Mahfoozur Rahman Nami
Inscription on Grave of 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 Arabia Masoodia Noorul Uloom & Azad Inter College Bahraich

Mahfoozur Rahman Nami (May 1911 – 17 November 1963) was an Indian Muslim scholar, politician and an author. He was an alumnus of Jamia Miftahul Uloom and Darul Uloom Deoband. He established Madrasa Nūr-ul-Ulūm and Azad Inter College in Bahraich.

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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