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Firangi Mahal
Location	Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Built	17th century

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Maturidism
Mausoleum of Imam al-Maturidi in Samarkand
Background
Hanafi Fiqh Sunni Islam Ahl al-Ra'y
Eminent scholars Abu Mansur al-Maturidi (d. 333/944) Abu al-Layth al-Samarqandi (d. 373/983) Abu al-Yusr al-Bazdawi (d. 493/1100) Abu al-Mu'in al-Nasafi (d. 508/1114) Abu al-Thana' al-Lamishi (d. 522/1128) Abu Ishaq al-Saffar al-Bukhari (d. 534/1139) Najm al-Din 'Umar al-Nasafi (d. 537/1142) Siraj al-Din al-Ushi (d. 569/1173) Nur al-Din al-Sabuni (d. 580/1184) Jamal al-Din al-Ghaznawi (d. 593/1197) Shams al-Din al-Samarqandi (d. after 690/1291) Abu al-Barakat al-Nasafi (d. 710/1310) Sadr al-Shari'a al-Asghar (d. 747/1346) Akmal al-Din al-Babarti (d. 786/1384) 'Ala' al-Din al-Bukhari (d. 841/1437) Badr al-Din al-'Ayni (d.855/1451) Al-Kamal ibn al-Humam (d. 861/1455) Khidr Bey (d. 863/1459) 'Ali al-Qushji (d.879/1474) Ibn Kemal Pasha (d. 940/1534) Ebussuud Efendi (d. 982/1574) Mulla 'Ali al-Qari (d. 1014/1606) Hasan Kafi Pruščak (d. 1025/1616) Ahmad al-Sirhindi (d. 1034/1624) 'Abdul Hakim Sialkoti (d. 1067/1657) Wang Daiyu (d. ca. 1067/1657) Ma Zhu (d. ca. 1122/1710) Isma'il Haqqi al-Burusawi (d. 1137/1725) 'Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi (d. 1144/1731) Nizamuddin Sihalivi (d. 1161/1748) Liu Chih/Liu Zhi (d. ca. 1177/1764) Murtada al-Zabidi (d. 1205/1791) Shah 'Abdul 'Aziz Dehlawi (d. 1239/1824) Ibn 'Abidin (d. 1252/1836) Muhammad 'Abid al-Sindi (d. 1257/1841) Fadl al-Haqq al-Khayrabadi (d. 1278/1861) Yusuf Ma Dexin (d. 1291/1874) 'Abd al-Ghani al-Maydani (d. 1298/1880) 'Abd al-Hayy al-Lucknawi (d. 1304/1887) Naqi Ali Khan (d. 1297/1880) Muhammad Qasim Nanawtawi (d. 1317/1899) Rashid Ahmad Gangohi (d. 1323/1905) Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (d. 1339/1921) Khalil Ahmad al-Saharanpuri (d. 1346/1927) Anwar Shah Kashmiri (d. 1352/1933) Muhammed Hamdi Yazır (d. 1361/1942) Ashraf 'Ali al-Thanawi (d. 1362/1943) Muhammad Ilyas al-Kandhlawi (d. 1364/1944) Amjad Ali Aazmi (d. 1948) Naeem-ud-Deen Muradabadi (d. 1948) Shabbir Ahmad 'Uthmani (d.1369/1949) Muhammad Zahid al-Kawthari (d. 1371/1951) Mustafa Sabri (d. 1374/1954) Husayn Ahmad Madani (d. 1377/1957) Sardar Ahmad Chishti (d. 1962) Muhammad Yusuf al-Kandhlawi (d. 1384/1965) Abdul Hamid Qadri Badayuni (d. 1970) Muhammad Idris al-Kandhlawi (d. 1394/1974) Zafar Ahmad 'Uthmani (d. 1394/1974) Fazlur Rahman Ansari (d. 1974) Muhammad Yusuf Banuri (d. 1397/1977) Hamid Raza Khan (d. 1970) Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi (d. 1970) Mustafa Raza Khan Qadri (d. 1981) Muhammad Zakariyya al-Kandhlawi (d. 1402/1982) Qari Muhammad Tayyib (d. 1403/1983) Ahmad Saeed Kazmi (d. 1986) Habib al-Rahman al-A'zami (d. 1412/1992) Muhammad Waqaruddin Qadri (d. 1993) Syed Shujaat Ali Qadri (d. 1993) Wahbi Sulayman Ghawji (d. 1434/2013) Akhtar Raza Khan (d. 2018) Usmankhan Alimov (d. 1443/2021)
Theological works Al-Fiqh al-Akbar Kitab al-Tawhid Al-'Aqida al-Tahawiyya Al-Sawad al-A'zam Tabsirat al-Adilla Al-'Aqa'id al-Nasafiyya Han Kitab Qingzhen Zhinan
Institutions Imam Maturidi Research Centre Darul Uloom Deoband Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama Jamia Nizamia Al Jamiatul Ashrafia Jamiatur Raza Jamia Naeemia Lahore Firangi Mahal
Events 2016 International Islamic Conference 2020 International Maturidi Conference
Related groups Classic Ash'aris Ahl al-Hadith Sufis Modern Deobandis Barelwis
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Firangi Mahal is a building complex located in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. The word Firang (originally referring to Franks) refers to Europeans and Mahal means palace in Persian. The name originated from the fact that original owners of this Mahal were Europeans. During the period of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, some French businessmen used to stay at this Mahal when they visited, such as the first owner of this Mahal, Niel. The building was an architectural building of some repute but was later confiscated by the government.

It was later given over to the adviser Aurangzeb known as Mullah Asad bin Qutub Shaheed and his brother Mulla Saeed bin Qutubuddin Shaheed. These two brothers made this Mahal a center of Islamic learning. It has been compared with Cambridge University and Oxford University as a center of culture and learning.^[1]

Khilafat Movement

During the period of the Khilafat Movement, Mahatma Gandhi once stayed for some time in Firangi Mahal and brought his goat with him. The Muslims in and around the Firangi Mahal stopped consuming meat during his stay, as a token of respect. Maulvi Abdul Bari claimed Gandhi as a leader of both Hindus and Muslims. Bari was a strong advocate of Hindu-Muslim unity in the nation. Leaders like Jawaharlal Nehru and Sarojini Naidu were among those who visited Firangi Mahal to bring all the communities in the fold of freedom struggle. The ulema from the Firangi Mahal were in favour of the Khilafat Movement. However, the ulema were sentenced to death by the British for issuing a jihad fatwa against them.^[2]

Notable personalities

• Nizamuddin Sihalivi, Indian Islamic scholar who compiled the syllabus of Dars-i Nizami
• Abdul Bari Firangi Mahali, Muslim scholar, he issued a fatwa for jihad against the British Raj.^[2]
• Abdul Hayy Lucknawi Firangi Mahali, Indian Islamic scholar

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