Sadwaqas (Saken, Sadvakas) Ghylmani (Gilmanov, Gelmanov) (Kazakh: Сәдуақас Ғылмани, Säduaqas Ğylmani; 1890 – April 24, 1972) was a long-serving qadi of Kazakhstan (Kazakh SSR),[1][2] imam-khatib and member of the Muslim Council for Central Asia and Kazakhstan.[3]
Sadwaqas Ghylmani | |
|---|---|
| Qadi of Qadiyat of Kazakh SSR | |
| In office 1952–1972 | |
| Personal | |
| Born | 1890 Maltabar, Akmolinsk Oblast, Russian Empire |
| Died | 24 April 1972 (aged 81–82) |
| Resting place | Kensai Cemetery |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Main interest(s) | Islamic theology, poetry |
Early life
editSadwaqas Ghylmani was born in 1890 in Maltabar village (aul) (Akmolinsk Oblast of Russian Empire) in Bashkir-origin family. His grandfather Salmen Muhamediyarovich Gazin (1856–1939) and great-grandfather Muhamediyar Mukhtarovich Gazin (1807–1870) were mullahs.
Career
editFrom 1929 to 1946 he was persecuted by Soviet authorities. In 1946 he became a mullah (imam) in a mosque in Akmolinsk (modern Astana, capital of Kazakhstan). In 1952, qadi (Kazakh: қазы) of Kazakhstani Qadiyat (Kazakh: Қазият) Abd al-Ghaffar Shamsutdinov appointed him as his successor. Sadwaqas Ghylmani held this position until his death on April 24, 1972. He is buried at the Kensai cemetery in Almaty.
References
edit- ^ Tasar, Eren (November 1, 2017). Soviet and Muslim: The Institutionalization of Islam in Central Asia. Oxford University Press. p. 273. ISBN 9780190652128.
- ^ Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic. Novosti Press Agency Publishing House. 1967. p. 24.
- ^ Bundy, Edgar C. (1966). Soviet and Muslim: The Institutionalization of Islam in Central Asia. Devin-Adair Co. p. 97.
Bibliography
edit- Ғылмани, С. (2015). edit. Ә. Қ. Муминов, А. Дж. Франк (ed.). Заманымызда болған ғұламалардың ғұмыр тарихтары. Vol. 1 (2 ed.). Алма-Ата: Дайк-Пресс. ISBN 978-601-290-072-9.
- Қамзабекұлы, Д. (2012). "Садуақас Ғылмани мұрасы: Көкейкестілігі және жүйелену негізі". Л. Н. Гумилев атындағы ЕҰУ Хабаршысы (1 (86)).
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