Yasin Mazhar Siddiqi

Yasin Mazhar Siddiqui (also known as Yasin Mazhar Siddique Nadvi) (26 December 1944 – 15 September 2020) was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar and historian who served as director of the Institute of Islamic Studies of Aligarh Muslim University.

Biography Yasin Mazhar Siddiqui was born on 26 December 1944 in the Lakhimpur Kheri district of United Provinces of British India. He graduated in the traditional dars-e-nizami studies from Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama in 1959, and mastered in literature at the University of Lucknow in 1960. He passed the intermediate exams from the Jamia Millia Islamia in 1962 and then acquired B.A. in 1965 and B.Ed. in 1966 from the same university. In 1968, Siddīqi received his M.A. degree in History, M.Phil in 1969, and PhD in 1975 from the Aligarh Muslim University. He died on 15 September 2020.

Literary works Siddiqui authored books including:

Tārīkh Tehzeeb-e-Islāmi Ghazwāt ki Iqtesādi Ehmiyat Tawhīd-e-Ilāhi awr mufassirīn-e-girāmi Wahi-e-Hadīth Ehd-e-Nabwi mai Tanzīm-e-Riyāsat-o-Hukūmat The Prophet Muhammad: A Role Model for Muslim Minorities Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts at the Aligarh Muslim University, published by Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation in London in 2002. Ma'ash Nabawi: Rasulullah Ke Zarayi' Aamdan ka Teheeqi Jayzah