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{{short description|Indian Muslim scholar}}
{{short description|Indian Muslim scholar}}
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{{Infobox religious biography
{{Infobox religious biography
|honorific_prefix = Mawlāna
| honorific_prefix   = Mawlānā
|name = Fazlur Rahmān Usmāni
| name               = Fazlur Rahmān Usmānī
|birth_date = 1831
| birth_date         = 1831
|image = Fazlur Rahman Usmani calligraphy.png
| image             =  
|caption = Fazlur Rahman Usmani in [[Islamic calligraphy]]
| caption           =  
|birth_place = [[Deoband]], [[Company rule in India|India]]
| birth_place       = [[Deoband]], [[Company rule in India|India]]
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1907|6|15|1831}}  
| death_date         = {{death date and age|df=y|1907|6|15|1831}}
|children = [[Aziz-ur-Rahman Usmani]], [[Shabbir Ahmad Usmani]]
| children           = [[Aziz-ur-Rahman Usmani]], [[Habibur Rahman Usmani]], [[Shabbir Ahmad Usmani]]
|relatives = [[Atiqur Rahman Usmani]] (grandson)
| relatives         = [[Atiqur Rahman Usmani]] (grandson)
|teacher = [[Mamluk Ali Nanautawi]]
| teacher           = [[Mamluk Ali Nanautawi]]
|alma_mater = [[Zakir Husain Delhi College|Delhi College]]
| alma_mater         = [[Zakir Husain Delhi College|Delhi College]]
|founder = [[Darul Uloom Deoband]]
| founder           = [[Darul Uloom Deoband]]
| religion          = Islam
}}
}}
'''Fazlur Rahmān Usmāni''' (1831 – 15 June 1907) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] Muslim scholar and poet who co-founded the [[Darul Uloom Deoband]]. He was father of the scholars, [[Aziz-ur-Rahman Usmani]] and [[Shabbir Ahmad Usmani]]. His grandson [[Atiqur Rahman Usmani]] was the founder of [[Nadwatul Musannifeen]].
'''Fazlur Rahmān Usmānī''' (1831 – 15 June 1907) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] Muslim scholar and poet who co-founded the [[Darul Uloom Deoband]]. He was father of the scholars, [[Aziz-ur-Rahman Usmani]] and [[Shabbir Ahmad Usmani]]. His grandson [[Atiqur Rahman Usmani]] was the founder of [[Nadwatul Musannifeen]].


==Biography==
==Biography==
Usmāni was born in 1831 in [[Deoband]].<ref>{{Citation |last1=Rahmān |first1=Abu Ukāsha |title=Tārīkh ke qātil|page= 45}}</ref> He was an alumnus of [[Zakir Husain Delhi College|Delhi College]] where he had studied under [[Mamluk Ali Nanautawi]].<ref name="tayyabqasmi">{{cite book |last1=Muhammad Tayyib |first1=Qari |author-link1=Qari Muhammad Tayyib |editor1-last=Bukhari |editor1-first=Akbar Shah |title=50 Misaali Shaksiyaat |trans-title=50 Exemplar personalities|pages=58–59 |edition=July 1999 |language=ur}}</ref> He was a Deputy Inspector of Schools in the Education Department.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dhulipala |first1=Venkat |title=Creating a New Medina: State Power, Islam, and the Quest for Pakistan in Late Colonial North India |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |page=357 |edition=2015}}</ref> He co-founded [[Darul Uloom Deoband]] along with [[Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi]], [[Sayyid Muhammad Abid]] and others.<ref name="tayyabqasmi"/> He remained a member of the executive council of Darul Uloom Deoband throughout his life.<ref name="rizwi"/>
Usmānī was born in 1831 in [[Deoband]].<ref>{{Citation |last1=Rahmān |first1=Abu Ukāsha |title=Tārīkh ke qātil|page= 45}}</ref> He was an alumnus of [[Zakir Husain Delhi College|Delhi College]] where he had studied under [[Mamluk Ali Nanautawi]].<ref name="tayyabqasmi">{{cite book |last1=Muhammad Tayyib |first1=Qari |author-link1=Qari Muhammad Tayyib |editor1-last=Bukhari |editor1-first=Akbar Shah |title=50 Misaali Shaksiyaat |trans-title=50 Exemplar personalities|pages=58–59 |edition=July 1999 |language=ur}}</ref> He was a Deputy Inspector of Schools in the Education Department.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dhulipala |first1=Venkat |title=Creating a New Medina: State Power, Islam, and the Quest for Pakistan in Late Colonial North India |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |page=357 |edition=2015}}</ref> He co-founded [[Darul Uloom Deoband]] along with [[Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi]], [[Sayyid Muhammad Abid]] and others.<ref name="tayyabqasmi"/> He remained a member of the executive council of Darul Uloom Deoband throughout his life.<ref name="rizwi"/>


Usmāni died on 15 June 1907.<ref name="tayyabqasmi"/> His most elder son was [[Aziz-ur-Rahman Usmani]], who served as the first Grand Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband.<ref name="asir">{{cite book |last1=Adrawi |first1=Asir |author-link1=Asir Adrawi |title=Tazkirah Mashaheer-e-Hind: Karwan-e-Rafta |publisher=Darul Muallifeen |location=Deoband |pages=197–198 |edition=April 2016 |language=ur |chapter=Mufti Aziz-ul-Rahman Usmani}}</ref> His another son, [[Shabbir Ahmad Usmani]] was among the founding figures of [[Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Abdul Qayyum Haqqani |title=Ijmāli wa Sawānihi Khāka |journal=Al-Qasim |volume=9 |issue=6,7,8 |pages=11–14 |series=Tazkirah wa Sawāneh, Allama Shabbir Ahmad Usmāni |publisher=Al-Qasim Academy |location=[[Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|Nowshera]]}}</ref> Usmāni's grandson [[Atiqur Rahman Usmani]] co-founded [[Nadwatul Musannifeen]] and [[All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat]].<ref>{{cite book |author1=Nayab Hasan Qasmi |title=[[Darul Uloom Deoband]] Ka Sahafati ManzarNama |publisher=Idara Tehqeeq-e-Islami, [[Deoband]] |pages=176, 198}}</ref><ref name="millat">{{cite book|editor-first= Jameel |editor-last=Mehdi |title=Mufakkir-e-Millat Number, Burhan |chapter=Atiqur Rahman Usmani (1901-1984)|edition=November 1987 |pages=506–507 |publisher=Nadwatul Musannifeen |location=Delhi}}</ref>
Usmānī died on 15 June 1907.<ref name="tayyabqasmi"/> His most elder son was [[Aziz-ur-Rahman Usmani]], who served as the first Grand Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband.<ref name="asir">{{cite book |last1=Adrawi |first1=Asir |author-link1=Asir Adrawi |title=Tazkirah Mashaheer-e-Hind: Karwan-e-Rafta |publisher=Darul Muallifeen |location=Deoband |pages=197–198 |edition=April 2016 |language=ur |chapter=Mufti Aziz-ul-Rahman Usmani}}</ref> His another son, [[Shabbir Ahmad Usmani]] was among the founding figures of [[Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Abdul Qayyum Haqqani |title=Ijmāli wa Sawānihi Khāka |journal=Al-Qasim |volume=9 |issue=6,7,8 |pages=11–14 |series=Tazkirah wa Sawāneh, Allama Shabbir Ahmad Usmāni |publisher=Al-Qasim Academy |location=[[Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|Nowshera]]}}</ref> His grandson [[Atiqur Rahman Usmani]] co-founded [[Nadwatul Musannifeen]] and the [[All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat]].<ref>{{cite book |author1=Nayab Hasan Qasmi |title=[[Darul Uloom Deoband]] Ka Sahafati ManzarNama |publisher=Idara Tehqeeq-e-Islami, [[Deoband]] |pages=176, 198}}</ref><ref name="millat">{{cite book|editor-first= Jameel |editor-last=Mehdi |title=Mufakkir-e-Millat Number, Burhan |chapter=Atiqur Rahman Usmani (1901-1984)|edition=November 1987 |pages=506–507 |publisher=Nadwatul Musannifeen |location=Delhi}}</ref>


==Literary works==
==Literary works==
Usmāni's Persian poem ''Qissa-e Gham-e Diban'' is considered as a historical document related to [[Deoband]].<ref name="rizwi">{{cite book |last1=Rizwi |first1=Syed Mehboob |translator=Murtaz Husain F Quraishi |authorlink1=Syed Mehboob Rizwi |title= Tārīkh Darul Uloom Deoband|trans-title= History of the Dar al-Ulum Deoband |volume = 1 |page =95 |edition=1980}}</ref>
Usmānī's Persian poem ''Qissa-e Gham-e Diban'' is considered as a historical document related to [[Deoband]].<ref name="rizwi">{{cite book |last1=Rizwi |first1=Syed Mehboob |translator=Murtaz Husain F Quraishi |authorlink1=Syed Mehboob Rizwi |title= Tārīkh Darul Uloom Deoband|trans-title= History of the Dar al-Ulum Deoband |volume = 1 |page =95 |edition=1980}}</ref>
==See more==
* [[List of Deobandis]]


==References==
==References==
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==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
* {{cite book |last1=Rahmān |first1=Abu Ukāshah |title=Tārīkh ke qātil |publisher=A P Offset Printers |location=[[Hyderabad]] |pages=44–53 |edition=January 2019 |url=https://archive.org/details/tareekhkeqaatilabuukashahrahman |language=Urdu |chapter=Hazrat Maulana Fazlur Rahmān Usmāni}}
* {{cite book |last1=Rahmān |first1=Abu Ukāshah |title=Tārīkh ke qātil |publisher=A P Offset Printers |location=[[Hyderabad]] |pages=44–53 |edition=January 2019 |url=https://archive.org/details/tareekhkeqaatilabuukashahrahman |language=Urdu |chapter=Hazrat Maulana Fazlur Rahmān Usmānī|date=January 2019 }}


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Mawlānā

Fazlur Rahmān Usmānī
Personal
Born1831
Died15 June 1907(1907-06-15) (aged 75–76)
ReligionIslam
ChildrenAziz-ur-Rahman Usmani, Habibur Rahman Usmani, Shabbir Ahmad Usmani
Alma materDelhi College
RelativesAtiqur Rahman Usmani (grandson)
Founder ofDarul Uloom Deoband
Senior posting
TeacherMamluk Ali Nanautawi

Fazlur Rahmān Usmānī (1831 – 15 June 1907) was an Indian Muslim scholar and poet who co-founded the Darul Uloom Deoband. He was father of the scholars, Aziz-ur-Rahman Usmani and Shabbir Ahmad Usmani. His grandson Atiqur Rahman Usmani was the founder of Nadwatul Musannifeen.

Biography[edit | edit source]

Usmānī was born in 1831 in Deoband.[1] He was an alumnus of Delhi College where he had studied under Mamluk Ali Nanautawi.[2] He was a Deputy Inspector of Schools in the Education Department.[3] He co-founded Darul Uloom Deoband along with Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi, Sayyid Muhammad Abid and others.[2] He remained a member of the executive council of Darul Uloom Deoband throughout his life.[4]

Usmānī died on 15 June 1907.[2] His most elder son was Aziz-ur-Rahman Usmani, who served as the first Grand Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband.[5] His another son, Shabbir Ahmad Usmani was among the founding figures of Pakistan.[6] His grandson Atiqur Rahman Usmani co-founded Nadwatul Musannifeen and the All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat.[7][8]

Literary works[edit | edit source]

Usmānī's Persian poem Qissa-e Gham-e Diban is considered as a historical document related to Deoband.[4]

See more[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Rahmān, Abu Ukāsha, Tārīkh ke qātil, p. 45
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Muhammad Tayyib, Qari. Bukhari, Akbar Shah (ed.). 50 Misaali Shaksiyaat [50 Exemplar personalities] (in اردو) (July 1999 ed.). pp. 58–59.
  3. Dhulipala, Venkat. Creating a New Medina: State Power, Islam, and the Quest for Pakistan in Late Colonial North India (2015 ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 357.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Rizwi, Syed Mehboob. Tārīkh Darul Uloom Deoband [History of the Dar al-Ulum Deoband]. Vol. 1. Translated by Murtaz Husain F Quraishi (1980 ed.). p. 95.
  5. Adrawi, Asir. "Mufti Aziz-ul-Rahman Usmani". Tazkirah Mashaheer-e-Hind: Karwan-e-Rafta (in اردو) (April 2016 ed.). Deoband: Darul Muallifeen. pp. 197–198.
  6. Abdul Qayyum Haqqani. "Ijmāli wa Sawānihi Khāka". Al-Qasim. Tazkirah wa Sawāneh, Allama Shabbir Ahmad Usmāni. 9 (6, 7, 8). Nowshera: Al-Qasim Academy: 11–14.
  7. Nayab Hasan Qasmi. Darul Uloom Deoband Ka Sahafati ManzarNama. Idara Tehqeeq-e-Islami, Deoband. pp. 176, 198.
  8. Mehdi, Jameel (ed.). "Atiqur Rahman Usmani (1901-1984)". Mufakkir-e-Millat Number, Burhan (November 1987 ed.). Delhi: Nadwatul Musannifeen. pp. 506–507.

Bibliography[edit | edit source]

  • Rahmān, Abu Ukāshah (January 2019). "Hazrat Maulana Fazlur Rahmān Usmānī". Tārīkh ke qātil (in Urdu) (January 2019 ed.). Hyderabad: A P Offset Printers. pp. 44–53.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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