| Office1: | Member Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | ||||||
| Term Start1: | 1946 | ||||||
| Term End1: | 1951 | ||||||
| Mahfoozur Rahman Nami | |||||||
| Birth Date: | May 1911 | ||||||
| Birth Place: | Rasra Balia | ||||||
| Death Place: | Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh | ||||||
| Alma Mater: | Jamia Miftahul Uloom, Darul Uloom Deoband | ||||||
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Mahfoozur Rahman Nami (May 1911 – 17 November 1963) was an Indian Muslim scholar, politician and an author. He was an alumnus of Jamia Miftahul Uloom and Darul Uloom Deoband. He established Madrasa Nūr-ul-Ulūm and Azad Inter College in Bahraich.
Nami was born in May 1911.[1] He completed his primary studies at Jamia Miftahul Uloom with Abul Lateef Nomani and Habib al-Rahman al-'Azmi.[2] Nami entered the Darul Uloom Deoband 1344 AH, where he studied with Hussain Ahmad Madani, Izaz Ali Amrohi and Ibrahim Balyawi. He graduated in 1348 AH.[2]
Nami established Madrasa Nūr-ul-Ulum in Bahraich.[1] He also established Maulana Azad Nur-ul-Ulūm High School, now known as Azad Inter College, in Bahraich.[3] He contested the 1946 Indian provincial elections on the ticket of Indian National Congress. He served as the member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 1946 to 1951.[4] He was the Parliamentary secretary in the Ministry of Education.[4] In 1359 AH, Darul Uloom Deoband nominated him as a court member of Aligarh Muslim University along with Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi and Hifzur Rahman Seoharwi.[5]
Nami died on 17 November 1963 in Bahraich and was buried near the grave of Shah Naeemullah Bahraichi.[1]
Nani authored Miftah al-Quran, which has been adopted by Darul Uloom Azaadville, an Islamic seminary in Azaadville, in their curriculum.[6] His other works include: