Muarrikh-e-Islam, Muhsin-e-Hind Athar Mubarakpuri
Mubarakpuri with Indian President Zail Singh .
Personal
Born	( 1916-05-07 ) 7 May 1916 Mubarakpur , Azamgarh
Died	14 July 1996 (1996-07-14) (aged 80) Mubarakpur , India
Religion	Islam
Nationality	Indian
Children	Khalid Hafiz
Alma mater	Jamia Qasmia Madrasa Shahi, Moradabad

Qazi Athar Mubarakpuri (7 May 1916 ? 14 July 1996) was an Indian Sunni Islamic scholar , author and historian. He was honoured with the title of Muhsin-e-Hind by Pakistani scholars. ^[1]

Biography [ edit ]

Mubarakpuri was born on 7 May 1916 in Mubarakpur, Azamgarh. He graduated in dars-e-nizami from Madrasa Ehya-ul-Uloom and moved to Madrasa Shahi, Moradabad to study ahadith. In Shahi, he studied Sahih Bukhari with Syed Fakhruddin Ahmad , Sahih Muslim with Ismail Sambhali, and Jami' al-Tirmidhi with Muhammad Miyan Deobandi . ^[2]

Mubarakpuri died on 14 July 1996. His funeral prayer was led by Abul Qasim Nomani . ^[3]

Literary works [ edit ]

Mubarakpuri wrote books on the relation of Indians and Arabs. In this series his books include Arb-o-Hind Ahd-e-Risalat Mai , Khilafat-e-Rashida awr Hindustan , Khilafat Amwiyyah awr Hindustan , Khilafat Abbasiyah awr Hindustan and Hindustan mai Arbon ki hukumatein . ^[2]

Legacy [ edit ]

• Contribution Of Qazi Athar Mubarakpuri to Arabic Studies : A Critical Study - PhD thesis from Aligarh Muslim University by Mohd Amirul Hasan.
• His son Khalid Hafiz (1938?1999), Imam of Wellington , served as the senior religious advisor to the New Zealand Muslim community from 1982 to 1999. ^{[ citation needed ]}

See also [ edit ]

• List of Indian writers

References [ edit ]