Habiburrahman Shakir
Habiburrahman Shakir | |
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| حبيب الرحمن شاكر Habîburrahmân Şâkir | |
Shakir in 1948 | |
| Born | 10 December 1903 |
| Died | 18 April 1975 (aged 71) Tampere, Finland |
| Resting place | Helsinki |
| Other names | Habibur-Rahman Habiburrehman H. R. Shakir al-Bulgari |
| Spouse | Bibi-Rehana Veliulla (Bibirəyxanə Wəliulla) |
| Children | 8; including Tatar language teacher Hamide Çaydam |
| Honours | Hajji |
Hajji Habiburrahman Shakir (Tatar: Хәбибрахман Шакир, romanized: Xəbibraxman Şakir, Tatar pronunciation: [χæ.bib.rɑχ'mɑn ʃɑ'kir] ⓘ; 10 December 1903 – 18 April 1975), also known by his nisba al-Bulgari (Tatar: әл-Болгари, romanized: əl-Bolğari), was a Tatar imam, theologian and publisher.
Shakir was born in current day Tatarstan and became a part of the Finnish Tatar community when he arrived in Tampere during late 1940s. Shakir was known as a respected theologian in the Islamic world. Invited by the king of Saudi Arabia, Shakir made a pilgrimage to Mecca with his wife in 1972. Before his time in Finland, Shakir worked as a teacher in India, where one of his students was the later-president of Pakistan, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
Shakir was in correspondence with Kurdish theologian Said Nursi. He has been described as being among the "first European followers of Nursi". Shakir was also in contact with Algerian nationalist Ahmed Tewfik El Madani.