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as in View of Some Renowned Muslim Scholars [ 4 ] Hindu government, with the Hindus further undermining the lives of the Muslims. This was the writing on the wall. When the mutiny appeared imminent to many perceptive scholars, they not only refused to call it jihad but also issued explicit edicts against it. British Favours for the Deobandis 2 in the Return of Their Support After describing their version of the events, the so-called White Paper has arrived at a rather interesting conclusion. It says that Mirza Ghulam Murta da bore considerable expense for helping the British with horses and soldiers, yet the financial condition of his family kept deteriorating and his services to the British against his Muslim brothers were not appreciated by His Majesty’s government. The conclu- sion thus drawn by these antagonists is in itself an indica- tion of what truly happened. The Promised Messiah as never helped the British with motives for personal gains, nor did he or his Jama‘ a t receive any reward from the British. His ancestors never served the British with a personal motive nor received any benefit from them. This has, indeed, been 2. The Deobandi Movement was founded by Qasim Nanotwi who established an Islamic Madrassa called as Darul Uloom Deoband. Organisations like Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind and Ta- blighi Jama'at subscribes to their views. (“Deobandi” Wikipe- dia, The Free Encyclopedia, Apr. 13, 2009. )