Uzair Gul Peshawari

Uzair Gul Peshawari (1886 – 17 November 1989) was an Islamic scholar and an activist of the Indian freedom struggle against British rule who actively participated in the Silk Letter Movement. He was an alumnus of the Darul Uloom Deoband and served as the head-teacher of Madrasa Rahmania in Roorkee.

Biography Gul hailed from Ziarat Kaka Sahib, a town located in Peshawar. He graduated from Darul Uloom in 1331 A.H. He was a close companion of Mahmud Hasan Deobandi and was imprisoned along with him in Malta for his role in the Silk Letter Movement.

He served as a teacher at Darul Uloom Deoband and before World War II, he was appointed as a head-teacher in Madrasa Rahmania in Roorkee.

Family Gul's first wife was a daughter of Mahmud Hasan Deobandi's niece. Gul's second wife Cooke also wrote an English translation of Quran which remains unpublished. At University of Islamabad, Farzana Nisar wrote a Master of Philosophy thesis entitled Mawlāna Uzair Gul (Aseer-i-Malta): His Life and Achievements.