Hafiz Mazhar Husain (1857–1912) was Chief Justice at

Bhopal state Bhopal State (pronounced ) was an Islamic principality founded in the beginning of 18th-century India by the Afghan Mughal noble Dost Muhammad Khan. It was a tributary state during 18th century, a princely salute state with 19-gun salute in a ...

during the period of Nawab Sultan Jahan Begum.

Biography

Mazhar Husain was born on 22

Safar Ṣafar ( ar, صَفَر) also spelt as Safer in Turkish, is the second month of the lunar Islamic calendar. The Arabic word ''ṣafar'' means "travel, migration", corresponding to the pre-Islamic Arabian time period when muslims flee the oppr ...

1274 AH/November 1857 AD at

Bhopal Bhopal (; ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of both Bhopal district and Bhopal division. It is known as the ''City of Lakes'' due to its various natural and artificial lakes. It i ...

. His father

Munshi Hakimuddin Munshi Hakimuddin (1839–1894) was Chief Secretary at Bhopal state during the period of Nawab Shah Jahan Begum. Biography Munshi Hakimuddin was 'Meer Munshi-e Riyasat Bhopal' (Chief Secretary of the Bhopal state) and hence popularly known as ...

was Chief Secretary at

. He learned

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by heart from Hafiz Rahim Shah. At the same time, he also learned

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. He became Tahsildar at the age of 16 years at

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. He returned to

as Munsif (Sub-judge) where he later on promoted as Sadr Amin Diwani and then retired as Sadr-us-Sadur ( Chief Justice). After retirement, he also served as 'Nasir-ul-Muham', a post with a charge of police and judicial matters. There were 44 courts (adalat) in

, comprising the Chiefs' Court, two Judges' Courts, two Assistant Judges' Courts, two City Magistrates' Courts, One Sadar Amin's Court, one Munsif's Court, six District and Assistant Magistrate's Courts, and 27 Tahsildar's Courts. The 'Sadar-ul-Muham' enjoys the powers of a Sessions Judge, and he hears appeals from the Courts of the nazims and City Magistrates, while the final Court of Appeal is that of the Chief His name is also mentioned in the book of Nawab Sultan Jahan BegumThe story of a pilgrimage of Hijaz by Sulṭān Jahān Begam (Nawab of Bhopal), Thacker, Spink & co., 1909

Marriage and children

Mazhar Husain first married to Sultan Khatoon, daughter of Raza Hussain with whom he had no children. After her demise on 15

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1305 AH / 1887 AD, he again married to Mahmooda Begum aka Masiti daughter of Abdur Razzak. From Mahmooda Begum, he had three children: Abul Hasan, Ahmad Hasan and Umatul Habib alias Chutti Bi.

Death

He died on 21 March 1912 due to Heart attack while he was 'Nasir-ul-Muham'.

References

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Biography

Marriage and children

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