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| birth_date = {{birth date|1857|11|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Bhopal]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1912|3|21|1857|11|22|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Bhopal]]
| relations = Sharifun Nisan Mother [[Munshi Hakimuddin]]Father Amanul HaqGrandfather
| spouse = Sultan Khatoon and Mahmooda Begum (Wife)
| children = Abul Hasan, Ahmad Hasan, Umatul Habib alias Chutti Bi
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| occupation = [[Chief Justice]]
| known_for = [[Sadr Diwani Adalat]]
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'''Hafiz Mazhar Husain''' (1857–1912) was [[Chief Justice]] at [[Bhopal state]] during the period of [[Kaikhusrau Jahan, Begum of Bhopal|Nawab Sultan Jahan Begum]].

==Biography==
Mazhar Husain was born on 22 [[Safar]] 1274 AH/November 1857 AD at [[Bhopal]]. His father [[Munshi Hakimuddin]] was Chief Secretary at [[Bhopal state]].

He learned [[Quran]] by heart from Hafiz Rahim Shah. At the same time, he also learned [[Persian language]]. He became [[Tahsildar]] at the age of 16 years at [[Badi, Raisen]]. He returned to [[Bhopal]] as Munsif (Sub-judge) where he later on promoted as [[Sadr Diwani Adalat|Sadr Amin Diwani]] and then retired as Sadr-us-Sadur ([[Chief Justice]]). After retirement, he also served as 'Nasir-ul-Muham', a post with a charge of police and judicial matters.<ref>{{cite book | author=Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman | author-link=Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman | year = 2008 | title = Hayat Karam Husain | chapter = Chapter: Hafiz Mazhar Hussain | edition = 2nd | pages = 208–210| publisher=[[Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine and Sciences]] | location = Aligarh/India | isbn = 978-81-906070-5-6}}</ref>

There were 44 courts (adalat) in [[Bhopal state]], comprising the Chiefs' Court, two Judges' Courts, two Assistant Judges' Courts, two City Magistrates' Courts, One Sadar Amin's Court, one Munsif's Court, six District and Assistant Magistrate's Courts, and 27 Tahsildar's Courts. The 'Sadar-ul-Muham' enjoys the powers of a Sessions Judge, and he hears appeals from the Courts of the nazims and City Magistrates, while the final Court of Appeal is that of the Chief<ref>{{cite book |author1=Somerset Playne |author2=R. V. Solomon |author3=J. W. Bond |author4=Arnold Wright |year=1922 |title=Indian states: a biographical, historical, and administrative survey |chapter=Bhopal State |edition=reprint |pages=67 |publisher=Asian Educational Services |location=New Delhi/India |isbn=81-206-1965-X |url=http://www.asianeds.com |access-date=7 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606105823/http://www.asianeds.com/ |archive-date=6 June 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

His name is also mentioned in the book of [[Kaikhusrau Jahan, Begum of Bhopal|Nawab Sultan Jahan Begum]]<ref>The story of a pilgrimage of Hijaz by Sulṭān Jahān Begam (Nawab of Bhopal), Thacker, Spink & co., 1909</ref>

==Marriage and children==
Mazhar Husain first married to Sultan Khatoon, daughter of Raza Hussain with whom he had no children. After her demise on 15 [[Rajab]] 1305 AH / 1887 AD, he again married to Mahmooda Begum aka Masiti daughter of Abdur Razzak. From Mahmooda Begum, he had three children: Abul Hasan, Ahmad Hasan and Umatul Habib alias Chutti Bi.

==Death==
He died on 21 March 1912 due to Heart attack while he was 'Nasir-ul-Muham'.

== See also ==
*[[Munshi Hakimuddin]]
*[[Ghulam Mansoor]]

== References ==
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