Hamid al-Ansari Ghazi
Hāmid al-Ansāri Ghāzi (1909 – 16 October 1992) was an Indian Muslim scholar who was the editor of bi-weekly newspaper Madina. He was the son of Muhammad Mian Mansoor Ansari. He co-founded Nadwatul Musannifeen.
Mawlāna Hāmid al-Ansāri Ghāzi | |
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| Born | 1909 Ambehta, Saharanpur, British India |
| Died | 16 October 1992 (aged 82–83) Mumbai, India |
| Religion | Islam |
| Children | Abidullah Ghazi (son) |
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| Notable work(s) | Islām ka Nizām-e-Hukūmat, Khulq-e-Azeem |
| Alma mater | Darul Uloom Deoband, Jamia Islamia Talimuddin and the University of the Punjab |
| Known for | editing Madina |
| Founder of | Nadwatul Musannifeen |
Born in 1909 to Muhammad Mian Mansoor Ansari in Ambehta, Ghāzi was an alumnus of Darul Uloom Deoband, Jamia Islamia Talimuddin and University of the Punjab. He was a member of the executuive council of Darul Uloom Deoband and wrote books including Islām ka Nizām-e-Hukūmat and Khulq-e-Azeem. He died on 16 October 1992.
Biography
Hāmid al-Ansāri Ghāzi was born 1909 in Ambehta, Saharanpur.[1] His father Muhammad Mian Mansoor Ansari was one of the major leaders of the Silk Letter Movement.[2]
Ghazi completed his primary studies under the guidance of his maternal grandfather Siddiq Ahmad Anbethvi.[1] He studied at Darul Uloom Deoband and Jamia Islamia Talimuddin between 1922 and 1927.[3] He was one of the major students of Anwar Shah Kashmiri.[3]He passed the "munshi" and "fazil" exams from University of the Punjab.[3]
After finishing his studies, Ghazi was associated with the Al-Jamiyat for three years and then became the editor of Madina, a Bijnor-based newspaper.[3] Few years later, he associated himself with Tajwar Najībābadi's Naqqād for sometime and then established Nadwatul Musannifeen along with Atiq-ur-Rahman Usmani, Hifzur Rahman Seoharwi and Saeed Ahmad Akbarabadi.[3] Meanwhile, he served as the editor for Nida-e-Haram, a Mecca based magazine, at the request of Muhammad Saleem Muhajir Makki, the rector of Madrasah as-Sawlatiyah.[3] In 1942, he again joined Madina, and remained associated with it for five years.[4]
In 1950, Ghazi moved to Bombay.[4] In Bombay, he was the editor of Jamhuriyat, a daily newspaper published by Jamiat Ulama-e-Maharashtra until 1956.[4] This paper was renamed Gufira-lahu (غفرلہ); and Ghazi started a new paper on his own, Jamhuriyat, using the same name.[4]
Ghazi was appointed as a member of the executive council of Darul Uloom Deoband in 1382 AH.[1] He died in Bombay on 16 October 1992.[2]
Literary works
Ghāzi's books include:[1]
- 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. Nazli is an author of twenty Urdu novels.[5] Indo-American author and educationist Abidullah Ghazi is their son.[6]
Bibliography
- Qasmi, Nayab Hasan. "Mawlāna Hāmid al-Ansāri Ghāzi". Darul Uloom Deoband Ka Sahafati Manzarnama (in Urdu) (2013 ed.). Deoband: Idara Tahqeeq-e-Islami. pp. 197–200.
- Rizwi, Syed Mehboob. Tārīkh Darul Uloom Deoband [History of the Dar al-Ulum Deoband]. 2. Translated by Murtaz Husain F Quraishi (1981 ed.). Deoband: Darul Uloom Deoband. p. 114.
References
- Rizwi, Syed Mehboob. Tārīkh Darul Uloom Deoband [History of the Dar al-Ulum Deoband]. 2. Translated by Murtaz Husain F Quraishi (1981 ed.). p. 114.
- Asir Adrawi. Tazkirah Mashāhīr-e-Hind: Karwān-e-Rafta (in Urdu) (2nd, April 2016 ed.). Deoband: Darul Muallifeen. p. 71.
- Qasmi, Nayab Hasan. Darul Uloom Deoband Ka Sahafati Manzarnama (in Urdu) (2013 ed.). p. 198.
- Qasmi, Nayab Hasan. Darul Uloom Deoband Ka Sahafati Manzarnama (in Urdu) (2013 ed.). pp. 198–199.
- Amini, Noor Alam Khalil. Pas-e-Marg-e-Zindah (in Urdu) (May 2010 ed.). Deoband: Idara Ilm-o-Adab. p. 174.
- Zahid Ur Rashdi (18 November 2000). "A meeting with Dr Abidullah Ghazi". zahidrashdi.org (in Urdu). Retrieved 22 December 2020.