other places.
Görüntüle
Sarkiyat mecmuasi, 2022-10 (41), p.441-451
