The movement of Syed Ahmed and Ismail Sheed and their followers who kept aloft the flag of revolt against British domination for a long time and the Mutiny of 1857, bear ample testimony to the fact that the spa k of national self-respect was still ablaze in their bosoms. But their centuries-old decadence had sapped their vitality. By a ruthless use of brute force the rebellious Muslims were crushed.
