Shibli Nomani | |
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شبلی نعمانی | |
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| Professor at Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College | |
| In office 1882–1898 | |
| Secretary of Education Department at Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama | |
| In office 1905–1913 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 June 1857 Azamgarh, North-Western Provinces, British India |
| Died | 18 November 1914 (aged 57) |
| Spouse |
Majidunnessa (m. 1876) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parents |
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| Personal | |
| Nationality | British Indian |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Lineage | Rajput |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Creed | Maturidi |
| Movement | |
| Main interest(s) | Literature, History, Modernism, Islamic philosophy, Politics, Education |
| Notable work(s) | |
| Senior posting | |
| Teacher | Ahmad Ali Saharanpuri Faizul Hasan Saharanpuri |
Influenced by | |
| Awards |
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| Literary works | Al-Farooq (1899), Sirat al-Nabi (1918) |
| Website | shibliacademy |
Shibli Nomani (4 June 1857 – 18 November 1914) was an Islamic scholar, poet, philosopher, historian, educational thinker, author, orator, reformer and critic of orientalists from Indian subcontinent during the British Raj.[1][2] He is regarded as the father of Urdu historiography.[3] He was also proficient in Arabic and Persian languages.[4] Shibli was associated with two influential movements in the region, the Aligarh and the Nadwa movements.[5] As a supporter of the Deobandi school, he believed that English language and European sciences should be incorporated into the education system.[6] Shibli wrote several biographies of Muslim heroes, convinced that Muslims of his time could learn valuable lessons from the past.[3] His synthesis of past and modern ideas contributed significantly to Islamic literature produced in Urdu between 1910 and 1935.[7] Shibli established the Darul Musannefin Shibli Academy in 1914 to promote Islamic scholarship and also founded the Shibli National College in 1883. He collected much material on the life of Muhammad, and completed the first two volumes of the planned work, Sirat al-Nabi. His disciple, Sulaiman Nadvi, added to this material and wrote the remaining five volumes after Shibli's death.
- ^ Yeaqub, Md (2018). "Analytical Study Of Allamah Shibli's Persian Poetry" (PDF). Global Journal for Research Analysis. 7 (10): 88. ISSN 2277-8160.
- ^ "How Urdu and India Influenced Afghan and Iranian Reformers". thewire.in. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
- ^ a b Esposito, John L. (2003), "Shibli Numani, Muhammad", The Oxford Dictionary of Islam, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/acref/9780195125580.001.0001, ISBN 978-0-19-512558-0
- ^ Yeaqub 2018, p. 88.
- ^ Zaman, Maheen (2018), "Shibli Numani", in Kassam, Zayn R.; Greenberg, Yudit Kornberg; Bagli, Jehan (eds.), Encyclopedia of Indian Religions: Islam, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism, Encyclopedia of Indian Religions, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, pp. 635–636, doi:10.1007/978-94-024-1267-3_877, ISBN 978-94-024-1267-3
- ^ Bhardwaj, Dr Kamal (1 January 2002). History of Modern India. Prabhat Prakashan. pp. 322–323. ISBN 978-93-5266-745-1.
- ^ Abdullah, Mohammad (1982), Shorter Encyclopaedia of Islam (in Bengali) (5th ed.), Sherbangla Nagar, Dhaka: Islamic Foundation Bangladesh, pp. 383–384, ISBN 984-06-0252-7