- Ahmed Abdullah Masdoosi
Infobox Writer
name = Ahmed Abdullah Al Masdoosi
caption = Ahmed Abdullah Al Masdoosi
pseudonym = Masdoosi, M A Al
birthname = Ahmad Abdullāh al- Masdūsī
birthdate = 1905
birthplace =Mahboobnagar , India
deathdate = death year and age|1968|1905
deathplace =Karachi ,Pakistan
occupation = Islamic Research, Chart Maker, Map Making, Law
nationality = Hyderabad till 1948, thenPakistan
period = 1940-1967
subject = Comparative Religion, Law, Humanity
movement = Bahadur Yar Jung Academy, Anjuman Khuddam Millat
influences = Dr SirMohammed Iqbal Ahmad Abdullāh al- Masdūsī (1905-1968) احمد عبدالله المسدوسى was born in 1905 in Mahboobnagar,
India in an Arab family BaMasdoos which was migrated to Deccan from Hazrmout (Hadhrmout) Yemen. His father Musdoos Bin Abdullah was a highly respected emir of Bamusdoos tribe as well as the qazi(cleric/magistrate), Imam and leader. He was a poet, honest and humble man, loved by one all. After the migration, he selected Mahboobnagar for his people, bought some land near the district jail, and constructed a mosque and then houses for all of his near and dear. He had two daughters and three sons Ali Masdoosi, Ahmed Abdullah Masdusi, andSalam Masdoosi . Ali Al musdoosi migrated back to Yemen in his early days, to fight for the Arab land during early 1900s. Ahmed Abdullah Al Musdoosi studied and practiced law in the then Hyderabad. He was an activist who later gave up the lawyer profession. He was a close colleague to Nawab Bahadur Yar Jung, and one of the executive members of the then Majlis-e-ittehad ul muslimeen. In 1949 he migrated to Pakistan. He had written few but competent books and served as Professor of Law at Karachi University.Education
Completed secondary education in Mahboobnagar, and shifted to Dar-ul-uloom Hight school Hyderabad. Where Qayed-e-Millat Nawab Bahadur Yar Jung was his classmate. After completion of SSC, he joined Osmania University, where he got the companionship of famous scholars Dr. Mohammed Hameedullah and Dr. Raziuddin Siddiqui. He got the Gold Medal from the Osmania University on thesis on the topic of “Uswa-e-Hasana” [اسؤه حسنه] (On the prophet).
Early life
After completing LLB from Jamia Osmania, started the profession actively at Mahboobnagar. He had bought the vast villa for his residence. After his migration to Pakistan, the building and its campus was used for “Gandhi Road High School”.
He was very active in social welfare, and community improvement activities. He was one of the founders of “Anjuman Islah Maashira” in 1925. He was president of “Anjuman Taraqee Taleem” with Muneeruddin Advocate as its Secretary and in 1938 when Dr Sir Mohammed Iqbal expired, he organized a big seminar and remembrance meeting with a public assembly. It was presided by District collector Dr. Mir siadat Ali Khan. This was the beginning of his political career.
Active life
Although he was simultaneously actively involved in national movements, in 1938 he joined Majlis due to his old relationship with Nawab Bahadur Yar Jung. He had been active in Tahreek-e-Khilafat, and had organized a national level seminar and public speeches on Khilafat Movement in Mahbubngar. He attended the Khilafat committee meeting at Lahore in 1929 with his colleague Nawab Mir Ahmed Ali Khan, the former Home minister.
Political career
He joined Malis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen and as a member of advisory board he helped Nawab Bahadur Yar Jung in getting Majlis close to Muslim League.
In 1939, when Idara-e-Adabiyat-e-Urdu decided to set up their branch at Mahaboob nagar, he was elected as its president in the summit which was presided by the District Magistrate Mr Taqi Bilgrami.
His one of the great and lasting achievement for the people of Mahboobnagar was to set up the residential hostel and complex for the education. It was a big and detailed plan, and he with his colleague Mr Muneerdding Advocate, bought 11 acres of land in the heart of city with the financial aid of a Businessman Haji Sindke. Later this plan was given shape by his brother who set up the commercial complex (for self dependence of schools and hostels), technical institute, school, madarsa, masjid etc.
With the beginning of political career he had given up law-practice and basically shifted to Hyderabad. His villa was near the Mouzam Jahi Market.
Migration
He was actively involved in the legal proceedings of taking the Hyderabad case to Indian Union. He migrated to
Karachi ,Pakistan after the Hyderabad state was annexed into Indian Union.Books
1. Afrīqah: ek cailanj [آفريقه ايك شيلينج] .Type: Urdu : BookPublisher: Karācī, Maktabah k̲h̲udām milat [1964]
2. Maz̤āhib-i ʻālam, ek muʻāshratī o siyāsī jāʼizah; ābādī, raqbah, siyāsī martabah. [مذاهب عالم] by Aḥmad ʻAbdullāh al- MasdūsīType: Urdu : BookPublisher: Karācī, Maktabah-yi k̲h̲uddām-i millat [1964]
3. Maz̲āhib-i ʻālam; ek moʻāsharatī o siyāsī jāʼiza: ābādī, raqba, siyāsī martaba.by Aḥmad ʻAbdullāh al- MasdūsīType: Urdu : BookPublisher: Karāchī, Maktaba-e K̲h̲uddām-i Millat [1958]
4. Living religions of the world, a socio-political study.by Aḥmad ʻAbdullāh al- MasdūsīType: English : BookPublisher: Karachi, Aisha Bawany Wakf [1962]
5. Mamlukatī Ḥaidarābād : Ek ʻilmī, adabī, aur s̲aqāftī taz̲kīrah. [مملكت حيدرآباد] by Aḥmad ʻAbdullāh al- MasdūsīType: Urdu : BookPublisher: Karaci : Bahādur Yārjang Akādimī, [1967-]
Books
1. Afrīqah: ek cailanj [آفريقه ايك شيلينج] .Type: Urdu : BookPublisher: Karācī, Maktabah k̲h̲udām milat [1964]
2. Maz̤āhib-i ʻālam, ek muʻāshratī o siyāsī jāʼizah; ābādī, raqbah, siyāsī martabah. [مذاهب عالم] by Aḥmad ʻAbdullāh al- MasdūsīType: Urdu : BookPublisher: Karācī, Maktabah-yi k̲h̲uddām-i millat [1964]
3. Maz̲āhib-i ʻālam; ek moʻāsharatī o siyāsī jāʼiza: ābādī, raqba, siyāsī martaba.by Aḥmad ʻAbdullāh al- MasdūsīType: Urdu : BookPublisher: Karāchī, Maktaba-e K̲h̲uddām-i Millat [1958]
4. Living religions of the world, a socio-political study.by Aḥmad ʻAbdullāh al- MasdūsīType: English : BookPublisher: Karachi, Aisha Bawany Wakf [1962]
5. Mamlukatī Ḥaidarābād : Ek ʻilmī, adabī, aur s̲aqāftī taz̲kīrah. [مملكت حيدرآباد] by Aḥmad ʻAbdullāh al- MasdūsīType: Urdu : BookPublisher: Karaci : Bahādur Yārjang Akādimī, [1967-]
External links
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* http://www.islamic-world.net/economics/history_of_economic_thought.htm
* http://www.biblioz.com/main.php?action=3&i=2835456&record=1
* http://www.biblioz.com/lp25763273258_1163.html
* http://www.dawn.com/weekly/books/archive/011223/books5.htm
* http://www.wfim.org.pk/publication.htm
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