Manazir Ahsan Gilani

Manazir Ahsan Gilani
Personal life
Born1 October 1892
Died5 June 1956(1956-06-05) (aged 63)
Gilani, Nalanda, Bihar
RegionIndia
Main interest(s)Hadith, History, Fiqh, Urdu Literature
Notable work(s)Sawanih-e-Abu Dharr Ghifari, Sawanih-e-Qasmi, Tadwin-e-Hadith, Muqaddama Tadwin-e-Fiqh, Imam Abu Hanifa Ki Siyasi Zindagi
Alma materDarul Uloom Deoband
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
Muslim leader
Influenced

Manazir Ahsan Gilani (1 October 1892 – 5 June 1956) was an Indian Sunni Islamic scholar and former Dean of the Faculty of Theology at Osmania University. Some of his notable works include Tadwin-e-Hadith, Muqaddama Tadwin-e-Fiqh, Sawanih-e-Abu Dharr Ghifari, and Sawanih-e-Qasmi. Muhammad Hamidullah, a historian and hadith researcher, was among his students.