E. K. Aboobacker Musliyar

Shams-ul-Ulama

E. K. Aboobacker Musliyar
Shams-ul-Ulama; E. K. Aboobacker Musliyar
	E. K. Aboobacker Musliyar
Born	Paramblikadavu, near Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Community Leader

E. K. Aboobacker Musliyar, known by followers as Shams-ul-Ulama, "the Sun of the Scholars", was a Shafi'i scholar and community leader from Kerala, south India.^[1] He served as the General Secretary of the All-Kerala Jam'iyyat al-'Ulama', the principal Sunni-Shafi'i scholarly body in Kerala, from 1957 to 1996.^[2]

Ezhuthachan Kandi Aboobacker was born in 1914, to E. K. Koya Kutty and Adiyottil Fathima, at Parambilkadavu, near the city of Kozhikode.^[2] After the initial education from a number of Kerala-based scholars, he joined the al-Bakiyat-us-Salihat College at Vellore for higher studies.^[2]

He later served as the principal of Jamia Nuriya Arabic College, Pattikkad.^[2]

E. K. Aboobacker Musliyar died on 19 August, 1996.^[2]

References[]

^ Miller, Roland E. (2015). Mappila Muslim Culture. SUNY Press. pp. 101–103. ISBN 978-1-4384-5601-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Vazhakkad, Salih (23 February 2017). "Kanniyath Ahmad Musliyar and Shamsul Ulama E. K. Aboobacker Musliyar". Suprabhaatham. Archived from the original on 24 December 2017.

[:7-1] Miller, Roland E. (2015). Mappila Muslim Culture. SUNY Press. pp. 101–103. ISBN 978-1-4384-5601-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

[:0-2] Vazhakkad, Salih (23 February 2017). "Kanniyath Ahmad Musliyar and Shamsul Ulama E. K. Aboobacker Musliyar". Suprabhaatham. Archived from the original on 24 December 2017.

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