Firangi Mahal

It was later given over to the adviser Aurangzeb known as Mullah Asad bin Qutub Shaheed and his brother Mulla Saeed bin Qutubuddin Shaheed. These two brothers made this Mahal a center of Islamic learning. It has been compared with Cambridge University and Oxford University as a center of culture and learning.

Khilafat Movement

During the period of the Khilafat Movement, Mahatma Gandhi once stayed for some time in Firangi Mahal and brought his goat with him. The Muslims in and around the Firangi Mahal stopped consuming meat during his stay, as a token of respect. Maulvi Abdul Bari claimed Gandhi as a leader of both Hindus and Muslims. Bari was a strong advocate of Hindu-Muslim unity in the nation. Leaders like Jawaharlal Nehru and Sarojini Naidu were among those who visited Firangi Mahal to bring all the communities in the fold of freedom struggle. The ulema from the Firangi Mahal were in favour of the Khilafat Movement. However, the ulema were sentenced to death by the British for issuing a jihad fatwa against them.