Abu Salmān Shahjahānpūri | |
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| Born | Tasadduq Hussain Khan 30 January 1940 |
| Died | 2 February 2021(2021-02-02) (aged 81) Karachi, Pakistan |
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| Alma mater | Jamia Qasmia Madrasa Shahi,University of Karachi,University of Sindh |
| Thesis | Tazkirah Khānwāda-e-Waliullāhi |
| Doctoral advisor | Sakhi Ahmad Hashmi |
Abu Salmān Shahjahānpūri (30 January 1940 – 2 February 2021;Urdu:ابو سلمان شاہجہانپوری) was aPakistani scholar, researcher and historian. He was regarded as an authority in the historical and political movements of the Indian subcontinent. He was an alumnus ofJamia Qasmia Madrasa Shahi,University of Karachi and theUniversity of Sindh. He wrote more than 150 books includingIfādat-e-Azād andMaulānā ʻUbaidullāh Sindhī ke inqilābī manṣūbe.
Abu Salmān Shahjahānpūri was born Tasadduq Hussain Khan on 30 January 1940 inShahjahanpur.[1][2] He was schooled at Madrasa Saeedia in Shahjahanpur and theJamia Qasmia Madrasa Shahi inMoradabad. Aged 10, he migrated toPakistan in 1950.[3] He received aBA and anMA degree from theUniversity of Karachi and completed his doctoral studies at theUniversity of Sindh.[3][1] The subject of his doctoral study was to compile and studyKhānwada-e-Waliullāhi ofSyed Ahmad Khan.[4]
Shahjahānpūri served as a Professor atGovernment National College, Karachi and retired in 2002.[5][1] He was regarded as an authority on historical and political movements of the Indian subcontinent.[6] He was associated with Abul Kalam Azad Research Institute in Karachi and visitedIndia during 2014 to present his papers in an International seminar aboutAbul Kalam Azad organized by Iran Society andMaulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies inKolkata.[7] His articles appeared in theMa'ārif ofShibli Academy, theBurhān ofNadwatul Musannifeen,Madina and theChattan.[2] In 2010, he had more than one hundred books to his credit.[6] He stopped writing in 2016 due to his weakness and old age.[4]
Shahjahānpūri's house was set on fire during theQasba Aligarh massacre in 1986. According to a 2019Express News report, hundreds of works were lost in this incident including rare manuscripts that he possessed.[2]
Shahjahānpūri was regarded as a major "Abul Kalāmi" in Pakistan afterAgha Shorish Kashmiri andGhulam Rasool Mehr.[8] He started writing in 1957, and his first article appeared after the death of Abul Kalam Azad.[9] He codified various articles of Azad and got them published.[8] He wrote explanatory notes to the Urdu translation of Azad'sIndia Wins Freedom.[8] His works on Azad includeMaulana Abul Kalam Azad: Ek Siyasi Mutala,Maulana Abul Kalam Azad: Ranchi mai nazarbandi awr uska faizān,Maulana Abul Kalam Azad awr Khwajah Hasan Nizami,Maulana Abul Kalam Azad ke chand buzurg andAbul Kalam Azad awr un ke ma'āsirīn.[10]
Shahjahānpūri wrote more than 150 books.[1] Fifty of his books are only aboutAbul Kalam Azad.[9] His major research work is the compilation of the political diary ofHussain Ahmad Madani,Hussain Ahmad Madani ki siyāsi diary: akhbār-o-afkār ki roshni mai, which spreads over seven thousand pages, in eight different volumes.[4] Shahjahānpūri has the credit of gettingIlm-o-Aagahi, the college magazine ofGovernment National College, Karachi, published as a research magazine.[6] His other works include:[11]
Shahjahānpūri died on 2 February 2021 inKarachi.[3] Indian scholarsUsman Mansoorpuri andMahmood Madani expressed sorrow on his death.[12]
Akhtarul Wasey and Khaliq Anjum co-authoredMaulānā Abūlkalām Āzād ke muḥaqqiq Ḍākṭar Abū Salmān Shāhjahānpūrī: shak̲h̲ṣīyat aur adabī k̲h̲idmāt (The research scholar ofAbul Kalam Azad, Abu Salmān Shahjahānpūri: Life and academic works).[13] According toMoinuddin Aqeel, "Shahjahānpūri is the scholar who is a keen observer of the rise and fall of the nationalist and historic movements of Indian subcontinent".[6]
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