Amjad Ali Aazmi | |
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أمجد على أعظمى | |
Title | Grand Mufti of India |
Personal life | |
Born | [1] Ghosi, Mau district, Uttar Pradesh, India | November 9, 1882
Died | 6 September 1948[1] | (aged 65)
Nationality | Indian |
Children | Abdul Mustafa al-Azhari Ziaul Mustafa |
Era | Contemporary |
Other names | Sadr al-Sharia, Badr al-Tariqa |
Occupation | Grand Mufti of India |
Religious life | |
Religion | Islam |
Denomination | Sunni |
Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
Movement | Barelvi |
Muslim leader | |
Predecessor | Kifayatullah Dehlawi |
Successor | Mustafa Raza Khan |
Amjad Ali Aazmi (Urdu: أمجد على أعظمى), reverentially known as Sadr al-Sharia (Urdu: صدر الشريعه, Chief of the Islamic Law) and Badr al-Tariqa (Urdu: بدر الطريقه, Shining Moon of the Sufi order) was an Islamic jurist, writer and former Grand Mufti of India.[1] Amjad Ali Aazmi was born in 1882, in Mohalla Karimuddin Pur, Ghosi, Mau, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2][3][4] His father's name was Hakim Jamaluddin Ansari. His father and grandfather were scholars of Islamic theology and Unani medicine.[5] Amjad Ali Aazmi died in 1948 in Bombay, and was buried at Ghosi in Uttar Pradesh, India.[6]
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