Uzair Gul Peshawari

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Mawlāna

Uzair Gul Peshawari
File:Uzair Gul Peshawari with Sami ul Haq.jpg
Sami-ul-Haq (right) with Uzair Gul Peshawari
Personal
Born1886
Died17 November 1989(1989-11-17) (aged 102–103)
ReligionIslam
Nationality
  • Afghan (1886-1893)
  • British Indian (1893-1947)
  • Pakistani (1947-1989)
Alma materDarul Uloom Deoband
Known forSilk Letter Movement
Muslim leader
Disciple ofMahmud Hasan Deobandi

Uzair Gul Peshawari (1886 – 17 November 1989) was an Islamic scholar and an activist of the Indian freedom struggle who actively participated in the Silk Letter Movement. He was an alumnus of the Darul Uloom Deoband and served as the head-teacher of Madrasa Rahmania in Roorkee.

Biography[edit]

Gul hailed from Ziarat Kaka Sahib, a town located in Peshawar.[1] He completed his primary studies with local teachers and moved to Darul Uloom Deoband, where he studied with Mahmud Hasan Deobandi.[2] He graduated from Darul Uloom in 1331 A.H.[1] During Khilafat Movement, Gul was made the president of Khilafat Committee in Deoband.[1] He was a close companion of Mahmud Hasan Deobandi and was imprisoned along with him in Malta for his role in the Silk Letter Movement.[3]

He served as a teacher at Darul Uloom Deoband[4] and before World War II, he was appointed as a head-teacher in Madrasa Rahmania in Roorkee.[1]

In 1945, Gul moved to his native place in Peshawar along-with his English wife Beatrice Cooke.[5]

Gul died on 17 November 1989.[6]

Family[edit]

Gul's first wife was a daughter of Mahmud Hasan Deobandi's niece.[2][4] During his stay at Roorkee, he married a new Muslim English woman named Beatrice Cooke.[4][1][5] Gul's second wife Cooke also wrote an English translation of Quran which remains unpublished.[2]

Legacy[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Rizwi, Syed Mehboob. Tārīkh Darul Uloom Deoband [History of the Dar al-Ulum Deoband]. Vol. 2. Translated by Murtaz Husain F Quraishi (1981 ed.). Deoband: Darul Uloom Deoband. pp. 83–84.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Muhammad Miyan Deobandi. "Mawlāna Uzair Gul". Asiran-e-Malta [Prisoners of Malta] (in Urdu) (January 2002 ed.). Deoband: Naimia Book Depot. pp. 367–376.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  3. Asir Adrawi. Hazrat Shaykh al-Hind: Hayāt awr Karname [Shaykh al-Hind: Life and works] (in Urdu) (April 2012 ed.). Deoband: Shaykh al-Hind Academy, Darul Uloom Deoband. p. 178.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Asir Adrawi. "Mawlāna Uzair Gul Peshawari". Tazkirah Mashāhīr-e-Hind: Karwān-e-Rafta (in Urdu) (2 April 2016 ed.). Deoband: Darul Moallifeen. pp. 195–196.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  5. 5.0 5.1 Butt, John (16 March 2020). A Talib's Tale: The Life and Times of a Pashtoon Englishman. ISBN 9789353058029. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  6. Zahidur Rashidi (December 1989). "Hadhrat Mawlana Uzair Gul". Monthly Al-Sharia (in Urdu). Retrieved 18 August 2020.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  7. Dr. Abdul RAUF, PAN-ISLAMISM AND THE NORTH WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE OF BRITISH INDIA (1897-1918) (PDF), p. 37, retrieved 18 August 2020
  8. "Maulana Uzair Gul (Aseer-i-Malta): his life and achievements (1886-1989)". opac.iiu.edu.pk. University of Islamabad. Retrieved 18 August 2020.