Shibli Nomani

Shibli Nomani

Allamah Shibli Nomani (Urdu: علامہ شبلی نعمانی‎) (June 3, 1857 - November 18, 1914, Azamgarh) was a respected scholar of Islam from Indian subcontinent during British Raj. He was born at Bindwal in Azamgarh district of present-day Uttar Pradesh. He is known for the founding the Shibli National College in 1883 and the Darul Mussanifin in Azamgarh. Shibli was a versatile scholar in Arabic, Persian, Hindi, Turkish and Urdu. He was also a poet. He collected much material on the life of Prophet of Islam, Muhammad but could write only first two volumes of the planned work the Sirat-un-Nabi. His disciple, Syed Sulaiman Nadvi, made use of this material and added his own and wrote remaining five volumes of the work, the Sirat-un-Nabi after the death of his mentor.

Read more about Shibli Nomani:  Early Life, In The Middle East, In Hyderabad and Lucknow, Founding of Darul Mussanifin, Shibli's Ideology, Personal Life, Works