Mufti[1] Abdul Ghani Azhari | |
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Personal life | |
Born | 1922 Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir, British India |
Died | 19 January 2023 Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India | (aged 100–101)
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Religious life | |
Religion | Islam |
Denomination | Sunni |
Founder of | Dar al-‘Ulum Nizamiyya Madinatul Islam |
Movement | Deobandi |
Abdul Ghani Azhari (1922 – 19 January 2023), also known as Abdul Ghani Shah al-Shashi,[2] was an Indian Muslim scholar and historian who served as the head-professor of the University of Kashmir's Arabic department. He was an alumnus of Darul Uloom Deoband, Mazahir Uloom and the Al-Azhar University. He authored Qadim Tarikh-e-Gujjar, a book detailing the history of Gujjars.