The Vakil Explained

Vakil
Type:	weekly
Format:	Broadsheet
Owners:	Sheikh Ghulam Muhammad
Editor:	Mirza Heyrat Dehlavi Insha Allah Khan Abu Kalam Azad Abdullah Minhas Shujaullah
Foundation:	1895
Language:	Urdu
Headquarters:	Amritsar, British Raj

The Vakil (Urdu: {{nq|'''وکیل''') was an Urdu language newspaper published from Amritsar during the British Raj.^[1] Initially it was bi-weekly newspaper but later it became three days. This newspaper was started by Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi's father Khan Ata Muhammad Khan in 1895 and published until about July 28, 1931.^[2]

The first editor of the newspaper was Mirza Hairat Dehlavi but separated after editing two pamphlets. In October of the same year, Insha Allah Khan became the editor.^[3] Abul Kalam Azad was associated with Vakil as one of the editor for five years, from 1903 to 1908.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Further reading

• Book: Yousaf, Nasim. Men Like Allama Mashriqi Are Born Once in Centuries: A Collection of Articles. 2015-03-19. AMZ Publications. 978-0-9826110-4-3. en.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Khan Ata & the Historic Newspaper, The Vakil Amritsar - The Kashmir Monitor. 2021-11-04. en-US.
2. Nasim Yousaf, Pakistan's Freedom & Allama Mashriqi; Statements, Letters, Chronology of Khaksar Tehrik (Movement), Period: Mashriqi's Birth to 1947, page 3.
3. Book: Aḥmad, G̲h̲ulām. Tadhkirah: English Translation of the Dreams, Visions and Verbal Revelations Vouchsafed to the Promised Messiah on Whom be Peace by Muhammad Zafrullah Khan. 1976. Saffron Books. 178. en.
4. Web site: Yousaf. Nasim. 2018-02-22. Khan Ata Mohammad Mentored Abul Kalam Azad In His Early Days Of Activism. 2021-11-04. The Companion. en-US.
5. Book: Minault, Gail. The Khilafat Movement Religious Symbolism And Political Mobilization In India. 2010. Columbia University Press. Inc Recorded Books. 978-0-231-51539-9. New York. 39. 945080017.
6. Qaiyoom. Nishat. Maulana Azad's Journalistic Crusade Against Colonialism. 2012. Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 73. 679, 680. 44156263. 2249-1937.