Ghulam Mustafa Burdwani

Mufti Ghulam Mustafa al-Burdwani
Other names	Golam Mostafa Bardhamani
Personal
Born	18th-century Burdwan, Bengal Subah
Died	Possibly Birbhum
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni
School	Hanafi
Education	Bohar Jalalia Madrasa
Other names	Golam Mostafa Bardhamani
Senior posting
Teacher	Abdul Ali Bahrul Ulum
Period in office	1780s
Influenced by Nizamuddin Sihalivi
Previous post	Mufti of Etawah

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Ghulām Muṣṭafā al-Burdwānī (Arabic: غلام مصطفى البردواني‎), or alternatively Golam Mostafa Bardhamani (Bengali: গোলাম মোস্তফা বর্ধমানী), was an 18th-century Islamic scholar and poet from Burdwan in western Bengal. He is mentioned in the works of Abd al-Hayy al-Hasani and Muhammad Ishaq Bhatti, where he is described as one of the leading scholars in the fields of Islamic jurisprudence during his time.

Biography

Ghulam Mustafa was born into a Bengali Muslim family from Burdwan in the Bengal Subah. He became a senior student of Abdul Ali Bahrul Ulum (son of Dars-i Nizami deviser Nizamuddin Sihalivi) during his studies at the Jalalia Madrasa in the village of Bohar. He was a follower of the Hanafi madhhab. After completing his studies, he served as the Mufti (head jurist) of Etawah in India for many years. He then transferred to Birbhum, near Burdwan, in Bengal until the end of his life. Ghulam Mustafa was also a distinguished poet of the Persian language.

See also

• Jalaluddin Tabrizi

References

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