Mian Mohammad Shafi

Mian Muhammad Shafi
Born	10 March 1869 Lahore, British India
Died	7 January 1932
Occupation	Attorney, social and political activist
Known for	one of the original founders of All-India Muslim League in Dhaka in 1906 one of the promotors of Aligarh Muslim University
Movement	Pakistan Movement

Sir Mian Muhammad Shafi, KCSI, CIE (1869–1932) was born in the Arain Mian family of Baghbanpura Lahore, an Indian Muslim politician. He went to England to study for the Bar in August 1889. He also took active interest in Anjuman-i-Islamiya of London and was elected its President for a term. As a practising Barrister, he quickly gained renown and during the 1920s and 1930s, he came to be regarded as one of India's leading lawyers. He is not to be confused with the Pakistani religious leader Mufti Muhammad Shafi Usmani (1897 – 1976).

Mian Muhammad Shafi's father's name was Mian Nizam Din. He was educated at Government College, Lahore as well as Forman Christian College, Lahore.

The name All-India Muslim League was proposed by a number of Muslims including Sir Mian Mohammad Shafi in the founding meeting of the League that was held on 30 December 1906 on the occasion of the annual All India Muhammadan Educational Conference, at the Ahsan Manzil Palace, Shahbagh, Dhaka that was hosted by Nawab Sir Khwaja Salimullah (1871 – 1915). The meeting was attended by three thousand delegates and presided over by Nawab Waqar-ul-Mulk. The others founding members were Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk, Syed Ameer Ali, and Mualana Mohammad Ali Jouhar.

Mian Muhammad Shafi organized a Muslim Association in early 1906, but when the All-India Muslim League was formed, he established its powerful branch in the Punjab of which he became the General Secretary. This branch, organized in November 1907, was known as the Punjab Provincial Muslim League.

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