Abubakar sultan biography of mahatma

Indian writer (1908–1994)

In this Indian name, the toponymic surname is Vaikom. It is not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Muhammad Basheer.

VaikomMuhammad Basheer (21 January 1908 – 5 July 1994), popularly referred to as the Beypore Sultan, was an Indian writer of Malayalam literature, a humanist and an Indian independence activist. He was a novelist and short story writer noted for his path-breaking, down-to-earth style of writing that made him equally popular among literary critics as well as the common man. His notable works include Balyakalasakhi, Shabdangal, Pathummayude Aadu, Ntuppuppakkoranendarnnu, Mathilukal, Janmadinam,Anargha Nimisham and the translations of his works into other languages have earned him worldwide acclaim. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honor of the Padma Shri in 1982. He was also a recipient of the Sahitya Academy Fellowship, Kerala Sahitya Academy Fellowship, and the Kerala State Film Award for Best Story. He was a recipient of the Vallathol Award in 1993.

Biography

Basheer was born on 21 January 1908 in Thalayolaparambu (near Vaikom) Kottayam District, to Kayi Abdurahman, a timber merchant, and his wife, Kunjathumma, as their eldest child. His siblings were Abdulkhader, Pathumma, Haneefa,

Indian Naqshbandi Sufi (1564–1624)

Ahmad Sirhindi (1564 – 1624/1625) was an Indian Islamic scholar, Hanafi jurist, and member of the NaqshbandīSufi order who lived during the era of Mughal Empire.

Ahmad Sirhindi opposed heterodox movements within the Mughal court such as Din-i Ilahi, in support of more orthodox forms of Islamic Law. His act of preserving and urging the practice of Islamic orthodoxy has cemented his reputation by some followers as a Mujaddid, or a "reviver".

While early and modern South Asian scholarship credited him for contributing to conservative trends in Indian Islam, more recent works, such as Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi and commentaries from western scholars such as Ter Haar, Friedman, and Buehler, have pointed to Sirhindi's significant contributions to Sufi epistemology and practices.

Biography

Sirhindi was born on 26 May 1564 in the village of Sirhind, Punjab to a Punjabi Muslim family. A descendant of 13th-century Sufi saint and poet Baba Farid, he claimed ancestry from the second Rashidun caliph, Umar (634–644). Sirhindi received most of his early education from his father, 'Abd al-Ahad, his brother, Muhammad Sadiq and from a Lahore-based scholar Muhammad Tahir al-Lahuri. He also memorised the Qur'an. He then studied in Sialkot, which had become an intellectual centre under the scholar Kamaluddin Kashmiri. Qazi Bahlol Badakhshani taught him jurisprudence, Muhammad's biography and history. He eventually joined the Naqshbandī order through the Sufi missionary Khwaja Baqi Billah when he was 36 years old, and became a leading master of the order. His deputies traversed the Mughal Empire in order to popularize the order and eve

Sklar, Robert L.. "INDEX". Nigerian Political Parties: Power in an Emergent African Nation, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1963, pp. 561-578. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400878239-016

Sklar, R. (1963). INDEX. In Nigerian Political Parties: Power in an Emergent African Nation (pp. 561-578). Princeton: Princeton University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400878239-016

Sklar, R. 1963. INDEX. Nigerian Political Parties: Power in an Emergent African Nation. Princeton: Princeton University Press, pp. 561-578. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400878239-016

Sklar, Robert L.. "INDEX" In Nigerian Political Parties: Power in an Emergent African Nation, 561-578. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1963. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400878239-016

Sklar R. INDEX. In: Nigerian Political Parties: Power in an Emergent African Nation. Princeton: Princeton University Press; 1963. p.561-578. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400878239-016

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