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Fazlur Rahmān Usmānī (1831 – 15 June 1907) was an Indian Muslim scholar and poet who co-founded the Darul Uloom Deoband. He was father of the scholars, Aziz-ur-Rahman Usmani and Shabbir Ahmad Usmani. His grandson Atiqur Rahman Usmani was the founder of Nadwatul Musannifeen.

Biography

Usmānī was born in 1831 in Deoband. He was an alumnus of Delhi College where he had studied under Mamluk Ali Nanautawi. He was a Deputy Inspector of Schools in the Education Department. He co-founded Darul Uloom Deoband along with Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi, Sayyid Muhammad Abid and others. He remained a member of the executive council of Darul Uloom Deoband throughout his life.

Usmānī died on 15 June 1907. His most elder son was Aziz-ur-Rahman Usmani, who served as the first Grand Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband. His another son, Shabbir Ahmad Usmani was among the founding figures of Pakistan. His grandson Atiqur Rahman Usmani co-founded Nadwatul Musannifeen and the All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat.

Literary works

Usmānī's Persian poem Qissa-e Gham-e Diban is considered as a historical document related to Deoband.

See more

• List of Deobandis

References

1. Rahmān, Abu Ukāsha, Tārīkh ke qātil, p. 45
2. ^ Muhammad Tayyib, Qari. Bukhari, Akbar Shah (ed.). 50 Misaali Shaksiyaat [50 Exemplar personalities] (in Urdu) (July 1999 ed.). pp. 58–59.
3. Dhulipala, Venkat. Creating a New Medina: State Power, Islam, and the Quest for Pakistan in Late Colonial North India (2015 ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 357.
4. ^ Rizwi, Syed Mehboob. Tārīkh Darul Uloom Deoband [History of the Dar al-Ulum Deoband]. Vol. 1. Translated by Murtaz Husain F Quraishi (1980 ed.). p. 95.
5. Adrawi, Asir. "Mufti Aziz-ul-Rahman Usmani". Tazkirah Mashaheer-e-Hind: Karwan-e-Rafta (in Urdu) (April 2016 ed.). Deoband: Darul Muallifeen. pp. 197–198.
6. Abdul Qayyum Haqqani. "Ijmāli wa Sawānihi Khāka". Al-Qasim. Tazkirah wa Sawāneh, Allama Shabbir Ahmad Usmāni. 9 (6, 7, 8). Nowshera: Al-Qasim Academy: 11–14.
7. Nayab Hasan Qasmi. Darul Uloom Deoband Ka Sahafati ManzarNama. Idara Tehqeeq-e-Islami, Deoband. pp. 176, 198.
8. Mehdi, Jameel (ed.). "Atiqur Rahman Usmani (1901-1984)". Mufakkir-e-Millat Number, Burhan (November 1987 ed.). Delhi: Nadwatul Musannifeen. pp. 506–507.

Bibliography

• Rahmān, Abu Ukāshah (January 2019). "Hazrat Maulana Fazlur Rahmān Usmānī". Tārīkh ke qātil (in Urdu) (January 2019 ed.). Hyderabad: A P Offset Printers. pp. 44–53.

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