Abstract
Multan’s social, political and economic growth not only supported migration
influx but also attracted learned intellectuals for settlement after partition. One
such example was Maulana Khair Muhammad who migrated from Jalandhar to
Multan in 1947 with his madrasa Khair ul Madaris. Maulana Khair Muhammad
and Jamia Khair ul Madaris became a key role player in preaching and teaching
Dar ul Uloom Deoband’s message in Pakistan after 1947.
Maulana Khair Muhammad and Jamia Khair ul Madaris continued serving
Multan, its people and Pakistan in various capacities since 1947. This article will
provide details of birth and rise of Jamia Khair ul Madaris in colonial India and
bring forth the circumstances in which a Deobandi madrasa moved from colonial
India to Pakistan after partition in 1947. This will also explain how this madrasa
came to Multan and how Maulana Khair Muhammad became patron and preacher
of a Deobandi madrasa in South Punjab of Pakistan. This article will further
explain how Khair ul Madaris was established in Multan amid prevalent Sufi
shrines hegemony and practices and continued to grow in this environment. In a
society, such as postcolonial Pakistan, faced with dramatic educational and
strategic instructional transformations after the partition, Khair ul Madaris was
able to showcase itself as a different religious institution as well imparting
education in other subjects too.
Fakhar Bilal . (2018) From Jalandhar (India) to Multan (Pakistan): Establishment of Jamia Khair ul Madaris, 1931-1951, Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, Volume 55, Issue 1.
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