Author: Allama Muhammad Shibli Nomani
Alternate names: Shibli Nomani; Muhammad Shibli Nu'mani; Shibli Numani; Allama Shibli Numani; Allama Shibli Nu'man; Shibli, Numani, Muhammad; Allama Shibli Nomani; Mou. Shibli Nomani.; Shibli Nu'mani; Moulvi Shibli Nomani; Muḥammad Shiblı̄ Nu'mānı̄; Shiblī Nu'mānī; Muhammad Shiblī Numānī; Muḥammad Shiblī Nuʻmānī; Muhammad Shibli Numani; Shiblī Nuʻmānī; Muḥammad Shibli Numani; Maulana Shibli Nomani; Muhammad Shiblī Nu'mānī
Born: June 3, 1857
Died: November 18, 1914
Bio: Allamah Shibli Nomani was born on June 3, 1857 at Azamgarh, India. He was a respected scholar of Islam from Indian subcontinent. He is known for the founding the Shibli National College in 1883 and the Darul Mussanifin in Azamgarh. Shibli was a versatile scholar in Arabic, Persian, Hindi, Turkish and Urdu. He was also a poet. He collected much material on the life of Prophet of Islam, Muhammad (PBUH) but could write only first two volumes of the planned work the Sirat-un-Nabi. His disciple, Syed Sulaiman Nadvi, made use of this material and added his own and wrote remaining five volumes of the work, the Sirat-un-Nabi after the death of his mentor.

He died on November 18, 1914.