Allama shibli nomani biography of mahatma gandhi

Indian Islamic scholar and philosopher (1857–1914)

Shibli Nomani (4 June 1857 – 18 November 1914) was an Indian Islamic scholar, poet, philosopher, historian, educational thinker, author, orator, reformer and critic of orientalists during the British Raj.^[1][2] He is regarded as the father of Urdu historiography.^[3] He was also proficient in Arabic and Persian languages.

Shibli was associated with two influential movements in the region, the Aligarh and the Nadwa movements.^[5] As a supporter of the Deobandi school, he believed that English language and European sciences should be incorporated into the education system.^[6] Shibli wrote several biographies of Muslim heroes, convinced that Muslims of his time could learn valuable lessons from the past.^[3] His synthesis of past and modern ideas contributed significantly to Islamic literature produced in Urdu between 1910 and 1935.^[7] Shibli establi