Abdur Rahman Kashgari Nadwi | |
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ئابدۇرراھمان كاشغەرىي | |
Personal | |
Born | 15 September 1912 |
Died | April 1971 | (aged 58)
Religion | Islam |
Denomination | Sunni |
Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
Main interest(s) | Linguistics |
Alma mater | Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow University of Lucknow |
Khatib of Baitul Mukarram | |
In office 1963 – April 1971 | |
Preceded by | Post established |
Succeeded by | Amimul Ehsan Barkati |
Head Mawlana of Dhaka Alia Madrasa | |
In office 1969 – April 1971 | |
Preceded by | Amimul Ehsan Barkati |
Succeeded by | Ahmad Hossain Chowdhury |
Arabic name | |
Personal (Ism) | ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān عبد الرحمن |
Patronymic (Nasab) | ibn ʿAbd al-Hādī بن عبد الهادي |
Teknonymic (Kunya) | Abū az-Zibriqān أبو الزبرقان |
Epithet (Laqab) | al-Lughawī اللغوي |
Toponymic (Nisba) | Dāmullā داملا al-Kāshgharī الكاشغري an-Nadwī الندوي |
Muslim leader | |
Teacher | Abdul Hye Hasani |
Influenced by |
Abū az-Zibriqān ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān ibn ʿAbd al-Hādī Dāmullā al-Kāshgharī an-Nadwī (Arabic: أبو الزبرقان عبد الرحمن بن عبد الهادي داملا الكاشغري الندوي; 15 September 1912 – 3 April 1971), or simply Abdur Rahman Kashgari (Uyghur: ئابدۇرراھمان كاشغەرىي, Bengali: আব্দুর রহমান কাশগরী), was one of the leading scholars of the Arabic language and literature in the Indian subcontinent.[1] Of Uyghur background, Kashgari migrated from East Turkestan to India at an early age, completing his studies in Lucknow where he became an accomplished Islamic scholar, linguist, poet and author.[2] He then migrated to Bengal (present-day Bangladesh), where he eventually became the principal of Dhaka Alia Madrasa. Kashgari was also the first khatib of the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque, holding this role until his death.[3][4]