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==Biography==
==Biography==
Muḥammad Mazhar was born into the [[Siddiqi family of Nanauta]] in 1821.<ref name="nur">{{Citation |last1=Kāndhlawi |first1=Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid |title=Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi |page=3}}</ref><ref name="shahid">{{Citation |author1=Muḥammad Shāhid Sahāranpuri |editor1-last=Deobandi |editor1-first=Nawaz |editor1-link=Nawaz Deobandi |title=Sawaneh Ulama-e-Deoband|volume = 1 |page=495}}</ref> His father Lutf Ali was a cousin brother of [[Mamluk Ali Nanautawi]].<ref>{{cite book |author1=Nur al-Hasan Sherkoti |editor1-last=Deobandi |editor1-first=Nawaz |editor1-link=Nawaz Deobandi |title=Sawaneh Ulama-e-Deoband|volume = 2 |pages=90–214 |edition=January 2000 |language=ur}}</ref> Mazhar memorized the ''[[Quran]]'' and received his primary education from his father.<ref name="shahid"/>He studied with Mamluk Ali Nanautawi at the [[Zakir Husain Delhi College|Delhi College]].<ref name="nur"/> He studied ''[[Muwatta Imam Malik]]'' and few other [[hadith]] books with Shah Abd al-Ghani Dehlawi and ''[[Sahih Bukhari]]'' with Shah Muḥammad Ishāq Dehlawi.<ref>{{Citation |last1=Kāndhlawi |first1=Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid |title=Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi |page=7}}</ref> He was an authorized diciple of [[Rashid Ahmad Gangohi]] in Sufism.<ref name="asir">{{Cite book|title=Tazkirah Mashāhīr-e-Hind: Karwān-e-Rafta|author=[[Asir Adrawi]]|page=243|location=[[Deoband]]|publisher= Darul Muallifeen |language=Urdu |edition = 2 April 2016}}</ref>
Muḥammad Mazhar was born into the [[Siddiqi family of Nanauta]] in 1821.<ref name="nur">{{Citation |last1=Kāndhlawi |first1=Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid |title=Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi |page=3}}</ref><ref name="shahid">{{Citation |author1=Muḥammad Shāhid Sahāranpuri |editor1-last=Deobandi |editor1-first=Nawaz |editor1-link=Nawaz Deobandi |title=Sawaneh Ulama-e-Deoband|volume = 1 |page=495}}</ref> His father Lutf Ali was a cousin brother of [[Mamluk Ali Nanautawi]].<ref>{{cite book |author1=Nur al-Hasan Sherkoti |editor1-last=Deobandi |editor1-first=Nawaz |editor1-link=Nawaz Deobandi |title=Sawaneh Ulama-e-Deoband|volume = 2 |pages=90–214 |edition=January 2000 |language=ur}}</ref> Mazhar memorized the ''[[Quran]]'' and received his primary education from his father.<ref name="shahid"/> He studied with Mamluk Ali Nanautawi at the [[Zakir Husain Delhi College|Delhi College]].<ref name="nur"/> He studied ''[[Muwatta Imam Malik]]'' and few other [[hadith]] books with Shah Abd al-Ghani Dehlawi and ''[[Sahih Bukhari]]'' with Shah Muḥammad Ishāq Dehlawi.<ref>{{Citation |last1=Kāndhlawi |first1=Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid |title=Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi |page=7}}</ref> He was an authorized diciple of [[Rashid Ahmad Gangohi]] in Sufism.<ref name="asir">{{Cite book|title=Tazkirah Mashāhīr-e-Hind: Karwān-e-Rafta|author=[[Asir Adrawi]]|page=243|location=[[Deoband]]|publisher= Darul Muallifeen |language=Urdu |edition = 2 April 2016}}</ref>


Mazhar was appointed the head teacher of Arabic department of the Government College in [[Varanasi]] by [[Aloys Sprenger]].<ref>{{Citation |last1=Kāndhlawi |first1=Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid |title=Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi |page=10}}</ref> He later headed the Arabic department of [[Government College, Ajmer]].<ref>{{Citation |last1=Kāndhlawi |first1=Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid |title=Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi |page=20}}</ref> He also taught at the [[Agra College]].<ref>{{Citation |last1=Kāndhlawi |first1=Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid |title=Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi |page=21}}</ref> Mazhar participated in the [[Indian freedom struggle]] and fought alonsgide [[Imdadullah Muhajir Makki]] in the [[Battle of Shamli]].<ref>{{cite book |author1=Najmul Hasan Thanwi |title=Maidan-e-Shamli-o-Thana Bhawan awr Sarfaroshan-e-Islam |page=16|publisher=Idara Talifat-e-Ashrafia |location=[[Thana Bhawan]] |language=ur}}</ref> His views about working in government institutes changed after 1857.<ref>{{Citation |last1=Kāndhlawi |first1=Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid |title=Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi |page=26}}</ref> He joined the [[Nawal Kishore Press]] as a copy editor and worked there for more than seven years.<ref name= "nawal">{{Citation |last1=Kāndhlawi |first1=Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid |title=Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi |pages=26–28}}</ref> His copyedited works include [[Al-Ghazali]]'s ''Ihya al-Ulūm'' and Tāhir Patni's ''Majma' al-Bahhār''; the latter being the major academic work of that time.<ref name= "nawal"/> In February 1867, Mazhar joined the [[Mazahir Uloom]]; where he taught the subjects including [[tafsir]], [[hadith]], [[fiqh]], literature and history.<ref>{{Citation |author1=Muḥammad Shāhid Sahāranpuri |editor1-last=Deobandi |editor1-first=Nawaz |editor1-link=Nawaz Deobandi |title=Sawaneh Ulama-e-Deoband|volume = 1 |page=498}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last1=Kāndhlawi |first1=Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid |title=Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi |page=30}}</ref>He is credited as the founder of Mazahir Uloom for his role in its development.<ref name="asir"/>
Mazhar was appointed the head teacher of Arabic department of the Government College in [[Varanasi]] by [[Aloys Sprenger]].<ref>{{Citation |last1=Kāndhlawi |first1=Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid |title=Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi |page=10}}</ref> He later headed the Arabic department of [[Government College, Ajmer]].<ref>{{Citation |last1=Kāndhlawi |first1=Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid |title=Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi |page=20}}</ref> He also taught at the [[Agra College]].<ref>{{Citation |last1=Kāndhlawi |first1=Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid |title=Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi |page=21}}</ref> Mazhar participated in the [[Indian freedom struggle]] and fought alonsgide [[Imdadullah Muhajir Makki]] in the [[Battle of Shamli]].<ref>{{cite book |author1=Najmul Hasan Thanwi |title=Maidan-e-Shamli-o-Thana Bhawan awr Sarfaroshan-e-Islam |page=16|publisher=Idara Talifat-e-Ashrafia |location=[[Thana Bhawan]] |language=ur}}</ref> His views about working in government institutes changed after 1857.<ref>{{Citation |last1=Kāndhlawi |first1=Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid |title=Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi |page=26}}</ref> He joined the [[Nawal Kishore Press]] as a copy editor and worked there for more than seven years.<ref name= "nawal">{{Citation |last1=Kāndhlawi |first1=Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid |title=Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi |pages=26–28}}</ref> His copyedited works include [[Al-Ghazali]]'s ''Ihya al-Ulūm'' and Tāhir Patni's ''Majma' al-Bahhār''; the latter being the major academic work of that time.<ref name= "nawal"/> In February 1867, Mazhar joined the [[Mazahir Uloom]]; where he taught the subjects including [[tafsir]], [[hadith]], [[fiqh]], literature and history.<ref>{{Citation |author1=Muḥammad Shāhid Sahāranpuri |editor1-last=Deobandi |editor1-first=Nawaz |editor1-link=Nawaz Deobandi |title=Sawaneh Ulama-e-Deoband|volume = 1 |page=498}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last1=Kāndhlawi |first1=Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid |title=Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi |page=30}}</ref> He is credited as the founder of Mazahir Uloom for his role in its development.<ref name="asir"/>


Mazhar died on 3 October 1885.<ref>{{Citation |last1=Khan |first1=Syed Aḥmad |author1-link=Syed Ahmad Khan |editor1-last=Shahjahānpuri |editor1-first=Abu Salmān |editor1-link=Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri |title=Tadhkira Khānwāda-e-Waliullāhi  |page=513}}</ref> His students include [[Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi]] and [[Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri]].<ref>{{Citation |last1=Khan |first1=Syed Aḥmad |author1-link=Syed Ahmad Khan |editor1-last=Shahjahānpuri |editor1-first=Abu Salmān |editor1-link=Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri |title=Tadhkira Khānwāda-e-Waliullāhi  |pages=518–519}}</ref>
Mazhar died on 3 October 1885.<ref>{{Citation |last1=Khan |first1=Syed Aḥmad |author1-link=Syed Ahmad Khan |editor1-last=Shahjahānpuri |editor1-first=Abu Salmān |editor1-link=Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri |title=Tadhkira Khānwāda-e-Waliullāhi  |page=513}}</ref> His students include [[Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi]] and [[Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri]].<ref>{{Citation |last1=Khan |first1=Syed Aḥmad |author1-link=Syed Ahmad Khan |editor1-last=Shahjahānpuri |editor1-first=Abu Salmān |editor1-link=Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri |title=Tadhkira Khānwāda-e-Waliullāhi  |pages=518–519}}</ref>

Latest revision as of 12:11, 11 December 2022


Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi
Calligraphic name of Mazhar Nanautawi
Personal
Born1821 (1821)
Nanauta, Mughal India
Died3 October 1885(1885-10-03) (aged 63–64)
ReligionIslam
Alma materZakir Husain Delhi College
RelativesSiddiqi family of Nanauta

Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi (1821 – 3 October 1885) was an Indian Muslim scholar and a freedom struggle activist who played a crucial role in the development Mazahir Uloom. He participated in the Battle of Shamli.

Biography[edit | edit source]

Muḥammad Mazhar was born into the Siddiqi family of Nanauta in 1821.[1][2] His father Lutf Ali was a cousin brother of Mamluk Ali Nanautawi.[3] Mazhar memorized the Quran and received his primary education from his father.[2] He studied with Mamluk Ali Nanautawi at the Delhi College.[1] He studied Muwatta Imam Malik and few other hadith books with Shah Abd al-Ghani Dehlawi and Sahih Bukhari with Shah Muḥammad Ishāq Dehlawi.[4] He was an authorized diciple of Rashid Ahmad Gangohi in Sufism.[5]

Mazhar was appointed the head teacher of Arabic department of the Government College in Varanasi by Aloys Sprenger.[6] He later headed the Arabic department of Government College, Ajmer.[7] He also taught at the Agra College.[8] Mazhar participated in the Indian freedom struggle and fought alonsgide Imdadullah Muhajir Makki in the Battle of Shamli.[9] His views about working in government institutes changed after 1857.[10] He joined the Nawal Kishore Press as a copy editor and worked there for more than seven years.[11] His copyedited works include Al-Ghazali's Ihya al-Ulūm and Tāhir Patni's Majma' al-Bahhār; the latter being the major academic work of that time.[11] In February 1867, Mazhar joined the Mazahir Uloom; where he taught the subjects including tafsir, hadith, fiqh, literature and history.[12][13] He is credited as the founder of Mazahir Uloom for his role in its development.[5]

Mazhar died on 3 October 1885.[14] His students include Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi and Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri.[15]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kāndhlawi, Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid, Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi, p. 3
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Muḥammad Shāhid Sahāranpuri, Deobandi, Nawaz (ed.), Sawaneh Ulama-e-Deoband, vol. 1, p. 495
  3. ↑ Nur al-Hasan Sherkoti. Deobandi, Nawaz (ed.). Sawaneh Ulama-e-Deoband (in اردو). Vol. 2 (January 2000 ed.). pp. 90–214.
  4. ↑ Kāndhlawi, Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid, Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi, p. 7
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Asir Adrawi. Tazkirah Mashāhīr-e-Hind: Karwān-e-Rafta (in Urdu) (2 April 2016 ed.). Deoband: Darul Muallifeen. p. 243.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  6. ↑ Kāndhlawi, Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid, Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi, p. 10
  7. ↑ Kāndhlawi, Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid, Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi, p. 20
  8. ↑ Kāndhlawi, Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid, Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi, p. 21
  9. ↑ Najmul Hasan Thanwi. Maidan-e-Shamli-o-Thana Bhawan awr Sarfaroshan-e-Islam (in اردو). Thana Bhawan: Idara Talifat-e-Ashrafia. p. 16.
  10. ↑ Kāndhlawi, Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid, Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi, p. 26
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Kāndhlawi, Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid, Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi, pp. 26–28
  12. ↑ Muḥammad Shāhid Sahāranpuri, Deobandi, Nawaz (ed.), Sawaneh Ulama-e-Deoband, vol. 1, p. 498
  13. ↑ Kāndhlawi, Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid, Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi, p. 30
  14. ↑ Khan, Syed Aḥmad, Shahjahānpuri, Abu Salmān (ed.), Tadhkira Khānwāda-e-Waliullāhi, p. 513
  15. ↑ Khan, Syed Aḥmad, Shahjahānpuri, Abu Salmān (ed.), Tadhkira Khānwāda-e-Waliullāhi, pp. 518–519

Bibliography[edit | edit source]

  • Kāndhlawi, Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid. Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi (in اردو) (January 2007 ed.). Kandhla: Mufti Ilāhi Bakhsh Academy.
  • Khan, Syed Aḥmad. "Mawlvi Muḥammad Mazhar Marhūm". In Shahjahānpuri, Abu Salmān (ed.). Tadhkira Khānwāda-e-Waliullāhi (in اردو). Jamshoro: University of Sindh. pp. 513–519.
  • Muḥammad Shāhid Sahāranpuri. Deobandi, Nawaz (ed.). Sawaneh Ulama-e-Deoband (in اردو). Vol. 1 (January 2000 ed.). Deoband: Nawaz Publications. pp. 495–504.

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