Mawlāna Hāmid al-Ansāri Ghāzi | |
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| Born | 1909 Ambehta, Saharanpur, British India |
| Died | 16 October 1992 (aged 82–83) Mumbai, India |
| Religion | Islam |
| 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 the University of the Punjab |
| Known for | editing Madina |
| Founder of | Nadwatul Musannifeen |
Hāmid al-Ansāri Ghāzi (1909 – 16 October 1992) was an Indian Muslim scholar, author and a journalist, who co-founded the Nadwatul Musannifeen and served as the editor of bi-weekly newspaper Madina. He was the son of Muhammad Mian Mansoor Ansari and an alumnus of the Darul Uloom Deoband, Jamia Islamia Talimuddin and University of the Punjab. He was a member of the executive council of Darul Uloom Deoband and authored books such as Islām ka Nizām-e-Hukūmat and Khulq-e-Azeem.
Hāmid al-Ansāri Ghāzi was born 1909 in Ambehta, Saharanpur.[1] His father Muhammad Mian Mansoor Ansari was one of the major leaders of the Silk Letter Movement.[2] Ghazi completed his primary studies under the guidance of his maternal grandfather Siddiq Ahmad Anbethvi.[1] He studied at the Darul Uloom Deoband and Jamia Islamia Talimuddin between 1922 and 1927.[3] He was one of the major students of Anwar Shah Kashmiri.[3] He passed the "munshi" and "fazil" exams from University of the Punjab.[3]
Ghazi contributed to the Al-Jamiyat of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind for three years and then became the editor of Madina, a Bijnor-based newspaper.[3] He associated with Tajwar Najībābadi's Naqqād for sometime and then established Nadwatul Musannifeen along with Atiq-ur-Rahman Usmani, Hifzur Rahman Seoharwi and Saeed Ahmad Akbarabadi.[3] Meanwhile, he served as the editor for Nida-e-Haram, a Mecca based magazine, at the request of Muhammad Saleem Muhajir Makki, the rector of Madrasah as-Sawlatiyah.[3] In 1942, he again joined Madina, and remained associated with it for five years.[4] He moved to Bombay in 1950, where he edited the Jamhuriyat, a daily newspaper published by Jamiat Ulama-e-Maharashtra. He discontinued editing this newspaper after it was renamed Gufira-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 1382 AH.[1] He died in Bombay on 16 October 1992.[2]
Ghāzi's books include:[1]
Ghāzi was married to Hajira Nazli, the daughter of Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi. Nazli is an author of twenty Urdu novels.[6] Indo-American author and educationist Abidullah Ghazi is their son.[7]