Draft:Sayyid Abu al-Qasim ibn Mahmud Khwansari Riyazi
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| Name | Sayyid Abu al-Qasim Khwansari |
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| Birth Place | Iran |
| Brith Date | 1309 AH |
| Death Place | Gilgit Pakistan |
| Death Date | 1380 AH |
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| Religion | Islam |
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Sayyid Abu al-Qasim Khwansari Riyazi was one of the Shia scholars of Iran. At the request of the ruler of the Shia-inhabited region of Nagar Gilgit, he went from Sayyid Abu al-Hasan Isfahani to propagate in the Nagar region and strove to spread the knowledge of the Ahl al-Bayt (AS). In addition to religious sciences, he had sufficient mastery over arithmetic, geometry, and algebra, and authored works on these subjects. He studied under Abu Turab Khwansari and Aqa Zia Iraqi. He received permission for Ijtihad and narration from Abu Turab Khwansari, Sayyid Hasan Sadr, and Sayyid Abu al-Hasan Isfahani. Allamah Tabataba'i was among his students. He came to the city of Gilgit in the later years of his life and passed away in the same place, where he was buried. His shrine is considered one of the Shia pilgrimage sites in the city of Gilgit.
Biography
Abu al-Qasim Khwansari Riyazi, son of Mahmud Khwansari, was born in 1309 AH in Khansar. He studied advanced jurisprudence and principles in Najaf under his uncle Abu Turab Khwansari and Zia al-Din Iraqi, and received permission for Ijtihad and narration from Abu Turab Khwansari, Sayyid Hasan Sadr, and Sayyid Abu al-Hasan Isfahani. In addition to expertise in religious sciences, he had great mastery over arithmetic, geometry, and algebra, and wrote numerous works in these fields. Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i was among his special students. Abu al-Qasim Riyazi went to northern Pakistan for propagation at the request of Sayyid Abu al-Hasan Isfahani and settled there. He died in 1380 AH in the city of Gilgit and was buried there. A shrine was built over his grave [1].
Students
He was the foremost teacher of mathematics in the Najaf Seminary. Sayyid Abu al-Qasim Khoei and Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i and his brother, Sayyid Muhammad Hasan Ilahi Tabataba'i, studied mathematics under him. It is said that he provided simple solutions for complex mathematical problems, while he had learned mathematics without a teacher, which indicates his high genius [2].
Missionary Activities
Ayatollah Sayyid Abu al-Qasim Khwansari, known as Mujtahid, was from the city of Khansar, Iran. He came to the northern regions by the order of the jurist of the time, His Honor Sayyid Abu al-Hasan Isfahani, upon the invitation of the ruler of Nagar Presidency, Mir Sikandar Khan. He was proficient in modern sciences and was considered one of the famous scholars in India; he was a scholar immersed in God. He acquainted the Shias in this region with the knowledge of the Quran and Ahl al-Bayt (AS) and strove to spread Islamic knowledge [3]. After the death of Mir Sikandar Khan, the ruler of Nagar, he lived in poverty and destitution, left the Nagar Presidency, and settled in the Gilgit region. However, no suitable service was performed for him by the scholars and people of this region. Sayyid Abu al-Qasim Khwansari had left his beloved homeland Iran for the sake of serving the religion of Islam. His shrine is located in the Majni neighborhood of Gilgit. His devotees gather at his grave for visitation and reciting Fatiha [4].
Works
Abu al-Qasim Riyazi had a library with precious books. He authored more than thirty works, some of which are:
- I'jaz al-Muhandisin, or, al-Handasa allati La Yahtaj ila al-Firjar (Compass);
- Risalat al-Jabr wa al-Muqabala;
- Risalat Qabiliyat Taqsim al-A'dad;
- Risalat fi Istikhraj Nihayat Khata' al-Ka'b and several other treatises on mathematics.
- I'tiqadat, or, Tarikh Tamaddun;
- Sayyihat al-Mufakkirin fi Ara' al-Mulhidin wa al-Mutadayyinin, or, Din bi-Niza;
- A poem without the letter 'alif' in Persian;
- Margin on Mustadrak al-Wasa'il Mirza Husayn Nuri
- Pamphlets on jurisprudence and principles are among his other works [5].
Footnotes
Sources
- Khwansari Family, Encyclopedia of the World of Islam, rch.ac.ir
- Saeidi, Farman Ali, History of Shiism and Factors of Its Expansion in Gilgit and Baltistan, 1400 AH.
- Dinawari, Ghulam Husayn Anjam, Islam in Gilgit, 2004 CE.
- Agha Bozorg Tehrani, al-Dhari'ah ila Tasanif al-Shi'ah, edited by Ali-Naqi Munzavi and Ahmad Munzavi, Beirut, 1403 AH.