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{{Short description|Pakistani historian (1940–2021)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox academic
|honorific_prefix =
|birth_name = Tasadduq Hussain Khan
|name = Abu Salmān Shahjahānpūri
|birth_date = 30 January 1940
|birth_place = [[Shahjahanpur]], [[United Provinces (1937–50)|United Provinces]], [[British India]]
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2021|2|2|1940|1|30}}
|death_place = [[Karachi]], Pakistan
|alma_mater = [[Jamia Qasmia Madrasa Shahi]], [[University of Karachi]], [[University of Sindh]]
|thesis_title = Tazkirah Khānwāda-e-Waliullāhi
|thesis_url = https://archive.org/details/TazkiraEKhanvadaEWaliullahi
|thesis_year =
|doctoral_advisor = Sakhi Ahmad Hashmi
}}
'''Abu Salmān Shahjahānpūri''' (30 January 1940 – 2 February 2021; {{langx|ur|{{nq|ابو سلمان شاہجہانپوری}}}}) was a [[Pakistani]] scholar, researcher and historian. He was regarded as an authority in the historical and political movements of the Indian subcontinent. He was an alumnus of [[Jamia Qasmia Madrasa Shahi]], [[University of Karachi]] and the [[University of Sindh]]. He wrote more than 150 books including ''Ifādat-e-Azād'' and ''Maulānā ʻUbaidullāh Sindhī ke inqilābī manṣūbe''.

==Life and career==
Abu Salmān Shahjahānpūri was born Tasadduq Hussain Khan on 30 January 1940 in [[Shahjahanpur]].<ref name="alert">{{cite news |author1=Inayat Shamsi |title=کراچی: 150 سے زائد کتابوں کے مصنف ابو سلمان شاہجہان پوری چل بسے |trans-title=Karachi:Author of more than 150 books, Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri passes away |url=https://alert.com.pk/archives/27674 |access-date=2 February 2021 |work=Alert News |date=2 February 2021 |language=ur |archive-date=9 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209063347/https://alert.com.pk/archives/27674 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="express">{{cite news |author1=Rizwan Tahir Mubeen |title=تحقیق میں خود نمائی سے دور رہا، بطور مرتب بھی نام آنا اچھا نہیں لگتا، ڈاکٹر ابو سلمان |trans-title=I stayed away from "self-praise" in research: Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri|url=https://www.express.pk/story/1577412/1/ |access-date=2 February 2021 |work=[[Express News (TV channel)|Express News]] |date=5 March 2019 |language=ur}}</ref> He was schooled at Madrasa Saeedia in Shahjahanpur and the [[Jamia Qasmia Madrasa Shahi]] in [[Moradabad]]. Aged 10, he migrated to [[Pakistan]] in 1950.<ref name="arynews"/> He received a [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] and an [[Master of Arts|MA]] degree from the [[University of Karachi]] and completed his doctoral studies at the [[University of Sindh]].<ref name="arynews"/><ref name="alert"/> The subject of his doctoral study was to compile and study ''Khānwada-e-Waliullāhi'' of [[Syed Ahmad Khan]].<ref name="baseerat">{{cite news |author1=Abdullah Shamim Qasmi |title=ايک چراغ اور بجھا نامور محقق ومصنف ڈاکٹر ابو سلمان شاہجہانپوری كى وفات |trans-title= One more gem lost, Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri no more|url=https://www.baseeratonline.com/135110 |access-date=3 February 2021 |work=Baseerat Online |date=2 February 2021 |language=ur}}</ref>

Shahjahānpūri served as a Professor at [[Government National College, Karachi]] and retired in 2002.<ref>{{Citation|author1=Javed Ahmad Khurshid |title=Kitābiyāt, Tasānī, maqālat wa dīgar az Dr Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri |journal=Tehseel |date=January–June 2019 |issue=4 |page=199 |trans-title=Abu Salmān Shahjahānpūri bibliography}}</ref><ref name="alert"/> He was regarded as an authority on historical and political movements of the Indian subcontinent.<ref name="dawn">{{cite news |author1=Uzaira Khan |title=History in a different perspective |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/573194 |access-date=2 February 2021 |work=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |date=18 October 2010}}</ref> He was associated with Abul Kalam Azad Research Institute in Karachi and visited [[India]] during 2014 to present his papers in an International seminar about [[Abul Kalam Azad]] organized by Iran Society and [[Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies]] in [[Kolkata]].<ref>{{cite news |title=International seminar to mark Maulana Azad's 125th birth anniversary |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/international-seminar-to-mark-maulana-azad-s-125th-birth-anniversary-114090200918_1.html |access-date=2 February 2021 |work=[[Business Standard]] |date=2 September 2014}}</ref> His articles appeared in the ''Ma'ārif'' of [[Shibli Academy]], the ''Burhān'' of [[Nadwatul Musannifeen]], ''[[Madina (Bijnor)|Madina]]'' and the ''Chattan''.<ref name="express" /> In 2010, he had more than one hundred books to his credit.<ref name="dawn"/> He stopped writing in 2016 due to his weakness and old age.<ref name="baseerat" />

Shahjahānpūri's house was set on fire during the [[Qasba Aligarh massacre]] in 1986. According to a 2019 [[Express News (TV channel)|Express News]] report, hundreds of works were lost in this incident including rare manuscripts that he possessed.<ref name="express" />

==Abul Kalamism==
{{see|Abul Kalam Azad}}
Shahjahānpūri was regarded as a major "Abul Kalāmi" in Pakistan after [[Agha Shorish Kashmiri]] and [[Ghulam Rasool Mehr]].<ref name="khalid">{{cite news |author1=Khalid Humayun |title=ڈاکٹر ابوسلمان شاہجہانپوری کی ابوالکلامیاں |trans-title=Pro Abul Kalamic stances of Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri|url=https://dailypakistan.com.pk/19-Dec-2012/31741 |access-date=2 February 2021 |work=[[Daily Pakistan]] |date=19 December 2012 |language=ur}}</ref> He started writing in 1957, and his first article appeared after the death of Abul Kalam Azad.<ref name="jang" /> He codified various articles of Azad and got them published.<ref name="khalid"/> He wrote explanatory notes to the Urdu translation of Azad's ''India Wins Freedom''.<ref name="khalid"/> His works on Azad include ''Maulana Abul Kalam Azad: Ek Siyasi Mutala'', ''Maulana Abul Kalam Azad: Ranchi mai nazarbandi awr uska faizān'', ''Maulana Abul Kalam Azad awr Khwajah Hasan Nizami'', ''Maulana Abul Kalam Azad ke chand buzurg'' and ''Abul Kalam Azad awr un ke ma'āsirīn''.<ref>{{Citation|author1=Javed Ahmad Khurshid |title=Kitābiyāt, Tasānīf, maqālat wa dīgar az Dr Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri |journal=Tehseel |date=January–June 2019 |issue=4 |pages=200–206 |trans-title=Abu Salmān Shahjahānpūri bibliography}}</ref>

==Literary works==
Shahjahānpūri wrote more than 150 books.<ref name="alert" /> Fifty of his books are only about [[Abul Kalam Azad]].<ref name="jang">{{cite news |title=ممتاز محقق اور مصنف ڈاکٹر ابو سلمان شاہجہانپوری انتقال کرگئے |trans-title=Known researcher and author Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri passes away|url=https://jang.com.pk/news/880319 |access-date=2 February 2021 |work=[[Daily Jang]] |date=2 February 2021 |language=ur}}</ref> His major research work is the compilation of the political diary of [[Hussain Ahmad Madani]], ''Hussain Ahmad Madani ki siyāsi diary: akhbār-o-afkār ki roshni mai'', which spreads over seven thousand pages, in eight different volumes.<ref name="baseerat" /> Shahjahānpūri has the credit of getting ''Ilm-o-Aagahi'', the college magazine of [[Government National College, Karachi]], published as a research magazine.<ref name="dawn" /> His other works include:<ref>{{cite web |title=WorldCat profile of Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri |url=https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85282274/ |website=worldcat.org |publisher=[[WorldCat]] |access-date=2 February 2021}}</ref>
* ''Imām al-Hind, taʻmīr-i afkār''
* ''Dīvān-i Āh: Abū al-Naṣr G̲h̲ulām Yāsīn Āh Dihlavī ke Urdū aur Fārsī kalām kā majmūʻah maʻ z̤amīmah kalām-i Ārzū va Ābrū''
* ''Taḥrīk-i Pākistān: afkār o masāʼil''
* ''Maulānā Muḥammad ʻAlī aur unkī ṣaḥāfat'' ([[Muhammad Ali Jauhar]] and his journalism)
* ''Ashfāqullāh K̲h̲ān̲ Shahīd : ḥayāt o afkār : kākorī kes kā hīro''
* ''Maulānā ʻUbaidullāh Sindhī ke inqilābī manṣūbe'' (Revolutionary mission of [[Ubaidullah Sindhi]])
* ''Maulānā Muḥammad ʻAlī : savāniḥ va k̲h̲idmāt''

==Death and legacy==
Shahjahānpūri died on 2 February 2021 in [[Karachi]].<ref name="arynews">{{cite news |title=اردو کے ممتاز محقّق اور مضمون نگار ابو سلمان شاہ جہاں پوری انتقال کرگئے |trans-title= A known researcher and writer of Urdu language, Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri passed away|url=https://urdu.arynews.tv/dr-abu-salman-shahjahanpuri-died-karachi/ |access-date=2 February 2021 |work=[[ARY News]] |date=2 February 2021}}</ref> Indian scholars [[Usman Mansoorpuri]] and [[Mahmood Madani]] expressed sorrow on his death.<ref name="jamiat">{{Cite tweet |author= [[Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind]]|user=JamiatUlama_in |number=1356581569914314754 |date= 2 February 2021 |title=Condolence letter by the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind |script-title= |location= |access-date=2 February 2020 |link= |ref=Official Twitter Handle of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind}}</ref>

[[Akhtarul Wasey]] and Khaliq Anjum co-authored ''Maulānā Abūlkalām Āzād ke muḥaqqiq Ḍākṭar Abū Salmān Shāhjahānpūrī: shak̲h̲ṣīyat aur adabī k̲h̲idmāt'' (The research scholar of [[Abul Kalam Azad]], Abu Salmān Shahjahānpūri: Life and academic works).<ref>{{cite book |title=Maulānā Abūlkalām Āzād ke muḥaqqiq Ḍākṭar Abū Salmān Shāhjahānpūrī : shak̲h̲ṣīyat aur adabī k̲h̲idmāt |publisher=[[WorldCat]] |oclc=122421557 }}</ref> According to [[Moinuddin Aqeel]], "Shahjahānpūri is the scholar who is a keen observer of the rise and fall of the nationalist and historic movements of Indian subcontinent".<ref name="dawn"/>

==References==
===Citations===
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===Bibliography===
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* {{cite news |author1=Khalid Humayun |title=ڈاکٹر ابوسلمان شاہجہانپوری کی ابوالکلامیاں |trans-title=Pro Abul Kalamic stances of Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri|url=https://dailypakistan.com.pk/19-Dec-2012/31741 |access-date=2 February 2021 |work=[[Daily Pakistan]] |date=19 December 2012 |language=ur}}
* {{cite journal |author1=Javed Ahmad Khurshid |title=Kitābiyāt, Tasānīf, maqālat wa dīgar az Dr Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri |url=https://tehseel.com/dr-abu-salman-shahjahanpuri/|journal=Tehseel |date=January–June 2019 |issue=4 |pages=199–214 |trans-title=Abu Salmān Shahjahānpūri bibliography |publisher=Idārah Ma'ārif-e-Islami |location=Karachi|access-date=3 February 2021}}
* {{cite news |last1=Ahmed |first1=Bilal |title=Dr Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri remembered for his scholarly works |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/793169-dr-abu-salman-shahjahanpuri-remembered-for-his-scholarly-works |access-date=22 February 2021 |work=[[The News International]] |date=21 February 2021}}
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