Atiqur Rahman Usmani, a member of this family, co-founded Nadwatul Musannifeen and All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat.
Ubaid Iqbal Asim in his work Mawlāna Zafar Ahmad: Life and works, discussing the background of Usmanis in Deoband, mentions that, "one of the famous saintly figures that lived in Deoband is Khwajah Abul Wafā Usmāni, who was a cousin brother of Jalāluddīn Kabīr al-Awliya Pānipati".
[8] After the creation of Pakistan in 1947, Shabbir Ahmad Usmani hoisted its flag in Karachi in the presence of Muhammad Ali Jinnah and other All India Muslim League leaders.
[11] Zulfiqar Ali's son Mahmud Hasan Deobandi became the first student who studied in Darul Uloom Deoband.
[15] Zafar Ahmad Usmani hoisted the flag of Pakistan in Dhaka in 1947 in the presence of Muhammad Ali Jinnah and other All India Muslim League leaders.
[18] Shafi Usmani's father, Muhammad Yasīn Usmāni was among the earliest students of Darul Uloom Deoband.
[19] Yasīn's students include Asghar Hussain Deobandi, Shabbir Ahmad Usmani and Sanaullah Amritsari.