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When the All-India Muslim League was founded at Dacca, on 30 December 1906 at the occasion of the annual All India Muhammadan Educational Conference, It was participated by the Muslim leaders from Punjab, i.e., Sir Mian Muhammad Shafi, Mian Fazl-i-Hussain, Abdul Aziz, Khawaja Yusuf Shah and Sh. Ghulam Sadiq.〔A.Moin Zaidi, Evolution of Muslim Political Thought in India, 1857-1916 Vol. I (Delhi: 1975), pp.89-90.〕 Earlier Mian Muhammad Shafi organized a Muslim Association in early 1906, but when the All-India Muslim League was formed, he established its powerful branch in the Punjab of which he became the General Secretary. Shah Din was elected as its first President. This branch, organized in November 1907, was known as the Punjab Provincial Muslim League.〔Jahanara Shahnawaz, Father and Daughter, p.19. Jahanara Shahnawaz, Father and Daughter: A Political Autobiography (Lahore: 1971)〕 ==Early years== In 1913, Muhammad Ali Jinnah joined All-India Muslim League, and he was in favour of Hindu - Muslim working relationship and like Fazl-i-Hussain, Maulana Muhammad Ali, Pir Taj-ud-Din, Khalifa Shuja-ud-Din and Zafar Ali Khan wanted to befriend the Indian National Congress in order to attain self-government through constitutional means.〔M. Rafique Afzal, 'Origin of the Idea of a Separate Muslim State' , JRSP (1966), pp.177-82.〕 In 1916, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, negotiated with the Indian National Congress to reach an agreement to pressure the British Government to have a more liberal approach to India and give Indians more authority to run their country. The Muslim League changed its major objective and decided to join hands with the Congress in order to put pressure on the British government. Prior to this, the main objective of the Muslim League, was to preserve only Muslim interests in India, However, Muslim leaders from Punjab, led by Muhammad Shafi stood for preservation of Muslim rights without alienating the sympathies of British government and opposed the Lucknow Pact signed on Dec. 28, 1916. Muhammad Shafi and his other conservative friends like Maulvi Rafi-ud-Din, Abdul Aziz and Syed Ali Raza opposed the co-operation between All-India Muslim League and the Indian National Congress, on the grounds that it would sacrifice the Muslim majority in provinces of Punjab and Bengal. He wanted to stress the separate Muslim entity and refused to give up his thinkings, which according to him was very blood of the Muslim nation.〔Jahanara Shahnawaz, Father and Daughter: A Political Autobiography (Lahore: 1971)〕 According to S. Qalb-i-Abid the conservative leaders in the Punjab Muslim League under Sir Muhammad Shafi’s leadership were advised by the Punjab’s administration to revolt against the supporters of Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah on various important political developments from time to time. The revolt against Mr. Jinnah became very serious splitting the Punjab Muslim League into two groups – the Jinnah group and the Shafi group. These deep divisions had earlier been created with the British support on the eve of conclusion of historic Lucknow Pact of 1916 between the Congress and the Muslim League.〔Unionist - Muslim League relations and the Punjab Administration, by S. Qalb-i-Abid ()〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Punjab Muslim League」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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