Muhammad Siddiq Hasan Khan al-Qannawji

محمد صديق حسن خان القنوجي

Muhammad Siddiq Khan ibn Hasan ibn Ali (may God be pleased with him), Abu al-Tayyib, of the Husayni family, al-Bukhari, al-Qannawji, a scholar and prince who worked in many fields and wrote some sixty works in Arabic, Persian and Hindi. He studied at Delhi, moved to Bhopal to earn a living, grew wealthy, married the ruler of Bhopal and held the title of Nawwab. ¹ His works include Husn al-Uswa, Fath al-Bayan fi maqasid al-Qur'an, Nayl al-Maram fi tafsir ayat al-ahkam, al-Rawda al-nadiyya, and 'Awn al-Bari. ^{1 2}