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Mazhar Nanautawi
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. His father Lutf Ali was a cousin brother of Mamluk Ali Nanautawi. Mazhar memorized the ''Quran'' and received his primary education from his father. He studied with Mamluk Ali Nanautawi at the Delhi College. He studied ''Muwatta Imam Malik'' and few other hadith books with Shah Abd al-Ghani Dehlawi and ''Sahih Bukhari'' with Shah Muḥammad Ishāq Dehlawi. He was an authorized disciple of Rashid Ahmad Gangohi in Sufism. Mazhar was appointed the head teacher of Arabic department of the Government College in Varanasi by Aloys Sprenger. He later headed the Arabic department of Government College, Ajmer. He also taught at the Agra College. Mazhar participated in the Indian freedom struggle and fought ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanauta
Nanauta is a town and a nagar panchayat (municipality) in Saharanpur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Nanauta is located on Saharanpur Delhi Highway. It is from Saharanpur city. It is from Shamli towards Saharanpur on the Delhi–Saharanpur Road. The town is famous for its street food available in the Central Market and Clothes Market. Demographics , the Indian census recorded the population of Nanauta as 22,551. Males constitute 52.53% of the population and females 47.46%. Nanauta has an average literacy rate of 68.26%, lower than the national average of 74.04%: male literacy is 75.84%, and female literacy is 59.9%. In Nanauta, 14.51% of the population is under 6 years of age. Nanauta and the adjoining villages are home to the Ror and Rajput communities. Education *Imam Bargah Sayyed Asad Ali Chatta *Gurudwara Girls School *Kisan Sewak Inter College *Harsh Modern Public School *BSM Degree College *BSM Global School *Hukum Singh Girls Degree College *Green Fiel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aloys Sprenger
Aloys Sprenger (born 3 September 1813, in Nassereith, Tyrol; died 19 December 1893 in Heidelberg) was an Austrian Oritentalist. Sprenger studied medicine, natural sciences as well as oriental languages at the University of Vienna. In 1836 he moved to London, where he worked with the Earl of Munster on the latter's ''Geschichte der Kriegswissenschaften bei den mohammedanischen Völkern'', ‘History of Military Science among the Muslim Peoples’, and thence in 1843 to Calcutta, where he became principal of Delhi College. In this capacity he had many textbooks translated into Hindustani from European languages. In 1848 he was sent to Lucknow, to prepare a catalogue of the royal library there, the first volume of which appeared in Calcutta in 1854. This book, with its lists of Persian poets, its careful description of all the chief works of Persian poetry and its valuable biographical material, became a worthy guide for the exploration of Persian literature. In 1850 Sprenger wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamshoro
Jamshoro ( sd, ڄام شورو, ur, ) is a city and the capital of Jamshoro District, located in Sindh, Pakistan. It is located on the right bank of the Indus River, approximately northwest of Hyderabad and northeast from the provincial capital of Sindh, Karachi. This city is popularly known as Education City. Four major universities of Sindh are located in the vicinity of this city. History Ranikot Fort is a historical fort near Sann, Jamshoro District, Sindh, Pakistan. Ranikot Fort is also known as the Great Wall of Sindh and is believed to be the world's largest fort with a circumference of approximately . Since 1993, it has been on the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Archaeologists point to the 17th century as its time of first construction but now Sindh archaeologists agree that some of the present structure was reconstructed by Mir Karam Ali Khan Talpur Baloch and his brother Mir Murad Ali Baloch in 1812 at a cost of 1.2 million rupees (Sindh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Sindh
The University of Sindh ( ur, ; sd, سنڌ يونيورسٽي; informally known as Sindh University) is a public research university in Pakistan located in the city of Jamshoro. It is one of the oldest universities in Pakistan and was certified by ISO in 2015. Founded in 1947 in Karachi, the university was relocated to Hyderabad in 1951, where it began to function as a full-fledged teaching university. The university is associated with four colleges of law and various other colleges. Sindh University is noted for its research in literature, natural sciences, philosophy, and Sindhology. The university is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities of the United Kingdom. In 2018, the university was ranked eighth in "General Category" by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. The university is on a 2300 acres (or 13 km2) campus on the foothills. History The work on establishing a university in the province of Sindh was started when Sindh was until par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kandhla
Kandhla is a town, near Shamli City and municipal board in Shamli District in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Geography Kandhla is located at . It has an average elevation of 241 meters (790 feet). The Postal Code (Zip Code) is 247775. Sunna, Kiwana, aaldi panjokhra, gujjarpur, jasala, bharsi, bhabisa, lisarh, hazipur, dangrol and dugadda, ganggeru, Nala Jaato ka village and Ailum 'gadi shyam, are some villages located in its zone. It has a wide range of culture. Transport Kandhla is situated midway on the State Highway connecting Delhi to Saharanpur via Baghpat Baraut Shamli ELHI – Baghpat – Baraut – Kandhla – Shamli – Thana Bhawan – Jalalabad – Nanauta – SAHARANPUR The above route is also accessible and connected by Broad Gauge Train Link. The major Important Towns and Cities in the neighbourhood are * Delhi 50 miles (80 km), on the South, * Saharanpur 50 miles (80 km), on the North, * Muzaffar Nagar 31 Miles (50 km), on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri
Abū Ibrāhīm K͟halīl Aḥmad ibn Majīd ‘Alī Anbahṭawī Sahāranpūrī Muhājir Madanī ( ur, ; December 185213 October 1927) was a Deobandi Hanafi Islamic scholar from India who authored ''Badhl al-Majhud'', an 18-volume commentary on the hadith collection '' Sunan Abi Dawud''. He was also a Sufi shaykh of the Chishti order, being a disciple and successor of Rashid Ahmad Gangohi. Name and family background In one of his books he introduces himself as, " Ḥāfiz̤ Abū Ibrāhīm K͟halīl Aḥmad ibn Shāh Majīd ‘Alī ibn Shāh Aḥmad ‘Alī ibn Shāh Qut̤b ‘Alī." In the biographical work ''Nuzhat al-Khawatir'' it is written, "K͟halīl Aḥmad al-Anbeṭhawī as-Sahāranpūri: The Shaykh, the ‘Ālim, the Faqīh, K͟halīl Aḥmad ibn Majīd ‘Alī ibn Aḥmad ‘Alī ibn Qut̤b ‘Alī ibn G͟hulām Muḥammad al-Anṣārī al-Ḥanafī al-Anbeṭhawī, one of the righteous scholars and senior jurists and traditionists." In ''Mu‘jam al-Ma‘ājim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi
Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi (1832 – 15 April 1880) () was an Indian Sunni Hanafi Maturidi Islamic Scholar, theologian and a Sufi who was one of the main founders of the Deobandi Movement, starting from the Darul Uloom Deoband. Name and lineage His ism (given name) was Muhammad Qasim. His ''nasab'' (patronymic) is: Muhammad Qāsim ibn Asad Ali ibn Ghulam Shāh ibn Muhammad Bakhsh ibn Alāuddīn ibn Muhammad Fateh ibn Muhammad Mufti ibn Abd al-Samī ibn Muhammad Hāshim The "nasab" meets Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr after 44 links. Early life and education Nanautawi was born in 1832 (either in Sha'ban or Ramadan, 1248 AH) into the Siddiqi family of Nanauta, a town near Saharanpur, India. Nanautawi was schooled at Nanauta, where he memorized the ''Quran'' and learned calligraphy. Aged nine, Nanautawi moved to Deoband where he studied at the madrasa of Karamat Hussain. The teacher at this "madrasa" was Mehtab Ali, the uncle of Mahmud Hasan Deobandi. Under the in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiqh
''Fiqh'' (; ar, فقه ) is Islamic jurisprudence. Muhammad-> Companions-> Followers-> Fiqh. The commands and prohibitions chosen by God were revealed through the agency of the Prophet in both the Quran and the Sunnah (words, deeds, and examples of the Prophet passed down as hadith). The first Muslims (the Sahabah or Companions) heard and obeyed, and passed this essence of Islam to succeeding generations (''Tabi'un'' and ''Tabi' al-Tabi'in'' or successors/followers and successors of successors), as Muslims and Islam spread from West Arabia to the conquered lands north, east, and west, Hoyland, ''In God's Path'', 2015: p.223 where it was systematized and elaborated Hawting, "John Wansbrough, Islam, and Monotheism", 2000: p.513 The history of Islamic jurisprudence is "customarily divided into eight periods": El-Gamal, ''Islamic Finance'', 2006: pp. 30–31 *the first period ending with the death of Muhammad in 11 AH. *second period "characterized by personal interp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tafsir
Tafsir ( ar, تفسير, tafsīr ) refers to exegesis, usually of the Quran. An author of a ''tafsir'' is a ' ( ar, مُفسّر; plural: ar, مفسّرون, mufassirūn). A Quranic ''tafsir'' attempts to provide elucidation, explanation, interpretation, context or commentary for clear understanding and conviction of God's will. Principally, a ''tafsir'' deals with the issues of linguistics, jurisprudence, and theology. In terms of perspective and approach, ''tafsir'' can be broadly divided into two main categories, namely ''tafsir bi-al-ma'thur'' (lit. received tafsir), which is transmitted from the early days of Islam through the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his companions, and ''tafsir bi-al-ra'y'' (lit. ''tafsir'' by opinion), which is arrived through personal reflection or independent rational thinking. There are different characteristics and traditions for each of the ''tafsirs'' representing respective schools and doctrines, such as Sunni Islam, Shia Islam, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Ghazali
Al-Ghazali ( – 19 December 1111; ), full name (), and known in Persian-speaking countries as Imam Muhammad-i Ghazali (Persian: امام محمد غزالی) or in Medieval Europe by the Latinized as Algazelus or Algazel, was a Persian polymath. He is known as one of the most prominent and influential philosophers, theologians, jurists, logicians and mystics of the Islamic Golden Age.Ludwig W. Adamec (2009), ''Historical Dictionary of Islam'', p.109. Scarecrow Press. . He is considered to be the 5th century's ''mujaddid'',William Montgomery Watt, ''Al-Ghazali: The Muslim Intellectual'', p. 180. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1963. a renewer of the faith, who, according to the prophetic hadith, appears once every 100 years to restore the faith of the Islamic community. His works were so highly acclaimed by his contemporaries that al-Ghazali was awarded the honorific title "Proof of Islam" ('' Ḥujjat al-Islām'').Hunt Janin, ''The Pursuit of Learning in the Islamic Wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nawal Kishore Press
The Nawal Kishore Press (also spelled Newal Kishore Press) was a publishing house founded by Munshi Nawal Kishore in Lucknow, British India, in 1858. It grew rapidly between 1865 and 1872 from its modest beginnings as a small printing press, adopting modern technology and improved marketing, and engaging in innovative print ventures. The Press began to decline after 1890, when Nawal Kishore's successor was unable to keep up his legacy. The Nawal Kishore Press published books in Urdu, Arabic, Persian, and Hindi on a variety of subjects, including: religion, ethics, literature, medicine, and history. History Munshi Nawal Kishore was associated with the Agra-based Koh-i-Noor Press from 1853 to 1857, and briefly served as an assistant editor and editor of ''Koh-i-Noor'', a Koh-i-Noor Press magazine owned by Munshi Harsukh Roy. When he was 22, Nawal Kishore moved to Lucknow to found his own business. On 23 November 1858, he opened a small printing press with official approval from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thana Bhawan
Thana Bhawan is a small town in Shamli district (formerly part of Muzaffarnagar district) in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. District Shamli is a newly constructed district. Before becoming a new district, it came under district Muzaffarnagar and was well known tehsil of it. It was known as Prabuddhnagar first time, when this district came into focus. It is situated on Delhi–Shamli national highway, it is 100 km away from Delhi, 65 km from Saharanpur, 38 km from Muzaffarnagar and only 59.6 km away from Panipat (Haryana). Border of this district is connected with district Muzaffarnagar in east and with Haryana in west and with Saharanpur in north and with district Baghpat it is connected in south. It is said that the name Thana Bhawan emerged from the name of Devi Bhawan Temple. In the 18th century it was home to mostly Hindu and Muslims families. It is situated on the Delhi–Saharanpur highway NH 709B around from Delhi. Religions Hindu and Muslim fam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
