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Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi
Personal
Born1821 (1821)
Died3 October 1885(1885-10-03) (aged 63–64)
ReligionIslam
Alma materZakir Husain Delhi College
RelativesSiddiqi family of Nanauta

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

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Muḥammad Mazhar was born into the Siddiqi family of Nanauta in 1821.[1][2] His father Lutf Ali was a cousin brother of Mamluk Ali Nanautawi.[3] Mazhar memorized the Quran and received his primary education from his father.[2] He studied with Mamluk Ali Nanautawi at the Delhi College.[1] He studied Muwatta Imam Malik and few other hadith books with Shah Abd al-Ghani Dehlawi and Sahih Bukhari with Shah Muḥammad Ishāq Dehlawi.[4] He was an authorized disciple of Rashid Ahmad Gangohi in Sufism.[5]

Mazhar was appointed the head teacher of Arabic department of the Government College in VaranasibyAloys Sprenger.[6] He later headed the Arabic department of Government College, Ajmer.[7] He also taught at the Agra College.[8] Mazhar participated in the Indian freedom struggle and fought alongside Imdadullah Muhajir Makki in the Battle of Shamli.[9] His views about working in government institutes changed after 1857.[10] He joined the Nawal Kishore Press as a copy editor and worked there for more than seven years. His copyedited works include Al-Ghazali's Ihya al-Ulūm and Tāhir Patni's Majma' al-Bahhār; the latter being the major academic work of that time.[11] In February 1867, Mazhar joined the Mazahir Uloom; where he taught the subjects including tafsir, hadith, fiqh, literature and history.[12][13] He is credited as the founder of Mazahir Uloom for his role in its development.[5]

Mazhar died on 3 October 1885.[14] His students included Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi and Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri.[15]

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Citations

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  1. ^ a b Kandhlawi 2007, p. 3.
  • ^ a b Saharanpuri 2000, p. 495.
  • ^ Sherkoti 2000, pp. 90–214.
  • ^ Kandhlawi 2007, p. 7.
  • ^ a b Asir Adrawi. Tazkirah Mashāhīr-e-Hind: Karwān-e-Rafta (in Urdu) (2 April 2016 ed.). Deoband: Darul Muallifeen. p. 243.
  • ^ Kandhlawi 2007, p. 10.
  • ^ Kandhlawi 2007, p. 20.
  • ^ Kandhlawi 2007, p. 21.
  • ^ Najmul Hasan Thanwi. Maidan-e-Shamli-o-Thana Bhawan awr Sarfaroshan-e-Islam (in Urdu). Thana Bhawan: Idara Talifat-e-Ashrafia. p. 16.
  • ^ Kandhlawi 2007, pp. 26.
  • ^ Kandhlawi 2007, pp. 26–28.
  • ^ Saharanpuri 2000, pp. 498.
  • ^ Kandhlawi 2007, pp. 30.
  • ^ Khan, pp. 513.
  • ^ Khan, pp. 518–519.
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