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{{Short description|Indian Islamic scholar (1929–2021)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth year|1929}}
| birth_place = [[Kozhikode, Kerala]], India
| death_date = {{dda|2021|10|15|1929}}
| death_place = Kozhikode, Kerala
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| occupation = Islamic scholar and writer in Malayalam.
| years_active = 1959–2021
| organization = Jamaat-e-Islami Hind
| known_for = Social work
| notable_works = Nadannu theeratha vazhikalil
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'''T. K. Abdullah''' (1929 – 15 October 2021) was an Islamic scholar, senior leader and member of Central Advisory Council of [[Jamaat-e-Islami Hind]].<ref name="CNKK">{{cite book |last=C.N. Ahmed Maulavi, K.K. Muhammed Abdul Karim |title=Mahathaya mappila sahitya paramparyam |pages=582–583 |date= 1978 |quote= T.K. Abdullah, from Azhancheri ([[Kozhikode Dt]], [[Kerala]]) studied at Umerabad after education in various institutes in Kerala. He is a good orator, former President of Jamate islami Kerala Zone and Chief Editor of [[Prabodhanam|Prabodhanam Weekly]]. He contributed a main role in literary efforts of Jamate Islami Kerala.}}</ref> He was a founding member of the [[All India Muslim Personal Law Board]].<ref name="JIH">{{Cite web|url=http://jamaateislamihind.org/eng/advertisements/leaders/resumes/T_K_Abdullah.html| title=Leader resume|access-date=7 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729080119/https://jamaateislamihind.org/eng/advertisements/leaders/resumes/T_K_Abdullah.html|archive-date=29 July 2020}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
T. K. Abdullah was born in 1929 at Ayancheri,<ref name="CNKK"/><ref name="JIH"/> a village in Kozhikode District. He completed his education from various Islamic institutes.<ref name="JIH"/>

==Career==
===Editor===
After joining [[Prabodhanam]] in 1950, he became deputy chief editor in 1959. In 1964, while Prabodhanam started weekly, Abdullah was the first chief editor<ref name="CNKK"/> until 1995.

===Literary works===
He contributed to translating two volumes of [[Tafhim-ul-Quran]] to Malayalam.<ref name="KSLC">{{cite web |title=THAFHEEMUL QURAN |url=http://kslc.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=83313 |website=KERALA STATE LIBRARY COUNCIL |access-date=4 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thafheem.net/vivarthakar.html|title = Thafheemul Quran}}</ref><ref>Encyclopedia of Islam, [[Islamic Publishing House]] - Volume 2 Page: 151-152</ref> He was chief editor of "Islamic Encyclopedia Project" being published by [[Islamic Publishing House]].<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.jstor.com/stable/44145878|last=Aneesudheen Ahamed V|title= Mappila Deportations to the Andamans: Readings of Selected Archival Records |date=2005|journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress|access-date=6 July 2020|jstor=44145878|volume=66|pages= 660–671 }}</ref><ref name="MB264">{{cite book |last=Mumtas Begum A.L. |title=Muslim women in Malabar Study in social and cultural change |page=264 |url=https://sg.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/19904/13/13_select%20bibliography.pdf#page=6 |access-date=29 July 2020}}</ref><ref name="CKKV3">{{cite book |last=C.K. Kareem |title=Kerala Muslim History, Statistics and Directory |date=1991 |publisher=Charithram Publication, Trivandrum |page=1092}}</ref><ref name="UOCVK">{{cite web |title=Library Catalog |url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/169667 |website=University of Calicut |access-date=29 July 2020}}</ref> He wrote some books such as ''Nadannu theeratha vazhikalil'', ''Navothana dharmangal'',<ref name="UOCND">{{cite web |title=Library Catalog |url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/101200 |website=University of Calicut |access-date=29 July 2020}}</ref> ''Nazhikakallukal'', ''Iqbaline kandethal''<ref name="UOCIK">{{cite web |title=Library Catalog |url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/101057 |website=University of Calicut |access-date=29 July 2020}}</ref> etc.

==Jamaat-e-Islami Leader==
After getting membership in [[Jamaat-e-Islami Hind]] in 1959, he reached the top position in Kerala Jamat (President-Amir)<ref name="KG">{{cite book |title=Kerala Gazette |date=23 May 1978 |publisher=Government of Kerala |location=Part 4 |page=194 |url=https://archive.org/details/gazette.kerala.archive.1978.1978MAY23/page/449/mode/1up |access-date=29 July 2020}}</ref><ref name="CNKK"/> from 1972 to 1979 and from 1982 to 1984 periods. During his leadership, Jamaat-e-Islami Kerala faced the Emergency of 1975. Many of its leaders were jailed during the emergency, including T. K. Abdullah. He was a member of ''Markazi Majlis-e-Shoora'' of [[Jamaat-e-Islami Hind]] from 1972 until his death.<ref>Radiance Views Weekly, Indian Muslim Supplimeny 1992 April page=117</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:1929 births]]
[[Category:2021 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian Muslims]]
[[Category:Indian people imprisoned during the Emergency (India)]]
[[Category:People from Kozhikode]]

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