"True Wahhabism was not inimical to the British Government."
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Sir S.A. Khan, as quoted in "Sayyid Ahmad Khan" K.A.NIZAMI
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Wahhabism
1703 – 1792
Wahhabism (Arabic: الوهابية, romanized: Al-Wahhābiyyah, lit. 'Wahhabism') is a term used to refer to the Islamic revivalist movement within Sunni Islam; which is associated with the Hanbali reformist doctrines of the Arabian scholar Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab(1703-1792). It has been variously described as "orthodox", "puritan(ical)"; and as an Islamic "reform movement" to restore "pure monotheistic worship" by devotees. The term Wahhabi(sm) was not used by 'Abd al-Wahhab himself, but it is chi
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