Anzar Shah Kashmiri

Fakhr al-Muhaddithīn
Anzar Shah Kashmiri
Fakhr al-Muhaddithīn Anzar Shah Kashmiri
Personal
Born	6 December 1927; Deoband, Saharanpur, British India
Died	26 April 2008 (aged 80); Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi, India
Resting place	Mazar-e-Anwari, Deoband
Religion	Islam
Parent	Anwar Shah Kashmiri (father);
Region	India
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Hanafi
Creed	Maturidi
Movement	Deobandi
Main interest(s)	Fiqh, Hadith
Alma mater	Darul Uloom Deoband
Occupation	Islamic scholar
Relatives	Azhar Shah Qaiser (brother)
Organization
Founder of	Darul Uloom Waqf; Jamia Imam Anwar Shah, Deoband;
Muslim leader
	Influenced by Hussain Ahmad Madani, Izaz Ali Amrohi;
	Influenced Ghulam Nabi Kashmiri, moulana syed khizrullah hussaini qasmi baqavi ;
Awards	2003 Presidential Award

Anzar Shah Kashmiri (1927–2008) was an Indian Islamic scholar who established the Jamia Imam Anwar Shah and co-founded the Darul Uloom Waqf in Deoband. He was an alumnus of the Darul Uloom Deoband. He was youngest son of Hanafi scholar Anwar Shah Kashmiri.

Biography

Anzar Shah Kashmiri was born at Deoband on 6 December 1927. His father Anwar Shah Kashmiri was a scholar of ahadith.^[1] He graduated from the Darul Uloom Deoband where he studied with Izaz Ali Amrohi and Hussain Ahmed Madani.^[1]

In 1982, Shah co-founded the Darul Uloom Waqf, Deoband. He established the Jamia Imam Anwar Shah in 1997.^[1]^[2] He was appointed the vice president of the Uttar Pradesh Congress in 2004. He received the Presidential Certificate of Honor in 2003 for his contributions to the Arabic language and literature. ^[1]^[2]

Death and legacy

Kashmiri suffered from heart and kidney problems for some years and was being treated at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi.^[1]^[3] He died on Saturday 26 April 2008 in Delhi.^[1]^[3]

He was buried in Deoband next to the grave of his father Anwar Shah Kashmiri and was survived by wife, six daughters and a son Ahmad Khizar Shah Kashmiri, the chancellor of Jamia Imam Anwar Shah, Deoband.^[1]^[3]^[2]

Literary works

Anzar Shah Kashmiri’s books include:

Taqreer-e-Shahi (Tafsir)
Al-fayz ul Jaari (Arabic)
Asma-e-Husna Ki Barkaat^[4]
Nawaderat Imam Kashmiri^[5]
Tadhkira-tul-Izaz (biography of Izaz Ali Amrohi).
Laal-o-Gul
Naqsh-e-Dawam
Khayr al-Majalis

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Muhammadullah Khalili Qasmi (28 October 2010). "Mawlana Anzar Shah Kashmiri: A Tribute to His Life and Services". IlmGate.org. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c Nur Alam Khalil Amini. Pas-e-Marg-e-Zindah (PDF) (in Urdu). Deoband: Idara Ilm-o-Adab. pp. 798–818 – via Archive.org.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Moulana Anzar Shah passes away". Greater Kashmir. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
^ Allama Syed Muhammad Anzar Shah Kashmiri. "Asma-e-Husna Ki Barkat". islamicbookcenter.org. Idara Islamiyat, Pakistan. Retrieved 22 May 2019.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Maulana Syed Anzar Shah Kashmiri. "Nawaderat Imam Kashmiri" (PDF). Archive.org (in Urdu). Memon Islamic Books, Karachi. Retrieved 22 May 2019.