Allama I. I. Kazi

Allama I. I. Kazi

(1886-1968 AD)

Educator, jurist, an eminent philosopher, theologian, linguist, littorateur, natural scientist, and the founder of University of Sindh, Hyderabad / jamshoro, Al/ama lindad Ali S/O Imam Ali Kazi was born in village Pant in Dadu district, on 9 ApriL 1886 AD. In 1909 he joined London School of Economics, visited Germany and married with a German lady Elsa Gertrude Loesch in 1910. He was called for the Bar, at Lincoln’s Inn, England in 1911, and extensively toured Europe and acquainted himself with the Western knowledge and literature. During his stay in London, he founded “Jamiat al—Musliunin” and delivered lectures on Islam and led Juma congregational prayers in a mosque Eastend London. When Allama was in London, famous English novelist George Bernard Shaw published his novel “Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search of God” in 1933, and criticized the role of religion in the progress of human development. Allama and his wife wrote a novel in reply of Shaw and published it from

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“Adventures of [Fe Brown Girl in Tier Search of God” and proved that the religion has played a positive role in the advancement of society. On 9u April 1951, he joined as Vice-Chancellor of University of Si.ridh. In May, 1959, he resigned from his post. He devoted the last years of his life (1951-1968) in founding and developing the University of Sindh at Hyderahad/ Jamshoro. He passed away on April 13, 1968. His main works are: Compilation/ rearrangement of Slink Jo Risalo; Casual Peeps at Sophia. (His lectures and speeches); Shah Abdul Latif: An Introduction to His Art. Allama I.I.Kazi and his wife Mrs. Elsa Kazi are buried at University of Sindh, Jamshoro.

Shah Faysal

(1906-1975 AD)

King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975, an influential Figure of the Muslim world, generally a critic not only of Israel hut also of Soviet influence in the Middle East, Faysal bin Ahd al-’ Aziz bin Ahd arRehman as-Sa’ud was born in 1906 in Riyadh. Worked as Foreign Minister and Viceroy of llejaz in 1926; represented Saudi Arabia at the UN Conference of 1945 and was Ambassador to the UN General Assembly. After his brother Saud bin Ahd al-Aziz’s accession in 1953, he became Crown Prince and Foreign Minister, and in November 1964, he became King. He played a vital role during third Arab-Israel war of 1967. He was assassinated by his nephew Prince Faysal bin Masud bin Ahd al-Aziz on 25 March, 1975.

Sayyid Abul A’la Mawdudi

(1903-1979)

An Islamic Ideologue, a scholar, a thinker, a reformer, founder of the reftgio-political party Jamaat al- Islami in India/Pakistan and a prolific writer who authored more than 150 books and treatises on different aspects of Islam, Sayyid Abul A’la Mawdudi, usually known as Mawlana Mawdudi, was born on September 25, 1903 AD/03 Rajab 1321 AH in Awrangabad, Hyderabad Deccan, India. He was directly descendant of Hazrat Khawaja Qutubuddin Mawduci (died in 527 AH/ 1133 AD) of Chisht near Her’at in Afghanistan; hence the family name Mawdudi remained intact.

In September 1932, he bought the journal Tarjumanul .Quran, published in Hyderahad Deccan by Abu Muhammad Muslih Sahsrami Bihari and remained its editor until 1979 AD.

He established the Jaffla’at al-Islami in August 1941 AD in Lahore, becoming its first Ameer.

He was imprisoned first in October 1948 AD in Lahore for the denouncement to the government’s military campaign or Jehad in Kshmir and released in 1950 AD. In 19534954 AD, he was again imprisoned, for his, role in instigating the disturbances by writing a hoQk Qadiyan Mas’ala (Qadiyani Question) and launching an anti-Qadiyani movement for which military tribunal sentenced him to death penalty, which was later commuted by a civilian court• to 14 years in prison nd reversed by th Supreme Court and he was released in 1955 AD.

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