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Muhammad Hamidullah was born on 19 February, 1908 in Hyderabad, Hyderabad State, British India, is a South Asian scholar and polymath (1908–2002). Discover Muhammad Hamidullah's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 94 years old?

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Age 94 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 19 February 1908
Birthday 19 February
Birthplace Hyderabad, Hyderabad State, British India
Date of death 17 December, 2002
Died Place Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Nationality India

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1822

His great grandfather Maulvi Mohammed Ghauth Sharfu'l-Mulk (d. 1822) was scholar of Islamic sciences, writing over 30 books in Arabic, Persian and Urdu, including a seven volume exegesis of the Qur'an.

His paternal grandfather Qadi Mohammed Sibghatullah was a jurist and a scholar of repute writing an exegesis of the Holy Qu'ran as well as other books.

1855

He was also appointed Chief Judge of Madras (now Chennai) in 1855.

Hamidullah's father Mufti Abu Mohammad Khalilullah, was a scholar of Islamic jurisprudence, a director of revenue in the government of Nizam of Hyderabad, and the pioneer in establishing an interest-free banking system in Hyderabad.

1908

Muhammad Hamidullah (محمد حمیداللہ; 19 February 1908 – 17 December 2002) was a Deccani polymath, academic and an Islamic scholar of hadiths (muhaddith) and law (faqih).

A polyglot with competence in 22 languages, including Urdu (his mother tongue), Persian, Arabic, French, English, German, Italian, Greek, Turkish, and Russian, his dozens of books and hundreds of articles on Islamic science, history and culture appeared in several languages.

He was still studying Thai at the age of 84.

Hamidullah was from the Deccan area of British India and was born in Hyderabad, capital city of then Hyderabad State, (now Hyderabad, Telangana, India), and hails from a family of scholars, the youngest amongst three brothers and five sisters.

His family's roots lie in the Nawayath community, his ancestors were eminent scholars in their own right.

He earned his BA, LLB and MA at Osmania University.

He travelled to Germany and was awarded D.Phil.

1932

by Bonn University in 1932.

After serving in the faculty of Bonn as a lecturer in Arabic and Urdu for a short time, he went to France and registered at Sorbonne University for his second doctorate.

He was awarded D.Litt.

by the university after 11 months.

1936

He taught international law at Osmania University between 1936 and 1946.

His ancestors and extended family were jurists, writers and administrators.

1947

Subsequently, he moved to Pakistan and was involved in writing of Pakistan's constitution after partition of India and Pakistan in 1947.

1948

In 1948, Hamidullah was appointed by the Nizam as part of the delegation sent to London and the United Nations in New York to seek support against the invasion of the Nizam's territories by Indian Forces.

In 1948, he travelled to France, living there for virtually the remainder of his life, apart from travel to teaching posts he held in Turkey for a number of years.

1950

Classed as a Refugee of Hyderabad by the French Government, which allowed him to stay in Paris, he remained exiled from his homeland after its annexation by the Indian Government in 1950.

Hamidullah devoted his whole life to scholarship and did not marry.

Hamidullah is known for contributions to the research of Hadith history, translations of the Quran into multiple languages and in particular into French (first by a Muslim scholar) and for the monumental biography of the Islamic prophet Muhammad in French.

He is also famous for discovering a missing work on Muhammad regarded as one of his great contributions to the Hadith literature.

The earliest Hadith manuscript still extant today, Sahifa Hammam bin Munabbah, was discovered in a Damascus library.

Hammam bin Munabbah being a disciple of Sayyidina Abu Huraira, one of the Sahaba.

It proved, that the earliest manuscripts had been absorbed into the much bigger later compilations.

Having "authored over one hundred books in English, French, German, Arabic and Urdu, and about 1000 scholarly essays and articles on the various aspects of Islam and related areas", his notable publications include :

1954

He also held a post with French National Centre for Scientific Research from 1954, which ended in 1978.

1956

Hamidullah was the last remaining citizen of the erstwhile Hyderabad State (which following 1956 reorganisation was divided into 3 on linguistic basis, and absorbed into other states of India, most being in Andhra Pradesh, subsequently Telangana) and never obtained the citizenship of any other nation.

1985

In 1985, he was awarded the Hilal-e-Imtiaz, the highest civilian award of Pakistan.

The monetary part of the award was donated to the Islamic Research Academy, Islamabad.