Mazhar Nanautawi
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.
Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi | |
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 Calligraphic name of Mazhar Nanautawi | |
| Personal | |
| Born | 1821 |
| Died | 3 October 1885 (aged 63–64) |
| Religion | Islam |
| Alma mater | Zakir Husain Delhi College |
| Relatives | Siddiqi family of Nanauta |
BiographyEdit
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]
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kāndhlawi, Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid, Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi, p. 3
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Muḥammad Shāhid Sahāranpuri, Deobandi, Nawaz (ed.), Sawaneh Ulama-e-Deoband, vol. 1, p. 495
- ↑ Nur al-Hasan Sherkoti. Deobandi, Nawaz (ed.). Sawaneh Ulama-e-Deoband (in اردو). Vol. 2 (January 2000 ed.). pp. 90–214.
- ↑ Kāndhlawi, Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid, Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi, p. 7
- ↑ 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) - ↑ Kāndhlawi, Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid, Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi, p. 10
- ↑ Kāndhlawi, Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid, Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi, p. 20
- ↑ Kāndhlawi, Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid, Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi, p. 21
- ↑ Najmul Hasan Thanwi. Maidan-e-Shamli-o-Thana Bhawan awr Sarfaroshan-e-Islam (in اردو). Thana Bhawan: Idara Talifat-e-Ashrafia. p. 16.
- ↑ Kāndhlawi, Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid, Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi, p. 26
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Kāndhlawi, Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid, Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi, pp. 26–28
- ↑ Muḥammad Shāhid Sahāranpuri, Deobandi, Nawaz (ed.), Sawaneh Ulama-e-Deoband, vol. 1, p. 498
- ↑ Kāndhlawi, Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid, Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi, p. 30
- ↑ Khan, Syed Aḥmad, Shahjahānpuri, Abu Salmān (ed.), Tadhkira Khānwāda-e-Waliullāhi, p. 513
- ↑ Khan, Syed Aḥmad, Shahjahānpuri, Abu Salmān (ed.), Tadhkira Khānwāda-e-Waliullāhi, pp. 518–519
BibliographyEdit
- 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.