Syed Muzaffaruddin Nadwi
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Syed Muzaffaruddin Nadwi | |
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| Born | 1900 Maninda, near Sheikhpura, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Died | 18 June 1984 (aged 83–84) Karachi, Pakistan |
| Resting place | Sakhi Hassan Graveyard, Karachi |
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Syed Muzaffaruddin Nadwi (1900–18 June 1984), also transliterated as Syed Muzaffar-ud-Din Nadvi or Syed Muzaffar Uddin Nadvi, was an Indian-born Pakistani Islamic scholar, writer, educator, and translator. He wrote works in Urdu and English, focusing on Islamic studies, history, and philosophy. Nadwi authored several books and translations, including on topics such as Islamic thought, comparative religion, and biographical studies. He was involved in both traditional Islamic scholarship and modern academic writing.
Syed Muzaffaruddin Nadwi was born in 1900 in Maninda, near Sheikhpura, which at the time was part of the Bengal Presidency in British India (now in Sheikhpura district, Bihar, India).[1] He studied at Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama in Lucknow and graduated in 1915 at the age of seventeen. During his studies at Nadwa, he benefited from scholars such as Syed Sulaiman Nadvi, Abdul Salam Nadvi, Muhammad Khalil Arab, as well as Shibli Nomani (Faqih-e-Awwal) and Shibli Nomani (Mutakallim).[2] In the same year, he passed the Central Madrasa examination. After completing his traditional Islamic studies, he pursued modern education and earned a B.A. from Presidency College, Calcutta in 1922. He later obtained two M.A. degrees privately, one in Arabic (1925) and another in Persian (1927) from the University of Calcutta.[3]
Career
After his B.A., Nadwi worked at the University of Dhaka from 1922 to 1927. Between 1922 and 1924, he served as an assistant in Persian and Urdu, and from 1924 to 1927, he worked as a lecturer in Arabic and Persian.[3] In 1927, he joined the Bengal Educational Service and served as a professor at Islamia College, Calcutta until 1943. After 1943, he was appointed at the Islamic Intermediate College in Chittagong, where he worked until 1944. In 1945, he was appointed as the Muslim Educational Officer of Bengal. However, the same year he returned to Islamia College, Calcutta, where he served as Vice Principal from 1946 to 1947. Following the partition of India, he became Principal of the Islamic Intermediate College in Chittagong, where he continued his educational work.[3] Additionally, he served as Principal of S.N. College, Dinajpur, and as Assistant Director of Public Instruction in East Pakistan.[4] After living for some years in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), he migrated to West Pakistan (now Pakistan), eventually settling in Karachi.[5]