Abu SalmÃÂn ShahjahÃÂnpà «ri (30 January 1940 â 2 February 2021; ) was a Pakistani scholar, researcher and historian. He was regarded as an authority in the historical and political movements of the Indian subcontinent. He was an alumnus of Jamia Qasmia Madrasa Shahi, University of Karachi and the University of Sindh. He wrote more than 150 books including IfÃÂdat-e-AzÃÂd and MaulÃÂnàûUbaidullÃÂh Sindhë ke inqilÃÂbë maná¹£à «be.
Abu SalmÃÂn ShahjahÃÂnpà «ri was born Tasadduq Hussain Khan on 30 January 1940 in Shahjahanpur. He was schooled at Madrasa Saeedia in Shahjahanpur and the Jamia Qasmia Madrasa Shahi in Moradabad. Aged 10, he migrated to Pakistan in 1950. He received a BA and an MA degree from the University of Karachi and completed his doctoral studies at the University of Sindh. The subject of his doctoral study was to compile and study KhÃÂnwada-e-WaliullÃÂhi of Syed Ahmad Khan.
ShahjahÃÂnpà «ri served as a Professor at Government National College, Karachi and retired in 2002. He was regarded as an authority on historical and political movements of the Indian subcontinent. He was associated with Abul Kalam Azad Research Institute in Karachi and visited India during 2014 to present his papers in an International seminar about Abul Kalam Azad organized by Iran Society and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies in Kolkata. His articles appeared in the Ma'ÃÂrif of Shibli Academy, the BurhÃÂn of Nadwatul Musannifeen, Madina and the Chattan. In 2010, he had more than one hundred books to his credit. He stopped writing in 2016 due to his weakness and old age.
ShahjahÃÂnpà «ri's house was set on fire during the Qasba Aligarh massacre in 1986. According to a 2019 Express News report, hundreds of works were lost in this incident including rare manuscripts that he possessed.
ShahjahÃÂnpà «ri was regarded as a major "Abul KalÃÂmi" in Pakistan after Agha Shorish Kashmiri and Ghulam Rasool Mehr. He started writing in 1957, and his first article appeared after the death of Abul Kalam Azad. He codified various articles of Azad and got them published. He wrote explanatory notes to the Urdu translation of Azad's India Wins Freedom. His works on Azad include Maulana Abul Kalam Azad: Ek Siyasi Mutala, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad: Ranchi mai nazarbandi awr uska faizÃÂn, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad awr Khwajah Hasan Nizami, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad ke chand buzurg and Abul Kalam Azad awr un ke ma'ÃÂsirën.
ShahjahÃÂnpà «ri wrote more than 150 books. Fifty of his books are only about Abul Kalam Azad. His major research work is the compilation of the political diary of Hussain Ahmad Madani, Hussain Ahmad Madani ki siyÃÂsi diary: akhbÃÂr-o-afkÃÂr ki roshni mai, which spreads over seven thousand pages, in eight different volumes. ShahjahÃÂnpà «ri has the credit of getting Ilm-o-Aagahi, the college magazine of Government National College, Karachi, published as a research magazine. His other works include:
ShahjahÃÂnpà «ri died on 2 February 2021 in Karachi. Indian scholars Usman Mansoorpuri and Mahmood Madani expressed sorrow on his death.
Akhtarul Wasey and Khaliq Anjum co-authored MaulÃÂnàAbà «lkalÃÂm ÃÂzÃÂd ke muḥaqqiq á¸ÂÃÂká¹Âar Abà « SalmÃÂn ShÃÂhjahÃÂnpà «rë: shakòhòṣëyat aur adabë kòhòidmÃÂt (The research scholar of Abul Kalam Azad, Abu SalmÃÂn ShahjahÃÂnpà «ri: Life and academic works). According to Moinuddin Aqeel, "ShahjahÃÂnpà «ri is the scholar who is a keen observer of the rise and fall of the nationalist and historic movements of Indian subcontinent".