Shamsul Ulama

Shamsul Ulama (Arabic: شمس العلماء "sun of the scholars") is a religious title that has been taken by or granted to various individuals in India including:

* Maulvi Nazir Ahmed (1836–1912)[1]
* Shibli Nomani (1857–1914)[2]
* Shah Badruddin (1852–after 1920)[3]
* Jivanji Jamshedji Modi (1854–1933), Zoroastrian priest[4]
* E. K. Aboobacker Musliar (1914–1996), leader of Kerala Muslims
* Imdad Imam Asar, Indian poet, critic and writer
* Mohammad Abdul Jalil Usmani, 1897, Professor Arabic and Persian, Religious scholar.

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1. ^ Partha S. S. Ghosh The Politics of Personal Law in South Asia: Identity, Nationalism 2012 "The IPC was translated into Urdu by Maulvi Nazir Ahmed, for which he was crowned by the British with the title 'Shamsul Ulema', which means 'the sun of theologians'. "
2. ^ Short Islamic Encyclopedia. Islamic Foundation Bangladesh. pp. 383, 384.
3. ^ Jawaid Alam Government and Politics in Colonial Bihar, 1921-1937 - - 2004 Page 226 "... awarded the title of Shamsul Ulama in 1915 by the British; first alim to renounce the title Shamsul Ulama at the call of Gandhi in September 1920. Sharfuddin, Syed Muhammad (1856-1921); belonged to the famous Shia family of Neora; .."
4. ^ "Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica".

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