Hamid Hussain Musavi
Syed Hamid Hussain Musavi Kintoori Lakhnavi Hindi Neshapuri (1830 - 1888) (Hindi: अयातोल्लाह सय्यिद मीर हामिद हुसैन मुसावी किन्तूरी लखनवी, Urdu: آيتالله سیید میر حامد حسین موسوی کنتوری لکھنوی), was a Shia scholar in India. He was a son of Syed Muhammad Quli Kinturi and author of the book, Abaqat ul Anwar fi Imamat al Ai'imma al-Athar.[1][2][3]
Syed Hamid Hussain Musavi Kintoori Lakhnavi Hindi Neshapuri | |
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Title | Shams-ul-Ulama, Sahib al Abaqat |
Personal | |
Born | 1830 Lucknow, Oudh State, British India |
Died | 25 October 1888 Lucknow, North-Western Provinces, British India |
Religion | Islam |
Ethnicity | Indian Sayyid |
Era | Modern era |
Jurisprudence | Ja`fari |
Creed | Twelver Shi`a Islam |
Main interest(s) | Wilayat of Imam Ali |
Notable work(s) | Abaqat ul Anwar fi Imamat al Ai'imma al-Athar, Asfār al-anwār ʿan waqāʾiʿ afḍal al-asfār, Zayn al-wasāʾil and al-Dharāʾiʿ |
Muslim leader | |
Influenced by
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Website | http://www.alabaqat.com/ |
Works
He wrote Asfār al-anwār ʿan waqāʾiʿ afḍal al-asfār, Zayn al-wasāʾil and al-Dharāʾiʿ. `Abaqat al'anwar fi imamat al 'A'immat al'athar is popular among Twelver Shi'a scholars worldwide, and quoted even today.[4]
Lineage
His father, Muhammad Quli Musavi, was a scholar, as was his cousin, Seyyed Ahmad Musavi Hindi, who also happens to be the paternal grandfather of Ruhollah Khomeini.[5]
Titles
- Shams-ul-Ulama - Conferred by British Raj on 16 February 1887, entitled him to take rank in Darbar immediately after titular Nawabs.[6]
See also
- Islamic scholars
References
- Leader of Heaven #18
- Roots of North Indian Shi‘ism in Iran and Iraq Religion and State in Awadh, 1722-1859, by J. R. I. Cole, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS Berkeley · Los Angeles · Oxford
- Islam, politics, and social movements By Edmund Burke, Ervand Abrahamian, Ira M. Lapidus
- GHADEER-E-KHUM WHERE THE RELIGION WAS BROUGHT TO PERFECTION By I.H. Najafi, Published By A GROUP OF MUSLIM BROTHERS, NEW ADDRESS P. 0. Box No. 11365- 1545, Tehran - IRAN.
- Justin Jones & Ali Usman Qasmi, The Shi‘a in Modern South Asia, Cambridge University Press (2015), p. 62
- Lethbridge, Roper (1893). The golden book of India : a genealogical and biographical dictionary of the ruling princes, chiefs, nobles, and other personages, titled or decorated of the Indian empire (illustrated, reprint ed.). Delhi: Aakar Books. p. 164. ISBN 9788187879541. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
Works
He wrote Asfār al-anwār ʿan waqāʾiʿ afḍal al-asfār, Zayn al-wasāʾil and al-Dharāʾiʿ. `Abaqat al'anwar fi imamat al 'A'immat al'athar is popular among Twelver Shi'a scholars worldwide, and quoted even today.[1]
Lineage
His father, Muhammad Quli Musavi, was a scholar, as was his cousin, Seyyed Ahmad Musavi Hindi, who also happens to be the paternal grandfather of Ruhollah Khomeini.[2]
Titles
- Shams-ul-Ulama - Conferred by British Raj on 16 February 1887, entitled him to take rank in Darbar immediately after titular Nawabs.[3]
See also
- Islamic scholars
References
- GHADEER-E-KHUM WHERE THE RELIGION WAS BROUGHT TO PERFECTION By I.H. Najafi, Published By A GROUP OF MUSLIM BROTHERS, NEW ADDRESS P. 0. Box No. 11365- 1545, Tehran - IRAN.
- Justin Jones & Ali Usman Qasmi, The Shi‘a in Modern South Asia, Cambridge University Press (2015), p. 62
- Lethbridge, Roper (1893). The golden book of India : a genealogical and biographical dictionary of the ruling princes, chiefs, nobles, and other personages, titled or decorated of the Indian empire (illustrated, reprint ed.). Delhi: Aakar Books. p. 164. ISBN 9788187879541. Retrieved 20 August 2014.