Athar Ali

Athar Ali
আতহার আলী
Personal life
Born1891
Died6 October 1976(1976-10-06) (aged 84–85)
Darul Uloom Madrasa, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
Political partyNizam-e-Islam
EducationJhingabari Alia Madrasah
Jamia Qasmia Madrasa Shahi
Madrasa-e-Aliya, Rampur
Mazahir Uloom
Darul Uloom Deoband
Senior posting
TeacherAshraf Ali Thanwi, Anwar Shah Kashmiri and Shabbir Ahmad Usmani
Students
  • Maulana Ahmad Ali Khan
Influenced
  • Waliur Rahman

Athar Ali (Bengali: আতহার আলী; 1891 – 6 October 1976) was a Bangladeshi Islamic activist, author, teacher and politician. He participated in the Indian independence movement, and was former president of the Nizam-e-Islam Party. Ali was also a khalifah of Ashraf Ali Thanwi, one of the founders of the Deobandi movement.