Karamat Ali Jaunpuri

For other uses, see Karamat Ali.
Shah
Karamat Ali Jaunpuri
Hādi-e-Zamān[1]
Personal
Born
Muhammad Ali Jaunpuri

(1800-06-12)June 12, 1800 CE (18 Muharram 1215 AH)
Jaunpur, North India
DiedMay 30, 1873(1873-05-30) (aged 72) (3 Rabi' al-Thani 1290 AH)
Rangpur, Bengal Presidency (modern-day Bangladesh)
Resting placeKaramatia Mazar, Munshipara, Rangpur
ReligionIslam
ChildrenHafiz Ahmad Jaunpuri
Abdul Awwal Jaunpuri
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
CreedMaturidi
MovementTaiyuni
TeachersShah Abdul Aziz
Shah Ismail Dehlvi
OccupationTheologian and social reformer
RelativesAbdur Rab Jaunpuri (grandson)
Abdul Batin Jaunpuri (grandson)
Rashid Ahmed Jaunpuri (grandson)
Muslim leader
PredecessorSyed Ahmad Shaheed
SuccessorHafiz Ahmad Jaunpuri
Disciples
Students
Influenced by
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Karāmat ʿAlī Jaunpūrī (Urdu: کرامت علی جونپوری, Bengali: কারামত আলী জৌনপুরী; 12 June 1800 – 30 May 1873), born as Muḥammad ʿAlī Jaunpūrī, was a nineteenth-century Indian Muslim social reformer and founder of the Taiyuni movement. He played a major role in propagating to the masses of Bengal and Assam via public sermons, and has written over forty books. Syed Ameer Ali is among one of his notable students.[2]

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  2. ^ Aziz, Khursheed Kamal (1998). The Murder of History: A Critique of History Textbooks Used in Pakistan. Renaissance Publishing House. p. 210.