Uzair Gul Peshawari

Uzair Gul Peshawari (1886 – 17 November 1989) was an Islamic scholar and an Indian freedom struggle activist who actively participated in the Silk Letter Movement.[2]

Mawlāna

Uzair Gul Peshawari
Sami-ul-Haq (right) with Uzair Gul Peshawari
Personal
Born1886
Ziarat Kaka Sahib, Nowkhaar Province, Afghanistan
(present-day Pakistan)
Died17 November 1989(1989-11-17) (aged 102–103)
Peshawar, NWFP, Pakistan
ReligionIslam
Nationality Afghan (1886-1893)
 British Indian (1893-1947)
 Pakistani (1947-1989)
SpouseBeatrice Cooke
Parents
  • Shahid Gul Kaka Khel [1] (father)
Alma materDarul Uloom Deoband
Known forSilk Letter Movement
Muslim leader
Disciple ofMahmud Hasan Deobandi [1]

Biography

Gul hailed from Ziarat Kaka Sahib, a town located in Peshawar.[3] He completed his primary studies with local teachers and moved to Darul Uloom Deoband, where he studied with Mahmud Hasan Deobandi.[4]He graduated from Darul Uloom in 1331 A.H.[3] During Khilafat Movement, Gul was made the president of Khilafat Committee in Deoband.[3] He was a close companion of Mahmud Hasan Deobandi and was imprisoned along with him in Malta for his role in the Silk Letter Movement.[5]

He served as a teacher at Darul Uloom Deoband[6] and before World War II, he was appointed as a head-teacher in Madrasa Rahmania in Roorkee.[3]

In 1945, Gul moved to his native place in Peshawar along-with his English wife Beatrice Cooke.[7]

Gul died on 17 November 1989. [8]

Family

Gul's first wife was a daughter of Mahmud Hasan Deobandi's niece.[4][6] During his stay at Roorkee, he married a new Muslim English woman named Beatrice Cooke.[6][3][7] Gul's second wife Cooke also wrote an English translation of Quran which remains unpublished.[4]

Legacy

References
  1. Marwat, Fazal-ur-Rahim Khan (1997). The evolution and growth of communism in Afghanistan, 1917-79: an appraisal. ISBN 9789694072210. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  2. Agha Shorish Kashmiri. ابو الکلام آزاد: سوانح و افکار [Abul Kalam Azad : Life and Thoughts] (in Urdu) (June 2009 ed.). Lahore: Matbu'at-e-Chattan. p. 119.
  3. Rizwi, Syed Mehboob. Tārīkh Darul Uloom Deoband [History of the Dar al-Ulum Deoband]. 2. Translated by Murtaz Husain F Quraishi (1981 ed.). Deoband: Darul Uloom Deoband. pp. 83–84.
  4. Muhammad Miyan Deobandi. "Mawlāna Uzair Gul". Asiran-e-Malta [Prisoners of Malta] (in Urdu) (January 2002 ed.). Deoband: Naimia Book Depot. pp. 367–376.
  5. Asir Adrawi. Hazrat Shaykh al-Hind: Hayāt awr Karname [Shaykh al-Hind: Life and works] (in Urdu) (April 2012 ed.). Deoband: Shaykh al-Hind Academy, Darul Uloom Deoband. p. 178.
  6. Asir Adrawi. "Mawlāna Uzair Gul Peshawari". Tazkirah Mashāhīr-e-Hind: Karwān-e-Rafta (in Urdu) (2nd, April 2016 ed.). Deoband: Darul Moallifeen. pp. 195–196.
  7. Butt, John (16 March 2020). A Talib's Tale: The Life and Times of a Pashtoon Englishman. ISBN 9789353058029. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  8. Zahidur Rashidi (December 1989). "Hadhrat Mawlana Uzair Gul". Monthly Al-Sharia (in Urdu). Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  9. Dr. Abdul RAUF, PAN-ISLAMISM AND THE NORTH WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE OF BRITISH INDIA (1897-1918) (PDF), p. 37, retrieved 18 August 2020
  10. "Maulana Uzair Gul (Aseer-i-Malta): his life and achievements (1886-1989)". opac.iiu.edu.pk. University of Islamabad. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
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