Muhammadi Begum

Muhammadi Begum (also known as Sayyidah Muhammadi Begum) (22 May 1878 – 2 November 1908) was a Sunni Muslim scholar, Urdu writer and an advocate of women education. She co-founded the Islamic weekly magazine Tehzeeb-e-Niswan, and was its founding editor. She is known as the first woman who edited an Urdu magazine. She was the wife of Sayyid Mumtaz Ali Deobandi.

Sayyidah

Muhammadi Begum
Personal
Born22 May 1878
Shahpur, Punjab, British India
Died2 November 1908(1908-11-02) (aged 30)
Shimla, British India
ReligionIslam
SpouseSayyid Mumtaz Ali
ChildrenImtiaz Ali Taj (son)
DenominationSunni Islam
Notable work(s)Tehzeeb-e-Niswan
RelativesNaeem Tahir (grandson), Faran Tahir (great-grandson)

Biography

Muhammadi Begum was born on 22 May 1878 in Shahpur, Punjab.[1] She memorized Quran and learned Urdu language with her brothers, and learned to write letters to remain in touch with her sister after she got married in 1886.[2]

In 1897, she married Sayyid Mumtaz Ali Deobandi, an Islamic scholar and an alumnus of Darul Uloom Deoband.[3][4] On 1 July 1898, the couple started a weekly magazine for women called Tehzeeb-e-Niswan, which is regarded as one of the pioneering works on women rights in Islam.[5] She edited the magazine until her death in 1908.[6] Muhammadi Begum is reportedly seen as the first woman who ever edited an Urdu magazine. [4]

Aged 30, Muhammadi Begum died at Shimla on 2 November 1908. [4]

Literary works

Books of Muhammadi Begum include:[1]

  • Aaj Kal
  • Safia Begum
  • Shareef Beti
  • Chandan Haar
  • Aadab e Mulaqaat
  • Rafeeqe Aroos
  • Khaanadari
  • Sughar Beti

Legacy

Muhammadi Begum's grandson Naeem Tahir compiled Sayyidah Muhammadi Begum awr Unka Khandan (transl. Sayyidah Muhammadi Begum and her family).[7]

References
  1. Sarwat Ali (10 May 2020). "Stuff legends are made of". The News International. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  2. Sarkar, Sumit; Sarkar, Tanika (2008). Women and Social Reform in Modern India: A Reader. p. 363. ISBN 9780253352699. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  3. Nayab Hasan Qasmi. "Mawlana Sayyid Mumtaz Ali Deobandi". Darul Uloom Deoband Ka Sahafati ManzarNama. Idara Tehqeeq-e-Islami, Deoband. pp. 147–151.
  4. Rauf Parekh (2 November 2015). "Muhammadi Begum and Tehzeeb-e-Niswan". Dawn. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  5. Moaddel, Mansoor (1998). "Religion and Women: Islamic Modernism versus Fundamentalism". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 37 (1): 116. doi:10.2307/1388032. JSTOR 1388032.
  6. Tahir Kamran (8 July 2018). "Re-imagining of Muslim Women - II". thenews.com.pk. The News International. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  7. Asif Farrukhi (16 September 2018). "A PIONEERING WOMAN OF LETTERS". Dawn. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
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