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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Nazeer Ahmed
|office1 = Member of [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]], [[Tumkur]]
|term_start1 = 1978
|term_end1 = 1979
|predecessor1 = [[Abdul Subhan]]
|successor1 = [[S.Shafi Ahmed]]
|term_start2 = 1979
|term_end2 = 1983
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1939|09|28|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Tumkur district|Tumkur]], [[Mysore State]], [[United India]]<br> (now in [[Karnataka]], [[India]])
|party = [[Indian National Congress]]
}}

'''Nazeer Ahmed''' (also known as '''Rank Nazeer''') is an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[Ulama|Muslim scholar]], [[Qur'an translator]], [[scientist]], [[inventor]], [[historian]], [[legislator]], [[entrepreneur]] and [[philanthropist]]. He is the author of the Encyclopedia of Islamic History ([https://historyofislam.com www.historyofislam.com]).<ref name="Nazeer Ahmed">{{cite book|author=Nazeer Ahmed|title=The Qur'an: An English Translation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AwnnRuJBEAQC|date=2011|publisher=[[Xlibris Corporation]]|isbn=9781469135229|page=119}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://historyofislam.com|title=History of Islam|website=historyofislam.com|archive-url=https://archive.today/FxWuq|archive-date=25 Jan 2013}}</ref> He is a former politician of [[Indian National Congress]], a former Member of Legislative Assembly from Karnataka,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ahmed and Roger.R|first1=Nazeer and Tomlinson|title= Apparatus for strain-free mounting of optical components |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z0YbAQAAMAAJ&q=nazeer&pg=PA1761-IA96|work= Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office: Patents, Volume 1099, Issues 3-4|accessdate=24 September 2020|date=21 February 1989}}</ref> and Member of [[Karnataka Knowledge Commission]], [[Government of Karnataka]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ahamed Jhon |first1=M.A|title=Reconstitution of Karnataka Knowledge Commission|url=https://www.karnataka.gov.in/jnanaayoga/Govt%20Order%20%20Circulars/GO_Reconstitution%20of%20KJA_25-06-2019.pdf|work=Karnataka Jnana Aayoga (Karnataka Knowledge Commission)|accessdate=26 December 2019|date=25 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The students need creative and analytical thinking|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/156893/students-need-creative-analytical-thinking.html|work=Deccan Herald|accessdate=26 December 2019|date=26 April 2011}}</ref>

==Early life==
He was born in [[Tumkur]] in the state of [[Mysore]], India in 1939. His father Abdul Azeem was a spiritual scholar of the [[Sufi]] [[Qadiri]] order. In 1952, he achieved the first rank in the entire state of Mysore and won the Maharaja of Mysore Gold Medal.<ref name="Nazeer Ahmed"/> He has been known as “Rank Nazeer Ahmed” due to the consistency with which he ranked first in state and interstate exams.

He entered the [[California Institute of Technology]] (Caltech) in 1961 as an Institute Scholar as well as a Tata Scholar. He was awarded MS and AeE degrees from Caltech. He worked in [[Huntsville]], [[Alabama]] on the Saturn, Apollo and Lunar Land Rover Projects at the [[Marshall Space Flight Center]] in 1964–65. He obtained a PhD in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from [[Cornell University]] in 1967. Under Peter Drucker he studied management at [[New York University]]. He then obtained an [[MBA]] from [[Rider University]], [[New Jersey]].

== Teachers ==
He received his early religious training from Molvi Abdul Quddus Qudsi and he continues to be a student of [[Nazim al-Haqqani]].<ref name="Nazeer Ahmed"/>

==Political career==
In 1977, he was elected a member of the [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]] from the 57th constituency but resigned a year later. In 1988 he was elected a delegate to the [[Democratic National Convention]], 42nd [[Congressional District]] in [[California]]. In 1992 he was a candidate for [[US Congress]], 46 CA Congressional District.

== Charity work ==
The charities he founded in Tumkur, India, have given out millions in scholarships to poor children of all faiths and has built schools, mosques, and a unique [[Eidgah|Idgah]] with spiritual themes.<ref name="Nazeer Ahmed"/>

== Books ==
Among his books are the following:<ref name="Nazeer Ahmed"/>
* '''Islam in Global History''', in two volumes was published in the United States and translated into [[Urdu]] and [[Persian language|Persian]].
* '''The Qur'an: An English Translation''', was done over a period of three years, between 2007 and 2010, although some of this work was done as early as 1972.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historyofislam.com/the-quran/|title=The Qur’an – Its significance for Islamic History|website=historyofislam.com|archive-url=https://archive.today/aQhnp|archive-date=31 Jul 2015}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Musharraf Hussain]]
* [[Nurettin Uzunoğlu]]
* [[Ahmed Hulusi]]
* [[Ali Ünal]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://historyofislam.com/ History of Islam] – An encyclopedia of Islamic history, founded by ''Dr. Nazeer Ahmed''

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