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Deoband
Deoband is a town and a municipality in Saharanpur district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India, about 150 km from Delhi. Darul Uloom Deoband, an Islamic seminary and one of the largest Islamic Institution of India is located there. Etymology The native Hindi-Urdu name for the place is "Devband". According to one theory, it derives from " devi" (goddess) and "van" (forest), when this place was full of forests in the Mahabharata-era. A related argument is that it is derived from "devi" and "vandan" (praise), referring to the local Durga temples. History The 16th century Hindu saint Hith Harivansh Mahaprabhu and the founder of the Radhavallabh Sampradaya of Vaishnavism based in Vrindavan, lived in Deoband. Deoband is listed in the Ain-i-Akbari as a pargana under Saharanpur sarkar, producing a revenue of 6,477,977 dams for the imperial treasury and supplying a force of 300 infantry and 60 cavalry. It had a brick fort at the time. The Darul Uloom Deoband learning centr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deobandi Islamic Movement
Deobandi is a Islamic revival, revivalist movement within Sunni Islam, adhering to the Hanafi school of law, formed in the late 19th century around the Darul Uloom Deoband, Darul Uloom Madrassa in Deoband, India, from which the name derives, by Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi, Rashid Ahmad Gangohi, and several others, after the Indian Rebellion of 1857, Indian Rebellion of 1857–58. The movement pioneered education in religious sciences through the ''Dars-i-Nizami'' associated with the Lucknow-based ''ulema'' of Firangi Mahal with the goal of preserving traditional Islamic teachings from the influx of modernist, secular ideas during British Raj, British colonial rule. The Deobandi movement's India, Indian clerical wing, Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, was founded in 1919 and played a major role in the Indian independence movement through its participation in the Pan-Islamism, Pan-Islamist Khilafat Movement, ''Khalifat'' movement and propagation of the doctrine of composite nationalism. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darul Uloom Deoband
The Darul Uloom Deoband is an Islamic seminary (darul uloom) in India at which the Sunni Deobandi Islamic movement began. It is located in Deoband, a town in Saharanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The seminary was established by Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi, Fazlur Rahman Usmani, Sayyid Muhammad Abid and others in 1866. Mahmud Deobandi was the first teacher and Mahmud Hasan Deobandi was the first student. On 14 October 2020, the executive council of the seminary appointed Arshad Madani as the principal (''sadr-mudarris'') and Abul Qasim Nomani as the senior hadith professor (''shaykh al-hadith''). History Darul Uloom Deoband was established on 30 May 1866 by Fazlur Rahman Usmani, Sayyid Muhammad Abid, Muhammad Qasim Nanotawi, Mehtab Ali, Nehal Ahmad and Zulfiqar Ali Deobandi. Mahmud Deobandi was appointed as the first teacher, and Mahmud Hasan Deobandi was the first student who enrolled in the seminary. In 1982, during the Vice Chancellorship of Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi, admin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhammad Qasim Nanotawi
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 instruct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sayyid Muhammad Abid
Sayyid Muhammad Abid (also known as Hāji Abid Hussain) (1834–1912) was an Indian Muslim scholar who co-founded Darul Uloom Deoband. He was the Vice Chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband for three times. Name and lineage His ism (given name) was Muhammad Abid. His ''nasab'' (patronymic) is: Muhammad Abid ibn Ashiq Ali ibn Qalandar Bakhsh ibn Jan Alam ibn Muhammad Alam ibn Muhammad Jameel ibn Muhammad Ismail ibn Muhammad Ibrahim ibn Sadullah ibn Mahmud Qalandar ibn Sayyid Ahmad ibn Sayyid Farīd ibn Wajīhuddīn ibn Alāuddīn ibn Sayyid Ahmad Kabīr ibn Shihābuddīn ibn Hussain Ali ibn Abd al-Bāsit ibn Abul Abbās ibn Ishaq Andalīb al-Makki ibn Hussain Ali ibn Lutfullah ibn Tājuddīn ibn Hussain ibn Alāuddīn ibn Abi Tālib ibn Nāsir al-Dīn ibn Nizām al-Dīn Hussain ibn Musa ibn Muhammad al-Araj ibn Abi Abdullah Ahmad ibn Musa al-Mubarraqa ibn Muhammad Taqi ibn Musa Ali Raza ibn Musa al-Kadhim ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq ibn Muhammad al-Baqir ibn Zayn al-Abidin ibn Hussain. Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Usmani Family Of Deoband
The Usmani family of Deoband are the descendants of the third Rashidun Caliph, Uthman, based primarily in the town of Deoband in India. The notable people of this family include Fazlur Rahman Usmani, Mahmud Hasan Deobandi, Azizur Rahman Usmani and Shabbir Ahmad Usmani. Fazlur Rahman Usmani, Nehal Ahmad, Mehtab Ali and Zulfiqar Ali Deobandi from the family were co-founders of Darul Uloom Deoband. Atiqur Rahman Usmani, a member of this family, co-founded Nadwatul Musannifeen and All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat. History Ubaid Iqbal Asim in his work ''Mawlāna Zafar Ahmad: Life and works'', discussing the background of Usmanis in Deoband, mentions that, "one of the famous saintly figures that lived in Deoband is Khwajah Abul Wafā Usmāni, who was a cousin brother of Jalāluddīn Kabīr al-Awliya Pānipati". He had settled in Deoband in the eighth hijri century. Asim asserts that, most of the Usmanis in Deoband are the successors of Abul Wafā Usmāni. Ten generations later, L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fazlur Rahman Usmani
Fazlur Rahmān Usmāni (1831 – 15 June 1907) was an Indian Muslim scholar and poet who co-founded the Darul Uloom Deoband. He was father of the scholars, Aziz-ur-Rahman Usmani and Shabbir Ahmad Usmani. His grandson Atiqur Rahman Usmani was the founder of Nadwatul Musannifeen. Biography Usmāni was born in 1831 in Deoband. He was an alumnus of Delhi College where he had studied under Mamluk Ali Nanautawi. He was a Deputy Inspector of Schools in the Education Department. He co-founded Darul Uloom Deoband along with Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi, Sayyid Muhammad Abid and others. He remained a member of the executive council of Darul Uloom Deoband throughout his life. Usmāni died on 15 June 1907. His most elder son was Aziz-ur-Rahman Usmani, who served as the first Grand Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband. His another son, Shabbir Ahmad Usmani was among the founding figures of Pakistan. Usmāni's grandson Atiqur Rahman Usmani co-founded Nadwatul Musannifeen and All India Muslim Majlis-e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saharanpur District
Saharanpur district is the northernmost of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state, India. Bordering the states of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, and close to the foothills of Shivalik range, it lies in the northern part of the Doab region. It is primarily an agricultural area. The district headquarters are in Saharanpur, which is also the headquarters of Saharanpur Division. Other principal towns are Behat, Deoband, Gangoh and Rampur Maniharan. Geography Saharanpur is located at , about south-southeast from Chandigarh and north-northeast from Delhi. It has an average elevation of . It is bordered by Yamunanagar and Karnal districts of Haryana to the west, Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh to the northwest, Dehradun district of Uttarakhand to the north, Haridwar district of Uttarakhand to the east and Muzaffarnagar and Shamli districts to the south. It is the northernmost district of Uttar Pradesh, bounded by the Yamuna to the west. The northern border of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hith Harivansh Mahaprabhu
Shri Hit Harivansh Chandra Mahaprabhu (another spelling, Hita Harivaṃśa, 1509–1552) is a Braj-language bhakti poet- sant and the founder of Radha Vallabh Sampradaya. His principal work is the hymnal ''Hita-Caurāsī''. Born in Baad Graam (modern day Bad near Mathura on 11th Day of the Hindu month of Vaishakh (Ekadashi). He considered as the incarnation of Lord Krishna (Hari) and Krishna's flute by the followers. A follower of Prema Bhakti and devotee of Radharani as the ultimate Supreme Power. His preaching of Radha and Radha-Krishna being ''Ek Pran Dou Deh''—One Soul Two Bodies; has been the valuable asset of this Sampradaya (sect). The temple of Shri Radhavallabh ji in Vrindavan, was established by him, and his followers (hierarchy) are facilitating the Temple till today and is the center place for his followers in Vrindavan. The old temple of Shri Radhavallabh ji, just adjacent to the new temple has a painting of Shri Hit Harivansh Ji. Shri Radha Vallabh Temple i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 after India had become a republic. It was a successor to the United Provinces (UP) during the period of the Dominion of India (1947–1950), which in turn was a successor to the United Provinces (UP) established in 1935, and eventually of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh established in 1902 during the British Raj. The state is divided into 18 divisions and 75 districts, with the state capital being Lucknow, and Prayagraj serving as the judicial capital. On 9 November 2000, a new state, Uttaranchal (now Uttarakhand), was created from Uttar Pradesh's western Himalayan hill region. The two major rivers of the state, the Ganges and its tributary Yamuna, meet at the Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj, a Hindu pilgrimage site. Ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dam (Indian Coin)
A dam was a small Indian copper coin. The coin was first introduced by Sher Shah Suri during his rule of India between 1540 and 1545, along with ''Mohur'', the gold coin and ''Rupiya'' the silver coin. Later on, the Mughal Emperors standardised the coin along with other silver ''(Rupiya)'' and gold ''(Mohur)'' coins in order to consolidate the monetary system across India. A rupee was divided into 40 dams. It is believed that this coin is one of the possible sources for the English phrase "I don't give a dam , due to its small worth.Gorrell, Robert, ''Watch Your Language: Mother Tongue and Her Wayward Children'', University of Nevada Press, 1994''Watch Your Language'' at Google Books/ref> See also * Mohur The Mohur is a gold coin that was formerly minted by several governments, including British India and some of the princely states which existed alongside it, the Mughal Empire, Kingdom of Nepal, and Persia (chiefly Afghanistan). It was usually ... * History of the ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarkar (country Subdivision)
Sarkar ( hi, , ur, , pa, ਸਰਕਾਰ, bn, সরকার also spelt Circar) is a historical administrative division, used mostly in the Mughal Empire. It was a division of a Subah or province. A sarkar was further divided into Mahallas or Parganas. The Sarkar system was replaced in the early 18th century by the Chakla system. See also * Northern Circars, the five individual districts making up a former division of British India's Madras Presidency * Rajamundry Sarkar, one among the Northern Circars * Pakhli, an ancient sarkar now part of Hazara, Pakistan * Pakhal Sarkar Pakhal is an area of the Mansehra district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It was ruled by the Sarkar Sultanate between 1190 and 1519. Also known as the Sarkar Kingdom, it was known for agricultural products such as rice and tobacco. The territory ..., an area of Mansehra district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan References Subdivisions of the Mughal Empire Former subdivisions of Bangladesh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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