Khwaja Muhammad Yusuf (died 1902) was one of the top lawyers and landowners of Aligarh, a small but historically significant town in the ‘doab’ region of the state of Uttar Pradesh in northern India. He was among the first Indian Muslims to understand the nature and gravity of the issues posed by contemporary European colonialism. He was an Islamic liberal who believed that modern, Western-style education was essential for the survival of Indian Muslims in the contemporary world.