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 Freedom at the Gallows
Product Details:
Author: Khadim Hussain Soomro | ISBN: N/A | Format: Hardcover | Pages: 159 | Weight: 0.73 lbs | Pub. Date: 2004 | Publisher: Sain Publishers
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Life and times of Pir Sibghatullah Shah Pir Pagaro.
Khadim Hussain Soomro has brought to life the saga of one of the most enduring icons of anti-colonialism in the early twentieth century. Indeed the story of the liberation movement in the subcontinent would be incomplete without a mention of Sayed Sibghatullah Shah, the Pir of Pagaro ad his sacrifices for the cause of freedom. The Pir’s life was one relentless campaign against British colonial rule. In this book Mr. Soomro captures the profile of man who was both the mentor of the Hurs and a redoubtable thorn in the flesh of the British Empire. He catalogues the injustices meted out to Sayed Sibghatullah Shah and documents his bold and sagacious responses to the repressive rule of the British. While still in his tender years the Pir took on the might of the British Empire, armed only with a few thousand militant Hur disciples. This he did in keeping with his status as the spiritual leader of Sindh, his beloved homeland. For his defiance he was made to endure long periods of incarceration and exile. He even abandoned all the privileges that came with his noble title, preferring simplicity and hardship.
"A deeply spiritual man, the Pir opposed all forms of sectarianism and communalism, the twin evils that the British colonialists preyed on and exploited to their advantage in Sindh and elsewhere in the subcontinent. A strong believer in the brotherhood of man, he refused to take part in any activity that would pit a Muslim against a Hindu or a believer against another believer. Through this work Mr. Soomro attempts to bring out all the values that the Pir stood for: love for freedom, primacy of peace and inter communal harmony, secularism and social and economic justice. These are precepts espoused by the great mystics of Sindh and for centuries its people have lived by those very values.
The Pir’s spirit could neither be broken nor weakened-despite the many enticements, the cajoling of the high and mighty, the official conspiracies against him and the mock trial that finally pronounced him guilty of conspiring to wage war against the state.
This book offers a glimpse of what surely was one of the worst examples of justice in the colonial era when a military court handed down the Pir a death-by-hanging ruling on alleged sedition charges. Through an eyewitness account, official correspondence and other documents, the author lifts the lid on the sordid trial and puts paid to the much-vaunted British sense of justice and fair play." - Robin Fernandez
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