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{{Short description|Indian Muslim scholar}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox religious biography
|religion=[[Islam]]
|name=Manazir Ahsan Geelani
|birth_date = 1 October 1892
|birth_place = Gilan, [[Nalanda]], [[Bihar]]
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1956|06|05|1892|10|01}}
|death_place = Gilani, [[Nalanda]], [[Bihar]]
|ethnicity = [[Indian people|Indian]]
|region = [[India]]
|denomination = [[Sunni]]
|Madh'hab = [[Hanafi]]
|main_interests = [[Hadith]], [[History]], [[Fiqh]], [[Urdu Literature]]
|notable_works = Sawanih Qasmi, Tadwin-e-Hadith, Muqaddama Tadwin-e-Fiqh, Imam [[Abu Hanifa]] Ki Siyasi Zindagi
|influenced= [[Muhammad Hamidullah]]
|alma_mater= [[Darul Uloom Deoband]]
|movement = [[Deobandi]]
}}
'''Manazir Ahsan Gilani''' (1 October 1892 – 5 June 1956) was an Indian Sunni Islamic scholar and former Dean of The Faculty of Theology in [[Osmania University]]. He wrote ''Tadwin-e-Hadith'', ''Muqaddama Tadwin-e-Fiqh'' and ''Sawanih Qasmi''.<ref name="ilmgate">{{cite web |title=The Distinguished Researcher and Litterateur: Mawlānā Manāzir Ahsan Gīlāni |url=https://www.ilmgate.org/biography-manazir-ahsan-gilani/ |website=IlmGate.org |date=27 February 2015 |accessdate=5 June 2019}}</ref> [[Muhammad Hamidullah]] was among his students.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Qasmi|first=Dr Muhammadullah|title=Maulāna Manāẓir Aḥsan Gīlāni: His Early Life at Deoband as Student, Editor and Teacher|url=https://www.academia.edu/37941871|language=en}}</ref>

==Birth and education==
Manazir Ahsan Gilani was born on 1 October 1892 in Gilan, a small village in [[Nalanda]] district of [[Bihar]].<ref name="ios">{{cite web |title=2-day IOS national meet on Maulana Manazir Ahsan Gilani |url=http://www.iosworld.org/Maulana_Manazir_Ahsan_Gilani.php |website=www.iosworld.org |accessdate=5 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605150011/http://www.iosworld.org/Maulana_Manazir_Ahsan_Gilani.php |archive-date=5 June 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
His elementary education was at home and then he stayed in [[Tonk, Rajasthan]] for six years studying with Hakeem Barakaat Ahmad. Thereafter, at [[Darul Uloom Deoband]] he studied ''[[Sahih al-Bukhari]]'' and ''[[Jami` at-Tirmidhi]]'' with [[Mahmud Hasan Deobandi]] and also accepted him as his spiritual mentor.<ref name="ilmgate"/> He studied ''[[Sahih Muslim]]'' with [[Anwar Shah Kashmiri]], ''[[Sunan Abu Dawud]]'' with [[Shabbir Ahmad Usmani]] and [[Asghar Hussain Deobandi]], ''[[Al-Sunan al-Sughra|Sunan an-Nasa'i]]'' with [[Hussain Ahmad Madani]], ''[[Ibn Majah]]'' with [[Ghulam Rasool Hazarwi]] and ''[[Muwatta Imam Malik]]'' with [[Azizur Rahman Usmani]].<ref>{{citation|title=Manāzir-e-Gilāni|author=Farooq Azam Qasmi|page=32}}</ref>

==Career==
Gilani was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Theology in [[Osmania University]], remaining there for 25 years.<ref name="postcolonial">{{cite book |title=The Postcolonial Moment in South and Southeast Asia |page=249 |isbn=9781350038646 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eLFLDwAAQBAJ&q=hamidullah+manazir+ahsan+gilani&pg=PA248|last1=Prakash |first1=Gyan |last2=Menon |first2=Nikhil |last3=Laffan |first3=Michael |date=22 February 2018 }}</ref><ref name="history1">{{cite book |author1=Syed Mehboob Rizwi |author-link=Syed Mehboob Rizwi |translator=Prof. Murtaz Husain F. Quraish |title=Tārīkh Dārul Uloom Deoband|trans-title=History of The Dar al-Ulum Deoband|volume=2|publisher=Idara-e-Ehtemam|location= [[Darul Uloom Deoband|Dar al-Ulum Deoband]] |url=https://archive.org/download/2VolumeBookOnTheHistoryOfDarAlUlumDeoband/HistoryOfTheDarulUloomDeoband-VolumeTwo1981.pdf|pages=85–86|accessdate=5 June 2019}}</ref> His students included [[Muhammad Hamidullah]] and Ghulam Ahmad Rabbani.<ref name="khutbaat">{{Cite book|title=Khutbaat-e-Bahawalpur|chapter=Islami Qanoon Bain al-Mamalik|page=138|author=Muhammad Hamidullah|author-link=Muhammad Hamidullah|publisher=Hafzi Book Depot, [[Deoband]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Tadwin-e-Quran: Yani Quran Ke Tahaffuz Par Ek Nazar|authors=Manazir Ahsan Gilani and Ghulam Ahmad Rabbani|publisher=Ittihad, [[Deoband]]}}</ref>

==Literary works==
Gilani’s books include:
*''An-Nabiul Khatim''
*''Rahmatulil Alameen''
*''Savanih-e-Abu Zar Ghifari''
*''Savanih-e-Awais Qarni''
*''Imam Abu Hanifa ki Siasi Zindagi''
*''Tazkara-e-Shah Waliullah''
*''Savanihe Qasmi'' - biography of [[Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi]]
*''Musalmano ka Nizame Taleem-o-Tarbiat''
*''Islami Muashiyaat''
*''Tadween-e-Hadith''
*''Ad-deenul Qayyim''
*''Tadween-e-Quran''
*''Muqaddama Tadween-e-Fiqh''
*''Muqalaat-e-Ahsani''
*''Tafseer-e-Soorah Kahf''
*''Musalmano ki Firqabandio ka Afsanaa''
*''Hazar(1000) Saal Pehley''<ref name="ameen">{{cite book |author1=Manazir Ahsan Gilani |title=Hazaar Saal Pehle |publisher=Al-Ameen Kitabistaan, [[Deoband]]|edition=July 2004|language=Urdu}}</ref>

==Death and legacy==
Gilani suffered from heart problems from 9 November 1953. After a second heart attack in March 1954, he was shifted to Patna Hospital and was being treated by Ahmad Abdul Hayy. Gilani was prohibited from writing and reading. He died on 5 June 1956 at his native place Gilan, [[Bihar]]. His funeral prayer was led by Faseeh Ahmad Asthanwi.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Abu Muhammad Maulana Sana'ullah Saad Shuja'abadi |title=Ulama-e-Deoband Ke Aakhi Lamhaat |publisher=Maktaba Rasheediya, [[Saharanpur]] |pages=87–89 |edition=2015 |language=Urdu |chapter=Maulana Sayyed Manazir Ahsan Gilani}}</ref><ref name="history1"/>

On 1 and 2 December 2018, the Institute of Objective Studies, New Delhi organised a two-day national conference at the A.N. Sinha Institute of Social Studies, [[Patna]], on “The Life and Contributions of Maulana Manazir Ahsan Gilani”.<ref name="ios"/>

[[Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri]] wrote ''Maulana Syed Manazir Ahsan Gilani : Shakhsiyat Aur Sawaneh'' (Manazir Ahsan Gilani: Personality and biography).<ref>{{cite web |title=Maulana Syed Manazir Ahsan Gilani : Shakhsiyat Aur Sawaneh / Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri |url=https://library.manuu.edu.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=40149&shelfbrowse_itemnumber=62733 |website=MANUU Library System |publisher=[[ Maulana Azad National Urdu University]] |access-date=7 February 2021}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Deobandi|Deobandi school of thought]]
*[[Darul Uloom Deoband]]

==References==
===Citations===
{{Reflist}}
===Bibliography===
* {{cite journal |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26393676 |accessdate=8 October 2020|jstor=26393676|title=The Subject of Education and Edification: Manāẓir Aḥsan Gīlānī's Proposal for a Unified System of Muslim Education in British India|last1=Saif|first1=Mashal|journal=Islamic Studies|year=2015|volume=54|issue=3/4|pages=169–184}}
* {{Cite book|title=Manāzir-e-Gilāni|editor=Farooq Azam Qāsmi|location=New Delhi|publisher=Abjad Publishers|language=Urdu|edition=2nd, November 2018}}
* {{Cite thesis|title=Maulana Manazar Ahsan Gilani Ka Munhij Taqabal Adiyaan Aur Nukta Nigah (Tehqeeqi Jaiza)|url=http://prr.hec.gov.pk/jspui/handle/123456789/9510|publisher=National University of Modern Languages|date=2018|degree=Phd Thesis|language=en-US|first=Souaad|last=Muhammad Abbas}}

==External links==
*{{cite journal |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20839131 |accessdate=8 October 2020|jstor=20839131|title=Outlines of a Unified Educational System for Muslims|last1=Gīlānī|first1=Maulānā Sayyid Manāẓir Aḥsan|last2=Younas|first2=Madiha|journal=Islamic Studies|year=2008|volume=47|issue=3|pages=367–378}}
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[[Category:1892 births]]
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[[Category:Scholars from Bihar]]
[[Category:Indian Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam]]
[[Category:Deobandis]]
[[Category:Darul Uloom Deoband alumni]]
[[Category:Students of Mahmud Hasan Deobandi]]
[[Category:Students of Anwar Shah Kashmiri]]

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