Biography

Maulana Qazi Athar Mubarakpuri (1916–1996) at Mubarakpur

Mubarakpur

Mubarakpur is a city and a municipal board in Azamgarh district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located at a distance of 13 km north-east of the district headquarters in Azamgarh.The place is famous for the manufacture of Benarasi saris, which are also very popular and exported to...

, Azamgarh

Azamgarh

Azamgarh is a town in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is headquarters of Azamgarh district and Azamgarh Division.-History:Azamgarh, one of the easternmost districts of the State, once formed a part of the ancient Kosala kingdom, except the north-eastern part of it which was included in the...

 U.P. India, he has written many articles and books on the history of the early Muslims in India and the Arab

Arab

Arab people, also known as Arabs , are a panethnicity primarily living in the Arab world, which is located in Western Asia and North Africa. They are identified as such on one or more of genealogical, linguistic, or cultural grounds, with tribal affiliations, and intra-tribal relationships playing...

 world he was presented the highest literary award for the Arabic language in India and has been awarded many awards from the Arab world as well his works are both in Arabic and Urdu

Urdu

Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...

 language. He was also an active member of the congress before and after the independence on India. He has also written book on the well known personalities of Mubarakpur known as Uluma-e-Tazkera Mubarakpur.

He also served as the editor of Al-Balagh published from Bombay, a monthly journal in the following years 1961–62, 1966–67, 1973–76.He worked as a Islamic teacher in Anjuman Islam High School, Fort, Mumbai

• Hindustan men °Arabon ki hukumaten Publisher: Maktabah-yi °Arifin .published in 1967 340 pages

social condition and historical happenings of West and Southern parts of India was a travelogue by Arab traders of pre-Islamic era. The late Qazi Athar Mubarkpuri, translating the book on the evidence of certain Arabic sources, the historian Ahtar Mubarkpuri, concludes that some Hindu rulers knew Arabic or at least some verses which they could quote on appropriate occasions (mubarkpuri 1989, 315-316) Hindustan main arbon ki hukumatey, lahore 1989).

Qazi Athar Mubarakpuri also wrote a column under the heading "Jawahar-ul-Qur'an" in the Inquilab Daily, a newspaper published from Bombay, for around 40 years. During the British Raj

British Raj

British Raj was the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; The term can also refer to the period of dominion...

 he worked in Lahore

Lahore

Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...

 but after Independence moved to Bombay.

His son Sheikh Khalid Hafiz

Sheikh Khalid Hafiz

Sheikh Khalid Hafiz was an Indian-born Imam who served as the senior religious advisor to the New Zealand Muslim minority over 1982 to 1999.-Career:...

 (Khalid Kamal Abdul Hafiz; 1938–1999) served as the senior religious advisor to the New Zealand Muslim

Muslim

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 minority over 1982 to 1999, as Imam

Imam

An imam is an Islamic leadership position, often the worship leader of a mosque and the Muslim community. Similar to spiritual leaders, the imam is the one who leads Islamic worship services. More often, the community turns to the mosque imam if they have a religious question...

 of Wellington

Wellington

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.

Works

Below is a list of most of the books he authored:

• Arab-o-Hind Ahd-e-Risalat mein (Urdu)
• Hindustan Mein Arbon Ki Hukumatein (Urdu)
• Islami Hind Ki Azmat-e-Rafta (Urdu)
• Khilafat-e-Rashidah Aur Hindustan (Urdu)
• Khilafat-e-Abbasiah Aur Hindustan (Urdu)
• Khilafat-e-Banu Ummiyah Aur Hindustan (Urdu)
• Dayar-e-Purab Mein Ilm-o-Ulama (Urdu)
• Tazkirah-e-Ulama-e-Mubarakpur (Urdu)
• Maasir-o-Maarif (Urdu)
• Aasaar-o-Ikhbar (Urdu)
• Tadween-e-Sair-o-Maghazi (Urdu)
• Khairul Qoroon Ki Darsgahein (Urdu)
• Aimma Arba’a (Urdu)
• Banaat-e-Islam Ki Ilmi Wa Deeni Khidmaat (Urdu)
• Islami Nezam-e-Zindagi (Urdu)
• Afadaat-e-Hasan Basri (Urdu)
• Muslamaan (Urdu)
• Assalehaat (Urdu)
• Tablighi Wa Taalimi Sargarmian Ahde Salaf Mein (Urdu)
• Islami Shadi (Urdu)
• Ma’ariful Qur'an (Urdu)
• Tabaqatul Hujjaj (Urdu)
• Ali Wa Husain (Urdu)
• Hajj Ke Baad (Urdu)
• Khawateen Islam Ki Ilmi Wa Deeni Khidmaat (Urdu)
• Qaedah Baghdadi Se Sahih Bukhari Tak (Urdu)
• Rejalus Sindh Wal Hind (Arabic)
• Al Iqdus Sameen (Arabic)
• Al Hind Fi Ahdil Abbaseen (Arabic)
• Jawaherul Osool (Arabic)
• Tareekh Asmaa Asseqaaf (Arabic)
• Deewan Ahmad (Arabic)
• Musalmano Ke Har Tabqe Mein Ilmo Olama (Urdu)
• Mae Tohoor (Urdu)

"Banat-e-Islam Ki Ilmi Wa Deeni Khidmaat" is translated as 'The Religious and Intellectual Contributions of Muslim Women'. http://islamicvoice.com/JUNE2008/BOOKREVIEW/