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Recently, the Punjabi politicians Nawaz Sharif, Shahbaz Sharif, and the current Punjabi general have tried to convey to Turks and Erdogan in their interactions as if they are their true Muslim brothers.
The poor Turks who have poor knowledge of Pakistan's ethnic geography and Muslim Indian history don't know that this is far from truth; rather the contrary is true.
Turks may argue that Arabs by siding with British betrayed them in the World War I and the Ottomons but one can absolve or pardon Arabs on the ground that they, i.e., Arabs actually had some grievances against Ottomon rule over Arabs. One cannot simply call them traitors and plain mercenaries.
It would be a good lesson for Turks to know that the group that had really committed an offence against them and a betrayal were Indian Muslims most importantly Punjabis. In the Gallipolli and later confrontation between Turks and the allied forces, the mainstay of British military force comprised of Punjabi Muslims which was just a mercenary force fighting for money and reward and approval of the British masters. This force was mainly been recruited for British by the Mushaikh and feudal of the Punjab.
Iqbal Sialkoti was also a part of the recruitment campaign. That is why after the War, he was awarded with the title of Sir. He was a lazy person and a typical Punjabi constantly looking for favour from British and using his Islamist poetry for popularity in Muslims of South Asia.
The one group that had showed loyalty to Turks was Pashtuns. Pashtuns in World War I and the war of Gallipoli had refused to fight against Turks and therefore had been punished by the British.
After the War, one British general had stated that,
"Punjabis were steadfast like a rock whereas a big question mark hangs over the Pathan".
British Raj military history records that after the War British Raj authorities had reduced the number of Pashtuns to mere 4000 as a punishment. The proportion of Punjabi Musalmans (PMs) on the other hand had been increased manifolds.
The poor Turks who have poor knowledge of Pakistan's ethnic geography and Muslim Indian history don't know that this is far from truth; rather the contrary is true.
Turks may argue that Arabs by siding with British betrayed them in the World War I and the Ottomons but one can absolve or pardon Arabs on the ground that they, i.e., Arabs actually had some grievances against Ottomon rule over Arabs. One cannot simply call them traitors and plain mercenaries.
It would be a good lesson for Turks to know that the group that had really committed an offence against them and a betrayal were Indian Muslims most importantly Punjabis. In the Gallipolli and later confrontation between Turks and the allied forces, the mainstay of British military force comprised of Punjabi Muslims which was just a mercenary force fighting for money and reward and approval of the British masters. This force was mainly been recruited for British by the Mushaikh and feudal of the Punjab.
Iqbal Sialkoti was also a part of the recruitment campaign. That is why after the War, he was awarded with the title of Sir. He was a lazy person and a typical Punjabi constantly looking for favour from British and using his Islamist poetry for popularity in Muslims of South Asia.
The one group that had showed loyalty to Turks was Pashtuns. Pashtuns in World War I and the war of Gallipoli had refused to fight against Turks and therefore had been punished by the British.
After the War, one British general had stated that,
"Punjabis were steadfast like a rock whereas a big question mark hangs over the Pathan".
British Raj military history records that after the War British Raj authorities had reduced the number of Pashtuns to mere 4000 as a punishment. The proportion of Punjabi Musalmans (PMs) on the other hand had been increased manifolds.
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