In this same petition to the British Government he writes "It is time I proudly say to my charitable government that this is my twenty year service to you. No Muslim family in British India can do as mine did.
-Katika waraka huu huu kwa serikali ya Muingereza kaandika hivi: “Ni wakati muwafaka niiambiye kwa fahari serikali yangu yenye hisani kuwa huu ni utumishi wangu wa miaka 20 kwenu.