Allama Muhammad Shibli Nomani
Description
Allamah Shibli Nomani was born on June 3, 1857 at Azamgarh, India. He was a respected scholar of Islam from Indian subcontinent. He is known for the founding the Shibli National College in 1883 and the Darul Mussanifin in Azamgarh. Shibli was a versatile scholar in Arabic, Persian, Hindi, Turkish and Urdu. He was also a poet. He collected much material on the life of Prophet of Islam, Muhammad (PBUH) but could write only first two volumes of the planned work the Sirat-un-Nabi. His disciple, Syed Sulaiman Nadvi, made use of this material and added his own and wrote remaining five volumes of the work, the Sirat-un-Nabi after the death of his mentor. He died on November 18, 1914.
Books
Speeches
Ḥukūmat ʻUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb
ʻUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, Caliph, d. 644; Islamic Empire; politics and government; 622-661.
al-Fārūq
Biography of ʻUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, second Caliph of Islam.
Aurangzeb ʻĀlamgīr
Analytical and historical study of the rule of Aurangzeb, Emperor of Hindustan, 1618-1707 by two authors with different views.
Sīratunnaʻmān
On the life and works of Abū Ḥanīfah, d. 767 or 8, Islamic scholar from Saudi Arabia.
Al-Farooq
Al-Farooq: The Life of Omar The Great is The biography of Umar (also spelled Omar) written by Islamic scholar Shibli Nomani. Its publication took the Muslim World by storm and was considered a great literary event in history of Islamic literature. By Extensive study of the subject, the author Nomani collected and collated facts which were lying buried in unpublished manuscripts in great libraries of Istanbul, Beirut, Alexandria, Paris, Berlin and London. The book inspired an unparalled enthusiasm and ran into several editions in a very short period. Umar is universally acknowledged as the first conqueror,founder and administrator of Muslim Empire.
Seerat-un-Nabi
Arguably one of the greatest and most authentic Sirah Rasul Allah (biographies) of the Prophet Muhammad, written in Urdu by Shibli Nomani and his student, Syed Sulaiman Nadvi in 6 volumes.
Sīratun Nuʻmān
Life and works of Abū Ḥanīfah, d. 767 or 8, Islamic scholar.
Savāniḥ Maulānā Rūm
On the life and works of Maulana Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, 1207-1273, Persian sufic poet.
al- G̲h̲azzālī
On the life of Ghazzālī, 1058-1111, Islamic mystic.
Safarnāmah-yi Rūm va Miṣr va Shām
Travel account of Middle East.
Ḥayāt-i Ḥafiẓ
Biography of Ḥāfiẓ, 14th cent., Persian poet.
Ḥayāt-i K̲h̲usrau
On the life of Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī, 1253-1325, Persian poet.
ayt-i fi
It is a biography of the Persian poet Khwāja Šamsu d-Dīn Muḥammad Hāfez-e Šīrāzī (Persian/Urdu: خواجه شمسالدین محمد حافظ شیرازی). This biography is in Urdu. Wikipedia page for the poet
Maz̤mūn Kutub K̲h̲̲ānah-yi Iskandarīyah
Essay on Alexandrian Library.