ISLAMABAD: The 102nd death anniversary of renowned urdu poet Allama Shibli Nomani is being observed on November 18, 2016 on Friday.
According to radio Pakistan, Allama Shibli Nomani was a respected scholar of Islam from Indian subcontinent during British Raj.
He was born at Bindwal in Azamgarh district of present-day Uttar Pradesh.
He is known for the founding the Shibli National College in 1883 and the Darul Musannefin in Azamgarh.
Shibli was a versatile scholar in Arabic, Persian, Hindi, Turkish and Urdu. He was also a poet.
He collected much material on the life of Prophet of Islam, Muhammad but could write only first two volumes of the planned work the Sirat-un-Nabi.
His disciple, Syed Sulaiman Nadvi, made use of this material and added his own and wrote remaining five volumes of the work, the Sirat-un-Nabi after the death of his mentor.
