Mazhar Ali Azhar

Mazhar Ali Azhar (13 March 1895 – 4 November 1974)[1] was the founder and leader of Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam and a political figure in the history of colonial India and Pakistan. He was elected three times to the Punjab Assembly, serving from 1924–26 and 1934–45.[2] He also ran the Tehreek-e-Madh-e-Sahabah in Lucknow, India.

Mazher Ali Azhar
Born(1895-03-13)13 March 1895
Jammu and Kashmir, colonial India
Died4 November 1974(1974-11-04) (aged 79)
Lahore, Pakistan
OccupationPolitician, Islamic Scholar, Senior Advocate , Member Punjab Assembly.
Spouse(s)Fatima Mazhar
ChildrenBakhtiar Abbas (son)
Qaiser Mustafa (son)
Khakan Babar (son)
Riaz Fatima (daughter)
Imtiaz-un-Nisa (daughter)
Parent(s)Muhammad Abdullah (Father)

He, along with other Ahrar leaders, opposed the partition of India.[3]

History

He was born on 13 March 1895 in Jammu and Kashmir, colonial India during the era of British Raj. He funded farmers of India. He belonged to the Deobandi school of Sunni Islam and ran a madrassa and mosque in Gurdaspur, India. Being a close companion of Syed Attaullah Shah Bukhari, he ran several movements about the finality of the prophet-hood of prophet Muhammad, known as Khatam Nabuwat, as well as the movement of Tehreek-e-Madh-e-Sahabah in Lucknow, India for countering any elements speaking against the companions of Muhammad.

Partition of India

Mazhar Ali Azhar referred to Jinnah as Kafir-e-Azam ("The Great Kafir").[4] He, as with other Ahrar leaders, opposed the partition of India.

After the partition of colonial India by the British Empire on 15 August 1947, he moved to the Lahore, which became a part of Pakistan. He came under the Displaced Persons Act of 1957 and was allotted a Bungalow in Settlement Number 63 - Rehabilitation No 23 5 Fane Road Lahore by the Dominion Of Pakistan and Evacuee Properties Department of Pakistan Against Claim of His Assets he left after Gurdaspur during the partition of India, where he lived the rest of his life.

References
  1. Saʻīd, Aḥmad (1997). Muslim India, 1857-1947: a biographical dictionary. Institute of Pakistan Historical Research. p. 220. OCLC 38425611.
  2. Biographical Encyclopedia of Pakistan. Biographical Research Institute. 1972. pp. 229–230.
  3. "Impact: International Fortnightly". Impact: International Fortnightly. News & Media. 4–6: 5. 1974. Maulana Mazhar Ali Azhar, 81, a leader in the Ahrar party, opposed to the partition of India.
  4. Hussain, Syed Taffazull (2019). Sheikh Abdullah-A Biography: The Crucial Period 1905-1939. 2019 Edition. Syed Taffazull Hussain. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-60481-603-7.


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