Hāmid al-Ansāri Ghāzi (1909 – 16 October 1992) was an Indian Muslim scholar, author and a journalist, who co-founded the

Nadwatul Musannifeen Nadwatul Musannifeen ( en, Council of Writers) was an academic research institution and publishing house in Delhi. The institution was co-founded by scholars including Atiqur Rahman Usmani, Hamid al-Ansari Ghazi, Hifzur Rahman Seoharwi and Saeed ...

and served as the editor of bi-weekly newspaper

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. He was the son of

Muhammad Mian Mansoor Ansari Muhammad Mian Mansoor Ansari (1884 – 11 January 1946) ( ur, ), (10 March 1884 – 11 January 1946) was a leader and a political activist of the Indian independence movement. He was a grandson of Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi, one of the foun ...

and an alumnus of the

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 ...

Jamia Islamia Talimuddin Jamiah Islamiah Talimuddin Dabhel (or Dabhel Jamiah Islamiah or Jamiah Islamiah Dabhel) is a Deobandi Islamic seminary in Dabhel, Gujarat, India. Education pattern The Jamiah has the following departments: * Nazirah-e-Qur'an (reading the Qur' ...

and

University of the Punjab The University of the Punjab (Urdu, pnb, ), also referred to as Punjab University, is a public, research, coeducational higher education institution located in Lahore, Pakistan. Punjab University is the oldest public university in Pakistan. ...

. He was a member of the executive council of

and authored books such as ''Islām ka Nizām-e-Hukūmat'' and ''Khulq-e-Azeem''.

Biography

Hāmid al-Ansāri Ghāzi was born 1909 in Ambehta, Saharanpur. His father

was one of the major leaders of the

Silk Letter Movement The Silk Letter Movement ('Tehreek-e-Reshmi Rumal') refers to a movement organised by Deobandi leaders between 1913 and 1920, aimed at gaining Indian independence from British Raj, British rule by forming an alliance with the Ottoman Empire, the ...

. Ghazi completed his primary studies under the guidance of his maternal grandfather Siddiq Ahmad Anbethvi. He studied at the

and

between 1922 and 1927. He was one of the major students of

Anwar Shah Kashmiri Anwar Shah Kashmiri (known with honorifics as ''Sayyid Muḥammad Anwar Shāh ibn Mu‘aẓẓam Shāh al-Kashmīrī''; 16 November 1875 – 28 May 1933) was a Kashmiri Muslim scholar and jurist who served as the first principal of Madrasa Ami ...

. He passed the "munshi" and "fazil" exams from

. Ghazi contributed to the ''Al-Jamiyat'' of

Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind or Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind () is one of the leading organizations of Islamic scholars belonging to the Deobandi school of thought in India. It was founded in November 1919 by a group of Muslim scholars including Abdul Bari Fi ...

for three years and then became the editor of

, a Bijnor-based newspaper. He associated with Tajwar Najībābadi's ''Naqqād'' for sometime and then established

along with Atiq-ur-Rahman Usmani,

Hifzur Rahman Seoharwi Hifzur Rahman Seoharwi (1900 – 2 August 1962) was an Indian Sunni Islamic scholar and an activist of the Indian independence movement, who served as the fourth general secretary of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind. He fought against British rule for 25 ...

and

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. Meanwhile, he served as the editor for ''Nida-e-Haram'', a

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based magazine, at the request of Muhammad Saleem Muhajir Makki, the rector of Madrasah as-Sawlatiyah. In 1942, he again joined

, and remained associated with it for five years. He moved to

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in 1950, where he edited the ''Jamhuriyat'', a daily newspaper published by Jamiat Ulama-e-Maharashtra. He discontinued editing this newspaper after it was renamed ''Gufira-lahu'' () in 1956. He then started a new paper on his own, ''Jamhuriyat,'' using the same name. Ghazi was appointed a member of the executive council of Darul Uloom Deoband in 1382 AH. He died in

on 16 October 1992.

Literary works

Ghāzi's books include: * ''Islām ka Nizām-e-Hukūmat'' * ''Khulq-e-Azeem'' * ''Ṣad sālah yādgār: 1857 se 1957 tak Hindūstān kī jang-i āzādī men̲ musalmānon̲ ke k̲h̲ūn kā ḥiṣṣah''

Personal life

Ghāzi was married to Hajira Nazli, the daughter of

Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi (known as Qari Muhammad Tayyib) was an Indian Sunni Islamic scholar who served as Vice Chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband for more than half a century. He was grandson of Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi, the founder of the Darul ...

. Nazli is an author of twenty Urdu novels. Indo-American author and educationist

Abidullah Ghazi Abidullah Ansari Ghazi ( hi, अबिदुल्लाह ग़ाज़ी) (6 July 1936 - 11 April 2021) was an Indian American author, educator and poet. He authored more than 140 Islamic educational textbooks for children. He was also ...

is their son.

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