Habiburrahman Shakir | |
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| حبيب الرحمن شاكر Habîburrahmân Şâkir | |
 Shakir in 1948 | |
| Born | 10 December 1903 |
| Died | 18 April 1975 (aged 71) Tampere, Finland |
| Resting place | Helsinki |
| Other names | Habibur-Rahman Habiburrehman H. R. Shakir al-Bulgari |
| Spouse | Bibi-Rehana Veliulla (Bibirəyxanə Wəliulla) |
| Children | 8; including Tatar language teacher Hamide Çaydam |
| Honours | Hajji |
Hajji Habiburrahman Shakir (Tatar: Хәбибрахман Шакир, romanized: Xəbibraxman Şakir, Tatar pronunciation: [χæ.bib.rɑχ'mɑn ʃɑ'kir] ; 10 December 1903 – 18 April 1975), also known by his nisba al-Bulgari (Tatar: әл-Болгари, romanized: əl-Bolğari), was a Tatar imam, theologian and publisher. He was born in current day Tatarstan and became a part of the Finnish Tatar community when he arrived in Tampere during late 1940s. Shakir was known as a respected theologian in the Islamic world. Invited by the king of Saudi Arabia, Shakir made a pilgrimage to Mecca with his wife in 1972. Before his time in Finland, Shakir worked as a teacher in India, where one of his students was the later-president of Pakistan, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
Shakir was in correspondence with Kurdish theologian Said Nursi. He has been described as being among the "first European followers of Nursi".[1] Shakir was also in contact with Algerian nationalist Ahmed Tewfik El Madani.[2]