Ghulām Muṣṭafā al-Burdwānī (Arabic: غلام مصطفى البردواني), or alternatively Golam Mostafa Bardhamani (Bengali: গোলাম মোস্তফা বর্ধমানী), was an 18th-century Islamic scholar and poet from Burdwan in western Bengal.[1][2] He is mentioned in the works of Abd al-Hayy al-Hasani and Muhammad Ishaq Bhatti, where he is described as one of the leading scholars in the fields of Islamic jurisprudence during his time.[3][4]
Biography
Ghulam Mustafa was born into a Bengali Muslim family from Burdwan in the Bengal Subah. He became a senior student of Abdul Ali Bahrul Ulum (son of Dars-i Nizami deviser Nizamuddin Sihalivi) during his studies at the Jalalia Madrasa in the village of Bohar.[5] He was a follower of the Hanafi madhhab.[6] After completing his studies, he served as the Mufti (head jurist) of Etawah in India for many years.[5] He then transferred to Birbhum, near Burdwan, in Bengal until the end of his life.[7] Ghulam Mustafa was also a distinguished poet of the Persian language.[8][9]
See also
References
- ^ "غلام مصطفى البردواني". Tarajm (in Arabic). Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ^ Lāʼibrerī, K̲h̲udā Bak̲h̲sh Oriyanṭal Pablik (1996). Khuda Bakhsh Library journal (in Urdu). K̲h̲udā Bak̲h̲sh Oriyanṭal Pablik Lāʼibreri.
- ^ Bhatti, Muhammad Ishaq (1981). "مفتی غلام مصطفی بردوانی". Fuqaha-e-Hind (in Urdu). Mohammad Ashraf Daar. 6/3/500.
- ^ K̲h̲ān̲, ʻAbdussalām (1996). بر صغير كے علماءے معقولات و انكى تصنيفات (in Urdu). خدا بخش اورينٹل پبلک لائبريرى،.
- ^ a b Molla, M. Isharat Ali (1993). "4. Life of Mulla Bahrul Uloom, his teachers and pupils, and views of prominent Ulama on him". Life and works of Mulla Bahrul Uloom (d. 1225 A.H.) (Thesis). Aligarh Muslim University. pp. 48, 68–69.
- ^ Abd al-Hayy al-Hasani (1951). Nuzhat al-khawatir (in Arabic). Vol. 7. Maṭbaʻat Dāʹirat al-Maʻārif al-ʻUthmānīyah. p. 370.
- ^ Khan, Abdussalam (1996). بر صغير كے علماءے معقولات و انكى تصنيفات (in Urdu). Patna, Bihar: Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library. p. 281.
- ^ Sheikh, Ruhul Amin (3 February 2021). "مكانة اللغة العربية في ولاية بنغال الغربية" [The status of the Arabic language in West Bengal]. Ktlyst (in Arabic).
- ^ K̲h̲udā Bak̲h̲sh Lāʼibreri jarnal (in Urdu). K̲h̲udā Bak̲h̲sh Oriyanṭal Pablik Lāʼibreri. 1996.
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