100 GREAT MUSLIMS OF THE 20TH CENTURY
(INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT)
(INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT)
SPAN NAME
1800-1879 BEGUM HAZRAT MAHAL
QUEEN OF LUCKNOW, PATRIOT WARRIOR OF 1857 DIED IN EXILE IN NEPAL
1817-1908 NAWAB MOHSEN AL MULK;
GREAT REFORMER, SUPPORTER OF MUSLIM CAUSES.
1818-1899 HAJI IMDADULLAH MAHAJIR MAKKI;
WARROIR OF 1857 REVOLUTION, SAINT, PIONEER OF ISLAMIC AWAKENNING.
1820-1895? BEGUM SAULAT-UN NISAA
FOUNDER OF MADRASA SAULATYA MAKKAH MUK. IN 1875
1829-1905 MAULANA RASHEED AHMAD GANGOHI :
SAINT, SCHOLAR
1872-1944 MAUL. OBAIDULLAH SINDHI;
GREAT LEADER, ACTIVIST ‘RESHMI ROOMAL MOVEMENT’
1832-1910 MOHAMMED HUSAIN AAZAAD;
FAMOUS URDU WRITER, AUTHOR OF ‘AAB-I-HAYAT.’
1832-1880 MAUL. QASEM NANOTVI;
GREAT SCHOLAR, FOUNDER OF ‘ DARUL ULOOM DEOBAND.’
1837-1910 ALTAF HUSAIN HAALI;
GREAT REFORMER, FAMOUS POET.
1838-1897 JAMALUDDIN AFGHANI
GREAT REVOLUTIONARY LEADER OF THE 20TH CENTURY
1846-1921 AKBAR ALLAHABADI;
GREAT SATIRICAL POET OF URDU
1849-1928 SAYED AMEER ALI;
FAMOUS SCHOLAR , HISTORIAN OF REPUTE.
1850-1922 MAUL. GHULAMULLAH QASURI;
SCHOLAR.SUPPORTER OF ANJUMAN HIMAYATUL ISLAM
1850-1924 BI AMMA, AABDI BEGUM ;
GREAT LADY OF KHILAFAT MOVEMENT, M / O ALI BROS.
1851-1920 MAUL. MAHMUDUL HASSAN:
WARRIOR WHO WAS ARRESTED & IMPRISONED AT MALTA.
1854-1927 MAUL. BARKATULLAH BHOPALI;
PRIME MINISTER OF FIRST INDIAN GOVT IN EXILE
1856-1921 MAUL. AHMAD RAZA KHAN BARELVI;
FOUNDER OF BARELVI SCHOOL
1857-1914 MAUL. SHIBLI NOMANI;
SCHOLAR, AUTHOR OF FAMOUS ‘SEERATUN NABI’ IN URDU
1860-1930? MAULVI ISMAIL MERUTHI;
EXPERT OF BASIC EDUCATION, AUTHOR OF DOZENS OF BOOKS IN URDU.
1863-1943 MAUL. ASHRAF ALI THANVI:
SCHOLAR OF HIGH REPUTE, AUTHOR OF BAHISHTI ZEWAR.
1863-1930 MAUL. HAMEED-UDDIN FARAHI;
FAMOUS SCHOLAR.
1863-1929 HAKEEM AJMAL KHAN DEHLAVI;
FAMOUS PHYSICIAN, POLITICIAN.
1870-1961 MAULVI ABDUL HAQQ;
GREAT SUPPORTER OF URDU LANGUAGE
1872-1953 ABDULLAH YOUSUF ALI;
SCHOLAR, TRANSLATOR OF HOLY QURAN INTO ENGLISH.
1872-1942 SIR ABDULLAH HAROON;
FINANCER AND SUPPORTER OF MUSLIM CAUSES.
1873- 1965 ZAFAR ALI KHAN;
FAMOUS AUTHOR AND EDITOR OF ZAMINDAR.
1875-1953 MUFTI KIFAYATULLAH DEHLAVI;
GREAT MUFTI, WHO ISSUED 100,000 FATWAS ON ISLAMIC ISSUES.
1875-1934 MAUL. ANWER SHAH KASHMIRI;
SCHOLAR OF HIGH REPUTE
1876-1949 MOHAMMED ALI JINNAH;
GREAT POLITICIAN, WINNER OF PAKISTAN.
1877-1945 MOHAMMED DIN FAUQ;
FAMOUS HISTIORIAN FROM KASHMIR.
1877-1938 ALLAMA DR. MOHAMMED IQBAL;
THE GREATEST PHILOSOPHER-POET OF THE EAST
1878-1951 MAUL. HASRAT MOHANI;
FAMOUS POLITICIAN
1879-1957 MAUL. HUSAIN AHMAD MADANI:
SCHOLAR WHO TAUGHT AT MADINA, LEADING POLITICIAN
1879-1931 MAUL. MOHAMMED ALI JOHAR;
REVOLUTIONARY LEADER WHO DIED IN ENGLAND.
1880-1921? CALIPH HAJI MOHAMMED
MOPLA LAEADER OF MALABAR KERALA
1883-1963 MAULVI MOHAMMED SHAFI;
GREAT ARABIC SCHOLAR OF PAKISTAN.
1884-1958 NAWAB MOHAMMED ISMAIL KHAN MERUTHI;
SUPPORTER OF MUSLIM CAUSES.
1884-1953 MAUL. SAYED SULAIMAN NADVI;
SCHOLAR OF HIGH REPUTE
1884-1915 NAWAB SALEEM-ULLAH KHAN OF DHAKA;
SUPPORTER OF MUSLIM CAUSES IN INDIA
1885-1976 MAUL. ABDUL HAMEED BHASHANI;
FAMOUS LEADER & GREAT ORATOR FROM BENGAL
1885-1949 MAUL. SHABBIR AHMAD USMANI;
SCHOLAR OF HIGH REPUTE
1886-1944 MAUL. MOHAMMED ILYAAS;
FOUNDER OF TABLEEGH MOVEMENT WORLD WIDE.
1887-1964 ALLAMA MASHRAQI;
ACTIVIST AND FOUNDER OF ‘KHAKSAAR’ MOVEMENT.
1888-1958 MAUL. ABUL KALAAM AAZAAD;
SCHOLAR, WRITER OF GREAT REPUTE, POLITICIAN
1888-1941 SIR SHAH MOHD. SULAIMAN;
WORLD REPUTE CHIEF JUSTICE OF ALLAHABAD.
1889-1973 CH. KHALEEQUZ ZAMAN;
POLITICAL ACTIVIST.
1889-1949 NAWAB MIR YOUSUF ALI SALAR JANG III;
FOUNDER OF FAMOUS SALARJANG MUSEUM.
1890-1969 DR. ZIA-UDDIN BARNI;
SCHOLAR, V.C. OF MUSLIM UNIVERSITY.
1890-1960 SIKANDAR ALI, JIGAR MORADABADI;
URDU POET OF THE WORLD FAME.
1891-1961 MAUL. ATA-ULLAH SHAH BUKHARI;
GREAT ORATOR
1892-1977 MAUL. ABDUL MAAJID DARYABADI;
PHILOSOFER, SCHOLAR, TRANSLATOR OF HOLY QURAN INTO ENGLISH.
1893-1963 HASAN SHAHEED SUHRAWARDI;
REVOLUTIONARY LEADER. FROM BENGAL
1895-1951 CH. RAHMAT ALI;
INVENTOR OF NAME ‘PAKISTAN’ FROM PANJAB, KASHMIR, SINDH AND BILOCHISTAN.
1895-1971 MAUL. GHULAM RASOOL MEHR;
GREAT SCHOLAR.
1895-1951 NAWABZADA LIYAQAT ALI KHAN;
THE FIRST PRIME MINISTER OF PAKISTAN.
1895-1920 SABU SIDDIQUE MEMON;
GREAT PHILONTHROPHIC, FOUNDER OF MUSAFIR-KHANA BOMBAY.
1896-1983 QARI MOHAMMED TAYYEB;
GRANDSON OF THE FOUNDER, EX-MOHTAMIM DARUL ULOOM DEOBAND.
1897-1976 MAUL. MUFTI MOHAMMED SHAFI;
SCHOLAR OF HIGH REPUTE
1897-1969 DR. ZAKIR HUSAIN;
EDUCATIONAIST, EX PRESIDENT OF INDIA
.
1898-1982 MAUL. MOHAMMED ZAKARIYA:
GREAT SCHOLAR, SAINT, AUTHOR OF BOOKS PRINTED IN THOUSANDS.
1899-1976 QAZI NAZRUL ISLAM;
GREAT POET FROM BENGAL.
1900-1982 ABU ATHAR HAFEEZ JALANDHARI;
GREAT POET, AUTHOR OF ‘SHAHNAMA-I-ISLAM’.
1901-1963 MAUL. HIFZUR RAHMAN SEOHARVI;
SCHOLAR, POLITICIAN, AUTHOR OF QASAS AL QURAN.
1901-1980? MAUL.EHTESHAMUL HAQ THANVI:
SCHOLAR , PRESIDENT OF JAMIAT ULEMA PAKISTAN.
1903-1979 MAUL. ABUL AALA MODOUDI;
GREAT SCHOLAR, FOUNDER OF WORLD WIDE
‘JAMA’AT ISLAMI’.
1904-1997 MAUL. AMIN AHSAN ISLAHI;
AUTHOUR OF TAFSEER TADABBUR AL QURAN IN 8 VOL.
1907-1974 GEN. AYYUB KHAN;
EX PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN, FOUNDER OF ISLAMABAD.
1908-1977 MAUL. MOHAMMED YOUSUF BINNORI;
GREAT SCHOLAR, FOUNDER OF ‘DARUL ULOOM’ KARACHI.
1908-1929 ILMUDDIN SHAHEED;
THE KILLER OF AUTHOR OF A BLASPHEMIC BOOK ABOUT HOLY PROPHET.
1910-2000 DR. MOHAMMED HAMIDULLAH OF PARIS;
GREAT SCHOLAR, TRANSLATOR OF HOLY QURAN INTO FRENCH
1910-1980? GHULAM MUSTAFA OF E. PAKISTAN;
SCHOLAR OF REPUTE.
1910-….? MOHAMMED ISMAIL OF KERALA;
EX PRESIDENT OF I.U. MUSLIM LEAGUE IN INDIA.
1910-MABH COL. AMEERUDDIN OF CANADA;
GREAT ACTIVIST OF TABLEEGH.
1912-1997 DR. INAMULLAH KHAN;
GREAT ACTIVIST, SECTY GEN. MOTAMAR ALAM AL ISLAMI.
1904-1967 CHOUDHRY GHULAM ABBAS OF KASHMIR;
WARRIOR AND GREAT ACTIVIST
1914-1999 MAUL. ABUL HASSAN ALI NADVI;
GREAT ARABIC SCHOLAR OF THE WORLD FAME. MOHTAMIM ‘NADWATUL ULEMA LUCKNOW.
1914-1975? HAMEEDA BEGUM;
REFORMER, FOUNDER EDITOR OF BATOOL IN URDU.
1917-1965 MAUL. YOUSUF KANDHLAVI;
THE GREAT SCHOLAR & CONVENIER OF TABLEEGH.
1917-…? SHORISH KASHMIRI;
FAMOUS WRITER FROM KASHMIR, EDITOR CHATTAN.
1918-2005 SH. AHMAD DEEDAT;
WORLD FAME SCHOLAR OF BIBLE AND QURAN, GREAT ORATOR.
1918-….? HAKEEM ABDUL HAMEED;
FOUNDER OF HAMDARD UNIVERSITY IN INDIA.
1920-2002* HAKEEM MOHAMMED SAEED;
GREAT PHYSICIAN, POLITICAL LEADER.
1920-1995? ABDUL MAALIK (MAALIK RAM).
EX-HINDU SCHOLAR OF ARABIC AND PERSIAN,
EDITOR DIWAN-I-GHALIB’
1920-1990* DR. MOHHAMMED MUSLEHUDDIN;
AUTHOR, ADVISOR TO GEN, ZIA UL HAQ OF PAKISTAN.
1920-….? SHEIKH INAYATULLAH OF TAJ CO.
PRINTER OF MILLIONS OF HOLY QURAN.
1922-1988 GEN ZIA-UL HAQQ;
PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN, ORGANISER OF JEHAD IN AFGHANISTAN.
1922-1980* ABDUL HAMEED SIDDIQUI;
SCHOLAR AND TRANSLATOR OF ,SAHIH MUSLIM, INTO ENGLISH.
1923-1986 MOHAMMED TUFAIL;
EDITOR OF WORLD FAME NAQOOSH, SEERAT NUMBER.
1924- MABH SHARIF-UDDIN PIRZADA;
GREAT LAWYER, EX SECRETRY. GENERAL OF OIC
1926-2006 IBRAHIM BAWANI;
DIRECTOR OF FAMOUS ‘’AYESHA BAWANI WAQF’ OF PAKISTAN.
1926- MABH DR. ZAHOORUL HAQ
INDIAN MEDICALCONSULTANT TO W.H.O. TRANSLATOR OF
HOLY QURAN IN BENGALI, ASSAMI & ENGLISH LANGUAGES
1926-….? MAUL. SHAH AHMAD NOORANI;
POLOITICAL ACTIVIST.
1927-1997 MAUL MANZOOR NOMANI;
GREAT SCOLAR, AUTHOR OF MAARIF AL HADITH IN 4 VOL.
1928-2007 MAULANA ABDUL KAREEM PAREKH
GREAT SCHOLAR, TRANSLATOR OF HOLY QURAN
1928-MABH ABDUS SATTAR EIDHI;
WORLD FAME PHILANTHROPHIC, FOUNDER OF EIDHI TRUST
1929-1982 DR. FAZLUR RAHMAN KHAN BENGALI
WORLD FAME ARCHITECTURE OF SEARS TOWERS IN USA
1931- MABH. DR. ABUBAKR ABDUL KALAM;
ATOMIC SCIENTIST AND EX PRESIDENT OF INDIA
1931-MABH DR. OMER CHAPRA
SCHOLAR OF ECONOMICS, WINNER OF FAISAL AWARD
1932-1996 KHURRAM MURAD;
SCHOLAR OF HIGH REPUTE.
1932- MABH DR. ASRAR AHMAD;
GREAT SCHOLAR, ORATOR ON ISLAM.
1932- MABH PROF. KHURSHEED AHMAD;
SCHOLAR OF REPUTE, WINNER OF FAISAL AWARD.
1934-2008 GHULAM MOHAMMED BANAAT- WALA;
GREAT PHILANTHROPHIST, POLITICAL LEADER
.
1934- MABH DR. MOEEN SHAH
FOUNDER OF MUSLIM WELFARE ASSO.NEPAL
1935-2005* MAUL. SAIFUR RAHMAN MUBARAK-PURI;
WINNER OF INT’L SEERAT PRIZE ON HIS BOOK.
1929- MABH MOHAMMED RAFIQUE TARAR,
EX PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN
1935-….? IBRAHIM SULAIMAN SETH;
GREAT SUPPORTER OF ISLAMIC CAUSES.
1936-2002 QAZI MUJAHID AL ISLAM QASMI;
GREAT SCHOLAR FROM BIHAR.
1936- MABH DR. M. NAJATULLAH SIDDIQUI;
SCHOLAR OF ISLAMIC BANKING, WINNER OF FAISAL AWARD.
1937-….? SHEIKH HABIB;
DY. GOVERNOR OF MADINA MUN, DIRECTOR OF HOLY QURAN PRINTING PRESS
1940-MABH MRS FARHAT BARNI;
SOCIAL REFORMER.
1940- MABH GEN. HAMEED GUL;
EX DIRECTOR OF I.S.I. PAKISTAN
1940- MABH KAMLA SURAYYA;
WORLD-FAME AUTHOR OF MALYALAM, WHO EMBRACED ISLAM.
1940- MABH PROF. MOHAMMED YOUNUS BENGALI
FOUNDER, GRAMEEN BANK, WINNER OF NOBEL PRIZE 2006
1940- MABH AHMAD PANDIT (EX-ACHARYA SANJAY PARSHAD DUWEDI) GRANDSON OF EX MINISTER U.P. GOOD ORATOR.
1943-MABT IQBAL AAZMI
FOUNDER OF UK ISLAMIC ACADEMY ENGLAND
1943- MABH MOHAMMED MUZAMMIL SIDDIQUI;
YOUNG SCHOLAR, EX PRESIDENT OF ISNA USA.
1943- MABH MUFTI TAQI USMANI;
SENATOR, YOUNG SCHOLAR.
1943-MABT ABDUL MALIK MUJAHID
DIRECTOR DARUSSALAAM RIYADH, WORLD WIDE
1945- MABH. KAREEM AGHA KHAN IV IN PARIS;
RICHEST PHILANTHROPHIST, CONV. AGHA KHAN TRUST.
1946- MABH DR. MOHAMMED MOHSEN KHAN;
TRANSLATOR OF SAHIH AL BUKHARI INTO ENGLISH.
1948- MABH DR. ABDUL QADEER KHAN
THE ATOMIC SCIENTIST, FATHER OF ATOMIC RESEARCH IN PAKISTAN.
1948-2001? M.H.M. ASHRAF
FOUNDER SRI LANKA MUSLIM CONGRESS CEYLON
1950- MABH DR. NARGIS JAHAN OF DELHI;
SCHOLAR OF PERSIAN LIT. WINNER OF ‘PRESIDENT AWARD’.
1960- MABH DR. ZAKIR NAYEK;
GREAT SCHOLAR OF THE BIBLE AND THE QURAN, FOUNDER OF INTERNATIONAL PEACE TV
1940-MABH DR. ZIAUR RAHMAN AAZMI
EX HINDU, SCHOLAR OF HADITH AT MADINA MUNAWWARAH
1980- MABH YASER, QAZI MAZHARUL HAQ
YOUNG SCHOLAR, SPEAKER ON PEACE TV
MABH = May Allah bless him