Mawlāna Hāmid al-Ansāri Ghāzi | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | 1909 Ambehta, Saharanpur,British India |
| Died | 16 October 1992(1992-10-16) (aged 82–83) Mumbai, India |
| 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 theUniversity of the Punjab |
| Known for | editingMadina |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Founder of | Nadwatul Musannifeen |
Hāmid al-Ansāri Ghāzi (1909 – 16 October 1992) was an Indian Muslim scholar, author and a journalist, who co-founded theNadwatul Musannifeen and served as the editor of bi-weekly newspaperMadina. He was the son ofMuhammad Mian Mansoor Ansari and an alumnus of theDarul Uloom Deoband,Jamia Islamia Talimuddin andUniversity of the Punjab. He was a member of the executive council ofDarul Uloom Deoband and authored books such asIslām ka Nizām-e-Hukūmat andKhulq-e-Azeem.
Hāmid al-Ansāri Ghāzi was born 1909 inAmbehta, Saharanpur.[1] His fatherMuhammad Mian Mansoor Ansari was one of the major leaders of theSilk Letter Movement.[2] Ghazi completed his primary studies under the guidance of his maternal grandfather Siddiq Ahmad Anbethvi.[1] He studied at theDarul Uloom Deoband andJamia Islamia Talimuddin between 1922 and 1927.[3] He was one of the major students ofAnwar Shah Kashmiri.[3] He passed the "munshi" and "fazil" exams fromUniversity of the Punjab.[3]
Ghazi contributed to theAl-Jamiyat ofJamiat Ulama-e-Hind for three years and then became the editor ofMadina, a Bijnor-based newspaper.[3] He associated with Tajwar Najībābadi'sNaqqād for sometime and then establishedNadwatul Musannifeen along withAtiq-ur-Rahman Usmani,Hifzur Rahman Seoharwi andSaeed Ahmad Akbarabadi.[3] Meanwhile, he served as the editor forNida-e-Haram, aMecca based magazine, at the request of Muhammad Saleem Muhajir Makki, the rector ofMadrasah as-Sawlatiyah.[3] In 1942, he again joinedMadina, and remained associated with it for five years.[4] He moved toBombay in 1950, where he edited theJamhuriyat, a daily newspaper published byJamiat Ulama-e-Maharashtra. He discontinued editing this newspaper after it was renamedGufira-lahu (غفرلہ) in 1956.[5] He then started a new paper on his own,Jamhuriyat, using the same name.[5]
Ghazi was appointed a member of the executive council of Darul Uloom Deoband in 1382AH.[1] He died inBombay on 16 October 1992.[2]
Ghāzi's books include:[1]
Ghāzi was married to Hajira Nazli, the daughter ofMuhammad Tayyib Qasmi. Nazli is an author of twenty Urdu novels.[6] Indo-American author and educationistAbidullah Ghazi is their son.[7]