Mazhar Nanautawi

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Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi
Personal
Born1821 (1821)
Nanauta, Mughal India
Died3 October 1885(1885-10-03) (aged 63–64)
Religion Islam
Alma mater Zakir Husain Delhi College
Relatives Siddiqi 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.

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Biography

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 Varanasi by Aloys 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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  1. 1 2 Kandhlawi 2007, p. 3.
  2. 1 2 Saharanpuri 2000, p. 495.
  3. ↑ Sherkoti 2000, pp. 90–214.
  4. ↑ Kandhlawi 2007, p. 7.
  5. 1 2 Asir Adrawi. Tazkirah Mashāhīr-e-Hind: Karwān-e-Rafta (in Urdu) (2 April 2016 ed.). Deoband: Darul Muallifeen. p. 243.
  6. ↑ Kandhlawi 2007, p. 10.
  7. ↑ Kandhlawi 2007, p. 20.
  8. ↑ Kandhlawi 2007, p. 21.
  9. ↑ Najmul Hasan Thanwi. Maidan-e-Shamli-o-Thana Bhawan awr Sarfaroshan-e-Islam (in Urdu). Thana Bhawan: Idara Talifat-e-Ashrafia. p. 16.
  10. ↑ Kandhlawi 2007, pp. 26.
  11. ↑ Kandhlawi 2007, pp. 26–28.
  12. ↑ Saharanpuri 2000, pp. 498.
  13. ↑ Kandhlawi 2007, pp. 30.
  14. ↑ Khan, pp. 513.
  15. ↑ Khan, pp. 518–519.

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