Sheikh Sadiq Ali Ansari

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Sheikh Sadiq Ali was a Deputy Collector in the Upper Sind Frontier District, [1] Vazir of Khairpur State [2] and was also a Muslim Elected Member of the Bombay Legislative Council [3] for three terms from Sindh along with Rai Bahadur Udhwdas Tarachand. He belonged to the Ansari family of Madina.

Sadiq Ali wrote the book Muslim Tribes in Sindh, Balochistan and Afghanistan, published in 1901. [4]

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  1. Said, Ahmad (1997). Muslim India, 1857-1947: a biographical dictionary. Institute of Pakistan Historical Research. p. 81. OCLC   38425611.
  2. Khan, Abdul Rashid (2001). The All India Muslim educational conference: its contribution to the cultural development of Indian Muslims, 1886-1947. Oxford University Press. p. 209. ISBN   978-0-19-579375-8.
  3. Jafri, Rais Ahmad (1965). Selections from Mohammad Ali's Comrade. Mohammad Ali Academy. pp. 335–336. OCLC   1838431.
  4. Baqai, Farah Gul (1996). "Ruttie Jinnah". Pakistan Journal of History and Culture. 17: 65. ISSN   1012-7682.