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flatter or dishonestly sold his faith to get a reward. He was already a man of influence, was a Khaandani Ra'ees & Zamindar, besides he had the privilege of being the Chakladar of Shah-i-Awadh, therefore British only acknowledged his supremacy over the land and rightly enlisted his name as the Taluqdar. I would appreciate if anyone could show me a single proof of Maulvi Sb supporting the British. I am sure there is no such evidence. This confusion is again created by the British Gazetteer of Unnao that mentioned his Loyal services as the sole reason for enlisting him to the status of a Taluqdar. I , despite my best efforts, could not find any single proof that could support this false notion of the so called loyal Services of Maulvi sahib extended to the British. It is again a myth created by the British. I am sorry to find none of our Indian Scholars had taken any pain to explore the facts and present the truth before us. They have simply followed the Gazetteers and did not do any search of truth.
Rank & NoNine Asharfis were assigned to this taluka on behalf of British India Association ( Anjuman-i-Hind). The taluka was allotted rank no. 225 in the Court of Awadh.
Under the Oudh Act of Taluqdars 1869 his serial number was 32.
Here is a book that shows his number in the list of taluqdars.
Book
A compendium of the law specially relating to the Taluqdars of Oudh:...
Authors - John Caskell Walker Sykes, India

My research and my version is ratified and strongly seconded by the author of the recently published voluminious book on the Taaluqdars of Oudh by Amit Singh & Pawan Bakhshi where they have taken the same stand as shown in my above pages, here is the excerpt from the book.

The Cover Page of the New Book

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As you would see that the esteemed authors have the same view as of mine and they have rightly mentioned the family at Chaudharana including the name of Mr. Akhlaq ur Rahman Elvi as the descendents of Maulvi Shaikh Habeeb ur Rahman.

With regards
Khalid