Mahfoozur Rahman Nami
Member Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
1946–1951
Personal details
BornMay 1911
Rasra Balia
Died17 November 1963(1963-11-17) (aged 52)
Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh
Alma materJamia Miftahul Uloom, Darul Uloom Deoband
Personal
ReligionIslam
Founder ofJamia Masoodia Nūr-ul-Ulum Bahraich & Azad Inter College Bahraich

Mahfoozur Rahman Nami (May 1911 – 17 November 1963) was an Indian Muslim scholar, politician and an author.

Born in May 1911, Nami was an alumnus of Jamia Miftahul Uloom and Darul Uloom Deoband. He established Madrasa Nūr-ul-Ulūm and Azad Inter College in Bahraich. He died on 17 November 1963.

Biography

Nami was born in May 1911.[1] He completed his primary studies at Jamia Miftahul Uloom with Abul Lateef Nomani and Habib al-Rahman al-'Azmi.[2] Nami entered the Darul Uloom Deoband 1344 AH, where he studied with Hussain Ahmad Madani, Izaz Ali Amrohi and Ibrahim Balyawi. He graduated in 1348 AH.[2]

Nami established Madrasa Nūr-ul-Ulum in Bahraich.[1] He also established Maulana Azad Nur-ul-Ulūm High School, now known as Azad Inter College, in Bahraich.[3] He contested the 1946 Indian provincial elections on the ticket of Indian National Congress. He served as the member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 1946 to 1951.[4] He was the Parliamentary secretary in the Ministry of Education.[4] In 1359 AH, Darul Uloom Deoband nominated him as a court member of Aligarh Muslim University along with Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi and Hifzur Rahman Seoharwi.[5]

Nami died on 17 November 1963 in Bahraich and was buried near the grave of Shah Naeemullah Bahraichi.[1]

Literary works

Nani authored Miftah al-Quran, which has been adopted by Darul Uloom Azaadville, an Islamic seminary in Azaadville, in their curriculum.[6] His other works include:

  • Muallim ul Quran
  • Rahmani Qiada
  • Hilal Bagh
  • Musalmanan-E-Hind ka Taleemi Masla

References

  1. 1 2 3 Asir Adrawi. Tazkirah Mashāhīr-e-Hind: Karwān-e-Rafta. pp. 236–237.
  2. 1 2 Qasmi, Ameer Ahmad (ed.). Nur-ul-Ulum Ke Darakhshanda Sitāre. pp. 27–28.
  3. ↑ Qasmi, Ameer Ahmad (ed.). Nur-ul-Ulum Ke Darakhshanda Sitāre. p. 31.
  4. 1 2 Noor, Juned Ahmad. Bahraich Ek Tārikhi Sheher. pp. 128, 173.
  5. ↑ Syed Mehboob Rizwi. History of the Dar al-Ulum Deoband (1st, 1981 ed.). Darul Uloom Deoband. p. 248.
  6. ↑ Ingram, Brannon D (2011). Deobandis Abroad: Sufism, Ethics and Polemics in a Global Islamic Movement (PDF) (PhD). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. p. 151. Retrieved 27 December 2020.

Bibliography

  • Asir Adrawi. Tazkirah Mashāhīr-e-Hind: Karwān-e-Rafta (in Urdu) (2 April 2016 ed.). Deoband: Darul Muallifeen. pp. 236–237.
  • Qasmi, Ameer Ahmad (ed.). "Bāni Jamia Masoodia Nur-ul-Ulum Bahraich". Nur-ul-Ulum Ke Darakhshanda Sitāre [Shining stars of the Nur-ul-Ulum seminary] (in Urdu) (2011 ed.). Hafiz Zameer Ahmad. pp. 28–35.
  • "Mahfoozur Rahman Nami's profile". Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Ki Karywahi (in Hindi). Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. 243 (8): 1099. 14 December 1963.
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