Shurash Kashmiri, editor of Chattan magazine, wrote:
“Among those who offered interpretations in favour of abrogation of Jihad and, in addition, declared that, in view of [the Holy Quran’s verse (4:60)] ‘ … obey Allah and obey His Messenger and those who are in authority among you.’, the expression ulul amr [those in authority] was applicable to the British, was the famous literary figure Deputy Nazir Ahmad.”1
1 From a book entitled, ‘Ata’ Ullah Shah Bukhari, p.135. [Publisher]