"Does anyone in India knows (know) his name? Is there anyone who sheds tears in his memory? The ungrateful people have forgotten many such gems, and yet do not have any feeling of remorse.

He was a patriot to the core. He felt the agony of the country in his heart. He yearned for the glory of Bharat. He wanted to take it to the pinnacle of progress. Even then only a few people are familiar with his name. Ironically, it was only in Iran where his worth was appreciated till date he is revered here.

Sufi ji was born in 1858 at Moradabad, U.P. He had lost his right hand since his childhood. He used to joke about it, saying, "We fought against the British in 1857; hand was cut off; death occurred, and rebirth, the hand was missing." He did his Law but did not practice. He was an excellent writer in Urdu, and this is what he took to.

In 1890, he started an Urdu weekly from Moradabad, 'Jam ul Iluq'. Each phrase in the paper reflected his thought and feelings. He was a master humourist, yet deeply thoughtful, never afraid of criticizing the authority.

He came to Punjab and took a job in 'Hindustan' paper in which he could not continue for long because of differences with the Editor. Those very days Sardar Ajit Singh had founded ‘Bharat Mata Society’, which was soon followed by agitation against the Colonies Act. He joined Sardar Ajit Singh. In view of indiscriminate arrests Sufi ji left for Nepal along with Sardar Kishan Singh (Bhagat Singh’s Father) and Mehta Anand Kishore. There the Governor Jang Bahadur looked after them very well. But he had to pay the price; soon he was dismissed to Lahore. He was arrested for his articles published in the paper ‘India’ run by Lala Pindi Das, but was acquitted for lack of proof.

By then Sardar Ajit Singh too was back from Mandley –Barma. “Bharat Mata Book Society” was founded in 1908. Most of its functioning depended on Sufi ji. He got a book published Baghi Masih or Vidrohi Masih which was proscribed.

In 1909, he published a paper Peshwa. Those days revolutionary movement became activated in Bengal. The Government feared the Punjab may also follow suit. Repression followed. Both he and S. Ajit Singh left for Iran to evade arrest.

Not much is known about his life in Iran except that, he started a paper Aab e Hayat and started taking part in the freedom of Iran. When the British tried to occupy Iran in 1915, there were lots of disturbances in opposition to the move. Sufi ji was in Shiraz where he was encircled by armed soldiers, whom he resisted by firing from the revolver with his single hand. Ultimately he fell in their hands. It was decided to shoot him the following day. He was confined in a cell. When the door was opened next morning, he was no more and was found in a state of trance!