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An early record of a Sylheti migrant, by the name of Saeed Ullah, can be found in colonial officer [[Robert Lindsay (Sylhet)|Robert Lindsay]]'s autobiography. Saeed Ullah was said to have migrated not only for work but also to attack Lindsay and avenge his Sylheti elders for the [[Muharram Rebellion]] of 1782.<ref name=autobio>{{cite book|volume=4|title=Lives of the Lindsays, or, A memoir of the House of Crawford and Balcarres|chapter=Anecdotes of an Indian life: Chapter VII|author-link=Robert Lindsay (Sylhet)|last=Lindsay|first=Robert |url=https://digital.nls.uk/95568541|via=National Library of Scotland}}</ref> They eventually made peace with each other and Saeed was invited to Lindsay's home as a chef. Saeed Ullah's curry is often considered as the first Indian curry cooked in Britain.<ref name="star">{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2008/12/02/history.htm|title=Down the Surma - Origins of the Diaspora|last=Al-Mahmood|first=Syed Zain|newspaper=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]|date=19 December 2008|volume=7|issue=49|access-date=1 May 2019|archive-date=24 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824132358/http://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2008/12/02/history.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Ayahs, Lascars and Princes|first=Rozina|last=Visram|publisher=Pluto Press|year=1986}}{{page needed|date=June 2020}}</ref>
[[Shah Abdul Majid Qureshi]]
early Sylheti migrant [[Ayub Ali Master]]'s Shah Jalal cafe, became hub for the British Asian community and was sites where the India League would hold meetings attracting influential figures such as [[Subhas Chandra Bose]], [[V. K. Krishna Menon|Krishna Menon]] and [[Mulk Raj Anand]]. Ali was an influential figure who supported working-class lascars, providing them food and shelter. In 1943, Qureshi and Ali founded the ''Indian Seamen's Welfare League'' which ensured social welfare for British Asians. Ayub Ali was also the president of the [[All-India Muslim League|United Kingdom Muslim League]] having links with [[Liaquat Ali Khan]] and [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Hossain|first=Ashfaque |date=November 2014|title=The world of the Sylheti seamen in the Age of Empire, from the late eighteenth century to 1947|journal=Journal of Global History|volume=9|issue=3 |pages=425–446 |doi=10.1017/S1740022814000199}}</ref>
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