MAULANA Abdul Awal
JAUNPURI R .A
Jaunpuri, Abdul Awal
(1867-1921) writer and Islamic
scholar.
Son of Maulana
karamat ali jaunpuri and
Batul Bibi , Abdul Awal was
born in 1867 in Sandwip,
Chittagong. He memorised the
Quran at the early age of 13.
After completing studies at
Lucknow and Calcutta he
pursued higher studies at
Saulatia Madrasah in Makka
from 1887 to 1889. In 1889, on
his return to Jaunpur,
he
dedicated himself to
preaching of Islam, social
reforms and the revival of the
Muslim spirit. He travelled in
towns and villages to curb the
infiltrating practices of
polytheism and Hinduism in
the Muslim society and
delivered speeches in order to
eradicate existing religious
prejudices and social evils.
Abdul Awal,
a gifted writer,
wrote a total of 121 books, of
which 89 have been published,
on the fundamentals and
history of Islam, Sufism,
general knowledge and
biographies in several
languages including Arabic,
Urdu and Persian. He
established schools and
madrasahs in different parts
of the country.
At the
beginning of the twentieth
century he established at
Armanitola, Dhaka, the
'Madrasah-i-Hammadia' to
commemorate his son
Hammad (d. 1314 AH). In 1940,
the madrasah was turned in to
a school. He received
certificates from the British
government and the Dhaka
nawabs in recognition of his
services to the country and
the people.
Abdul Awal
Jaunpuri died on 18 June 1921
and was buried at Maniktala,
Calcutta.
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