Mirwaiz Yusuf Shah
| Muhammad Yusuf Shah مھمد یوسف شاھ |
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| President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir | |
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In office 1956–1956 |
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In office 1952–1952 |
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| Mirwaiz of Kashmir | |
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In office 1931–1968 |
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| Preceded by | Atiqullah |
| Succeeded by | Mirwaiz Maulvi Farooq |
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19 February 1894 Rajauri, Jammu and Kashmir, British India |
| Died | 12 December 1968 (aged 74) Rawalpindi, Pakistan |
| Political party | All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference |
| Relations | Mirwaiz Maulvi Farooq (nephew) |
Mirwaiz Muhammad Yusuf Shah (19 February 1894 – 12 December 1968) was a mirwaiz of Kashmir. He also served as a President of Azad Kashmir.
Yusuf Shah was born on 13 Shaban 1311 Hijri (19 February 1894) at Rajauri to Ghulam Rasool Shah. In 1925, Shah started his education with Darul Uloom Deoband, where he was taught the ahadith by Anwar Shah Kashmiri. In 1931, he succeeded Attiqullah as the mirwaiz of Kashmir. In 1968 when he died, he was succeeded by his nephew Mirwaiz Maulvi Farooq who had been his deputy since 1961.
In 1932, Yusuf Shah along with Sheikh Abdullah and Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas founded the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference to oppose the king Maharaja Hari Singh's rule. However, after a year, conflicts occurred between Abdullah and Yusuf Shah. In order to expand the group, Abdullah wanted to allow people of other religions to join it. This was opposed by Yusuf Shah who felt that he was "betraying the cause of the Muslims". Consequently, Abdullah founded the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference. However the Muslims of Kashmir felt that it was a representative body of the Indian National Congress.
As a result, under the leadership of Yusuf Shah, Muslim Conference entered into an alliance with the All India Muslim League and in July 1947, the party passed a resolution demanding the accession of the state of Jammu and Kashmir to Pakistan based on "geographic, economic, linguistic, cultural and religious conditions".
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