Mir Zahid Harawi
Zahid Harawi | |
|---|---|
زاهد هروی | |
| Other names | Mirza Zahid |
| Personal | |
| Born | |
| Died | 1101 AH (1689-1690 CE) |
| Religion | Islam |
| Parents |
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| Denomination | Sunni |
| School | Hanafi |
| Tariqa | Naqshbandi |
| Other names | Mirza Zahid |
| Senior posting | |
| Based in | Kabul |
| Period in office | 18th-century |
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Mīr Muḥammad Zāhid Harawī (Persian: میر محمد زاهد هروی; died 1689) was an Islamic scholar, historian and chronicler. He is considered to be one of the authors of the historic Dars-i Nizami curriculum.[1][2][3][4]
Early life and education[edit]
Zahid was born in Hindustan. His father, Qadi Muhammad Aslam (d. 1651), was from Herat in present-day Afghanistan, and migrated to Lahore during the reign of the Mughal emperor Jahangir. The emperor was impressed with the piety and religiosity of Aslam, and offered him a position as the Qadi (judge) of Kabul, and later the Qadi of the army. The next Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan, also reinstated his position as Qadi, and also declared Aslam as his Imam-e-Khas.[5]
Zahid's education initially began with his father. He then studied under Mullah Muhammad Fazil Badakhshani and Mullah Sadiq Halwai in Kabul. After that, he went to Turan where he became a student of Mirza Muhammad Jan Shirazi. He also studied hikmah under Shirazi's student Mullah Yusuf. Some time after, Zahid returned to Lahore where he took the wing of Mullah Jamal.[5]
Career[edit]
In Ramadan 1054 AH (July 1654), Shah Jahan appointed him as the chronicler of Kabul. Zahid remained in this position during the reign of Aurangzeb. In 1666, he was appointed as the accountant for the Mughal army. Aurangzeb later appointed him to the presidency of Kabul. Whilst serving as the army accountant in Akbarabad, Zahid continued to teach Islamic studies to students. He taught the science of rationality to Shah Abdur Rahim. Towards the end of his life, Zahid started to focus more on teaching and retired from his imperial employments. Some of his students travelled from faraway places, such as Muhammad Salih of Bengal.[6]
Harawi was not only a relative of Masum Sirhindi (son of Ahmad Sirhindi) of the Naqshbandi order, but was also said to have been one of his successors (khalifa). Shah Waliullah Dehlawi has praised Harawi for his piety in his work Anfas-ul-Arifin. 'Abd al-Haqq al-Dehlawi notes that Harawi had great confidence in the wisdom of Waliullah's father Shah Abdur Rahim when it came to matters of jurisprudence.[7]
Death[edit]
Harawi died in 1101 AH (1689-1690 CE) in the city of Kabul, present-day Afghanistan.
Works[edit]
Harawi has written several hashiyas such as Hashiya Sharh Muwaqif, Hashiya Sharh Tahzeeb Allama Dwani, Hashiya Risala Qutbuddin Razi and Hashiya Sharh Hayakal.
References[edit]
- ↑ "زاهد هروی ، محمد".
- ↑ Robinson, Francis (September 12, 2001). The 'Ulama of Farangi Mahall and Islamic Culture in South Asia. C. Hurst. ISBN 9781850654759 – via Google Books. Search this book on
- ↑ Cook, Michael A.; Ahmed, Asad; Sadeghi, Behnam; Bonner, Michael (21 March 2011). The Islamic Scholarly Tradition: Studies in History, Law, and Thought in Honor of Professor Michael Allan Cook. ISBN 978-9004194359. Search this book on
- ↑ Ahmed, Asad Q. (July 19, 2022). Palimpsests of Themselves: Logic and Commentary in Postclassical Muslim South Asia. Univ of California Press. ISBN 9780520344655 – via Google Books. Search this book on
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 بزم تیموریہ: صفحہ 215۔
- ↑ تذکرہ مصنفین درس نظامی: صفحہ 235۔
- ↑ تذکرہ مصنفین درس نظامی: صفحہ 236۔
