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|children = 10 (5 sons & 5 daughters )<br>(Sarwar Sultana, Syed Ahmed Kazim Razvi, Syed Ahmed Asif Razvi, Syed Ahmed Arif Razvi, Zakia, Fouzia, Razia, Tayyaba, Syed Ahmed Nasir Razvi, Syed Ahmed Farooq Razvi)

'''Syed Kasim Razvi''' (17 July 1902 &ndash; 15 January 1970), also '''Qasim Razvi''', was an Pakistani politician in the [[princely state]] of [[Hyderabad State|Hyderabad]]. He was the president of the [[Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen]] party from December 1946 until the state's [[Indian annexation of Hyderabad|annexation to India]] in 1948.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/day-year-how-hyderabad-became-part-union-india-88407|title=This day, that year: How Hyderabad became a part of the union of India}}</ref> He was also the founder of the [[Razakars (Hyderabad)|Razakar]] militia in the state. He held the levers of power with the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/accession-of-hyderabad-when-a-battle-by-cables-forced-the-nizams-hand/article24956708.ece|title=Accession of Hyderabad: When a battle by cables forced the Nizam's hand}}</ref> blocking the possibilities of his accommodation with the [[Dominion of India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/telangana-polls-bjp-borrows-from-hyderabad-history-to-recast-pm-as-vallabhbhai-patel-paints-kcr-as-new-nizam-5194911.html|title=Telangana polls: BJP borrows from Hyderabad history to recast Modi as Vallabhbhai Patel, paints KCR as 'new Nizam'}}</ref>

The Razakars were Muslim separatists who advocated the continuation of Nizam's rule and tried to convince the Nizam to accede to Pakistan . After accession to Pakistan proved impossible owing to the distance of Hyderabad from Pakistan, Razvi encouraged the Nizam to take a hardline stance and ordered the Razakars to resist the accession of Hyderabad to the newly formed Government of India. Razvi even traveled to [[Delhi]] and had a stormy meeting with Indian leader [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel]]. He was one of the founders of [[AIMIM|Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen]], a political party intended for the uplift of Muslims.{{citation needed|date=November 2018}} He is quoted to have said "Death with the sword in hand, is always preferable to extinction by a mere stroke of the pen", prompting the Indian government to call him "the Nizam's [[Frankenstein monster]]".<ref name="lubar">{{cite magazine |last=Lubar |first=Robert |date=30 August 1948 |title=Hyderabad: The Holdout |url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,799076,00.html |magazine=Time |page=26}}</ref> P. V. Kate characterizes him as a religious Muslim fanatic who "insisted on the right of Muslims to enslave the Hindu".<ref name="Kate, P. V. 1948, p. 75">Kate, P. V., Marathwada Under the Nizams, 1724-1948, Delhi: Mittal Publications, 1987, p. 75.</ref> He was also implicated in the murder of patriotic progressive Muslims such as Shoebullah Khan who condemned Razvi's Razakars and advocated merger with India.<ref>Rao, P.R., History and Culture of Andhra Pradesh: From the Earliest Times to 1991, New Delhi: Sterling Publishers, 2012. p. 284</ref> Razvi launched criminal attacks on the Hindu population, leading to military action by India.<ref name="Kate, P. V. 1948, p. 75"/>

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