Ghulam Ur Rehman
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PakistaniMufti Ghulam Ur Rehman | |
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مفتی غلام الرحمن | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 13 August 1954 |
| Nationality | British India Pakistani |
| Home town | Mansehra |
| Children | Ihsan Ur Rahman Usmani |
| Political party | Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) |
| Alma mater | University of Peshawar Allama Iqbal Open University Al-Azhar University |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Institute | Jamia Usmania Peshawar Wifaq ul Madaris Institute of Policy Studies Darul Uloom Haqqania Bank of Khyber |
| Founder of | Jamia Usmania Peshawar |
| 1st Muhtamim (principal) of Jamia Usmania Peshawar | |
| Assumed office 1992 | |
| Preceded by | None (office created) |
Mufti Ghulam Ur Rehman (Urdu: مفتی غلام الرحمن) is a Pakistani religious scholar.[1] He is the founder and the first principal of Jamia Usmania Peshawar, a position he has held since 1992.[2][3] He has served as the Chairman of the Nifaz-i-Sharia Council (NSC) from 2002 to 2007[4] and chairman of Higher Education Commission Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[1]
Ghulam Ur Rehman was born on 13 August 1954 in Belian, in Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He received his primary education at a government primary school in Belian and memorized the Qur’an in 1969 under Qari Ghulam Habib. He later pursued religious studies at Jamia Faruqia, Rawalpindi, and completed advanced studies at Darul Uloom Haqqania, Akora Khattak, where he studied for six years under several prominent scholars. In 1977, he placed third nationally in Hadith in the annual examinations conducted by the Federation of Madrassas Al-Arabia, Pakistan. Alongside religious education, he completed contemporary academic studies, obtaining matriculation in 1973, a bachelor’s degree from the University of Peshawar in 1980, a master’s degree in 1986, and an MPhil degree from Allama Iqbal Open University in 1996. He later attended the Daurah Tadrees at Al-Azhar University in Egypt.[5]
