Muḥammad 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 (1821–1885) 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

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 disciple 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 alongside 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 included Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi and Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri.[15]

References

  1. 1 2 Kāndhlawi, Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid, Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi, p. 3
  2. 1 2 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 Urdu). Vol. 2 (January 2000 ed.). pp. 90–214.
  4. ↑ Kāndhlawi, Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid, Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi, p. 7
  5. 1 2 Asir Adrawi. Tazkirah Mashāhīr-e-Hind: Karwān-e-Rafta (in Urdu) (2 April 2016 ed.). Deoband: Darul Muallifeen. p. 243.
  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 Urdu). Thana Bhawan: Idara Talifat-e-Ashrafia. p. 16.
  10. ↑ Kāndhlawi, Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid, Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi, p. 26
  11. 1 2 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

  • Kāndhlawi, Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid. Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi (in Urdu) (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 Urdu). Jamshoro: University of Sindh. pp. 513–519.
  • Muḥammad Shāhid Sahāranpuri. Deobandi, Nawaz (ed.). Sawaneh Ulama-e-Deoband (in Urdu). Vol. 1 (January 2000 ed.). Deoband: Nawaz Publications. pp. 495–504.
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