Indian
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Muslim scholar, politician, historian and translator.
He is the author of the Encyclopedia of Islamic History www.historyofislam.com . He is a former politician of
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...
, a former Member of Legislative Assembly from Karnataka, and Member of
Karnataka Knowledge Commission
Karnataka Knowledge Commission (Karnataka Jńana Aayoga} is a commission constituted in September 2008 under the Chairmanship of Dr. K. Kasturirangan by B. S. Yeddyurappa, the former Chief Minister of Karnataka with an overarching aim of "transfor ...
,
Government of Karnataka
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.
Early life
He was born in
Tumkur
Tumkur, officially renamed as Tumakuru, is a city located in the southern part of Indian state of Karnataka. Tumkur is situated at a distance of northwest of Bangalore, the state capital along NH 48 and NH 73. It is the headquarters of the ...
in the state of
Mysore
Mysore (), officially Mysuru (), is a city in the southern part of the state of Karnataka, India. Mysore city is geographically located between 12° 18′ 26″ north latitude and 76° 38′ 59″ east longitude. It is located at an altitude of ...
, India in 1939. His father Abdul Azeem was a spiritual scholar of the
Sufi
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Qadiri
The Qadiriyya (), also transliterated Qādirīyah, ''Qadri'', ''Qadriya'', ''Kadri'', ''Elkadri'', ''Elkadry'', ''Aladray'', ''Alkadrie'', ''Adray'', ''Kadray'', ''Kadiri'', ''Qadiri'', ''Quadri'' or ''Qadri'' are members of the Sunni Qadiri ta ...
order. In 1952, he achieved the first rank in the entire state of Mysore and won the Maharaja of Mysore Gold Medal. He has been known as “Rank Nazeer Ahmed” due to the consistency with which he ranked first in state and interstate exams.
He entered the
California Institute of Technology
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(Caltech) in 1961 as an Institute Scholar as well as a Tata Scholar. He was awarded MS and AeE degrees from Caltech. He worked in
Huntsville
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,
Alabama
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on the Saturn, Apollo and Lunar Land Rover Projects at the
Marshall Space Flight Center
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in 1964–65. He obtained a PhD in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from
Cornell University
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in 1967. Under Peter Drucker he studied management at
New York University
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In 1832, the ...
. He then obtained an
MBA
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from
Rider University
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,
New Jersey
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.
Teachers
He received his early religious training from Molvi Abdul Quddus Qudsi and he continues to be a student of
Nazim al-Haqqani
Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil Al-Qubrusi Al-Haqqani (qaddas Allahu sirruhu) (born Mehmet Nâzım Âdil; 21 April 1922 – 7 May 2014) ( tr, Şeyh Muhammed Nâzım Âdil El-Kıbrısî Hakkanî), commonly known as Shaykh Nazim ( tr, Şeyh Nâzım ...
.
Political career
In 1977, he was elected a member of the
Karnataka Legislative Assembly
The Karnataka Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the Indian state of Karnataka. Karnataka is one of the six states in India where the state legislature is bicameral, comprising two houses. The two houses ar ...
from the 57th constituency but resigned a year later. In 1988 he was elected a delegate to the
Democratic National Convention
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, 42nd
Congressional District
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in
California
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. In 1992 he was a candidate for
US Congress
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, 46 CA Congressional District.
Charity work
The charities he founded in Tumkur, India, have given out millions in scholarships to poor children of all faiths and has built schools, mosques, and a unique Idgah with spiritual themes.
Books
Among his books are the following:
* Islam in Global History, in two volumes was published in the United States and translated into
Persian
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.
* The Qur'an: An English Translation, was done over a period of three years, between 2007 and 2010, although some of this work was done as early as 1972.
See also
*
Musharraf Hussain
Musharraf Hussain is a British Pakistanis, British-Pakistani born scientist, educator and religious scholar in Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom.
Biography
Musharraf Hussain is the Chief executive officer, Chief Executive of the Karimia instit ...
*
Nurettin Uzunoğlu
Nurettin Uzunoğlu (1939 – 9 October 2013) was a Turkish Qur'an translator and commentator, writer, missionary, political scientist, academic, and professor who worked as a lecturer at various universities in the United States and has the tit ...
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Ahmed Hulusi
Ahmed Hulusi (born 1945 in Istanbul, Turkey) is an Islamic author from Turkey, whose works focus on philosophical and religious ideas.
Biography
He was born on 21 January 1945 in Cerrahpaşa, Istanbul, and was named Ahmed, meaning ‘highly pr ...
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Ali Ünal
Ali Ünal (born 19 January 1955) is a Turkish author and former chief writer at Zaman newspaper, which was closed following the failed 2016 Turkish Coup D'état.
Biography
Ünal was born on 19 January 1955 in Uşak, Turkey. He is often associat ...