Agha Shorish Kashmiri (1917–1975; ) was a Pakistani scholar, writer, debater, and a leader of the

Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam Majlis-e Ahrar-e Islam ( ur, مجلس احرارلأسلام), also known in short as Ahrar, is a religious Muslim political party in the Indian subcontinent that was formed during the British Raj (prior to the Partition of India) on 29 Dece ...

party. He was a figure of the freedom movement in the

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, as well as the chief editor of the weekly ''Chattan'' magazine in

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Early life and career

Kashmiri started his political career in 1935 when he delivered a historical speech at the

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conference when Maulana

Zafar Ali Khan Zafar Ali Khan (1874– 27 November 1956) ( pnb, – ), also known as Maulana Zafar Ali Khan, was a Pakistani writer, poet, translator and a journalist who played an important role in the Pakistan Movement against the British Raj. He is genera ...

was serving as the President of

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, India. He was a student of Maulana

but was disappointed by the violence at the

in 1935. Kashmiri was impressed by Chaudhry Afzal Haq as well, who was a political leader of the Indian sub-continent, so he joined All-India

and the struggle for

. Kashmiri was also impressed by his religious and political teacher (teacher meaning ''murshad'' in the Urdu language) Ameer-e-Shariyyat Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari. Kashmiri was elected as Secretary-General of All-India

in 1946. He played a role in Tehreek-e-Khatme Nabuwwat in 1974 during

Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Zulfikar (or Zulfiqar) Ali Bhutto ( ur, , sd, ذوالفقار علي ڀٽو; 5 January 1928 – 4 April 1979), also known as Quaid-e-Awam ("the People's Leader"), was a Pakistani barrister, politician and statesman who served as the fourth ...

's regime in Pakistan. In 2014, the Punjab governor in Pakistan, Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar was speaking at a book-launching ceremony in

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. This book was written about the late Agha Shorish Kashmiri's life. The Punjab governor said that he was a great journalist who had exposed oppression everywhere. Journalists today can learn a lot from him. The governor said that Maulana Zafar Ali Khan's influence was reflected in Kashmiri's writings and Attaullah Shah Bukhari's influence in Kashmiri's speech.

Books

*''Qaid-i farang, Maulānā Ẓafar ʻAlī K̲h̲ān̲ ke ayām-i asīrī'', on

قیدِ فرنگ -مولانا ظفر علی خان کے ایامِ اسیری *''Kulliyyāt-i Shorish Kāshmīrī'', کُلیاتِ شورش کاشمیری his poetry collection *''Iqbāl aur Qādiyāniyat'', اِقبال اور قادیانیات on the relations between

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and the

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*''al-Jihād va al-jihād'' الجِہاد والجِہاد , poetry about the 1965 Indo-Pakistan war *''Iqbal, payāmbar-i inqilāb'' اقبال پیامبرِ اِنقلاب , Collection of addresses and articles about

*''Hindustān men̲ Ibn-i Taymiyah'' ہندوستان میں ابن تیمیہ, author's reminiscences on the life and eminence of

Abul Kalam Azad Abul Kalam Ghulam Muhiyuddin Ahmed bin Khairuddin Al-Hussaini Azad (; 11 November 1888 – 22 February 1958) was an Indian independence activist, Islamic theologian, writer and a senior leader of the Indian National Congress. Following In ...

*''Qalmī cihre'' قلمی چہرے, articles chiefly on literary and political personalities from South Asia *''Tahrik i khatm-i nubūvvat, 1891 se 1974 tak'' تحریکِ ختمِ نبوّت ۱۸۹۱ سے ۱۹۷۴ تک, on the history of the movement defending the finality of prophet-hood (1891-1947) *''Cih qalandarānah guftam'', چہ قلندراں گفتم poetry *''Nau ratan : Lāhaur ke nau ṣaḥāfiyon̲ kā ijmālī taz̲kirah'' نو رتن: لاھور کے نو صحافیوں کا اجمالی تذکرہ, biographical study of nine journalists from

*''Maẓāmīn-i Shorish مضامینِ شورش : Āg̲h̲ā Shorish Kāshmīrī kī g̲h̲air mudavvin adabī aur tāʼas̲s̲urātī taḥrīren̲'' آغا شورش کاشمیری کی غیر مدون ادبی اور تاثراتی تحریریں, collection of literary articles by the author *''Mirzāʻīl; Qādiyāniyat kā siyāsī maḥāsabah'' مِرزائیل؛ قادیانیت کی سیاسی مہا بھاشا, on the

*''Iqbāliyāt-i Shorish'' اِقبالیاتِ شورش , criticism and interpretation on the works of

*''Sayyid ʻAt̤āʼullāh Shāh Bukhārī : savāniḥ va afkār'' سید عطاء اللہ شاہ بُخاری: سوانح و افکار, on the life and work of Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari *''Abūlkalām Āzād : savāniḥ o afkār''ابوالکلام آزاد: سوانح و افکار , on the life and works of

*'' Buay Gul Nala-E-Dil Dood-E-Charagh-E-Mehfil by Shorish Kashmiri'' *'' Pase Diwar E Zindan by Shorish Kashmiri''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kashmiri, Agha Shorish Pakistani editors Pakistani male journalists Pakistani scholars Pakistani writers 1917 births 1975 deaths Pakistani people of Kashmiri descent People from Lahore Critics of Ahmadiyya Pakistani prisoners and detainees Secretary Generals of Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam