Ghulam Muhammad Din Puri

{{Short description|Islamic scholar}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}{{Use Pakistani English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox religious biography | honorific-prefix = Maulana Hazrat Khalifa Mian | name = Ghulam Muhammad Din Puri | honorific-suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = | alt = | caption = | religion = Islam | denomination = | ordained = | school = | lineage = | sect = | subsect = | temple = | order = | institute = | church =  | founder = Dinpur Sharif | movement = [[Silk Letter Movement]] | philosophy = | known_for = | education = | alma_mater = | other_names =  | dharma_names =  | monastic_name = | pen_name = | posthumous_name = | nationality =  | flourished = | home_town = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth year|1835}} | birth_place = Mouza Alam Khan of eastern [[Jhang District]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1936|03|24|1835|df=y}} | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = Dinpur Cemetery | resting_place_coordinates =  | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | mother = | father = | location = | title = | period = | consecration = | predecessor = | successor = | reason = | rank = | teacher = [[Hafiz Muhammad Siddique]] | reincarnation_of = | students =  | initiated = | works =  | ordination = | initiation = | initiation_date = | initiation_place = | initiator = | profession = Islamic scholar | previous_post = | present_post = | post = | website =  | signature = | background =  }} '''Ghulam Muhammad Din Puri''' (1835–24 March 1936) was an Islamic scholar who founded Dinpur Sharif.<ref>{{Cite web |last=ٹاؤن |first=جامعہ علوم اسلامیہ بنوری |title=بستیِٔ دین پور کا ایک دُرِّ شہوار | جامعہ علوم اسلامیہ علامہ محمد یوسف بنوری ٹاؤن |url=https://www.banuri.edu.pk/bayyinat-detail/%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C-%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1-%DA%A9%D8%A7-%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D8%AF-%D8%B1-%D8%B4%DB%81%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1 |website=[[Bayyinat]]}}</ref> He was originally from Jhang and belonged to the Rind Baloch family. He played an active role in the [[Silk Letter Movement]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tahir |first=Muhammad |date=10 August 2015 |title=Syed Hussain Ahmad Madani's mentor: Maulana Ghulam Muhammad Deen Puri |work=[[Daily Pakistan]] |url=https://dailypakistan.com.pk/10-Aug-2015/254394}}</ref> == Biography == Ghulam Muhammad was born in 1835 in the Mouza Alam Khan of eastern [[Jhang District]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/27450147/Shaykh-Khalifa-Ghulam-Muhammad-Din-Puri|title=Shaykh Khalifa Ghulam Muhammad Din Puri | PDF|website=Scribd}}</ref> He died on 24 March 1936. Maulana Ghulam Muhammad Ghotvi, Vice Chancellor of [[Islamia University of Bahawalpur|Bahawalpur University]], led the funeral prayers. He is buried in Dinpur Cemetery.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |date=10 August 2015 |title=سید حسین احمد مدنی ؒ کے مرشد:مولانا غلام محمد دین پوری |url=http://dailypakistan.com.pk/columns/10-Aug-2015/254394 |website=Daily Pakistan}}</ref>

== See also == * [[List of Deobandis]] * [[Dinpur]]

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[[Category:People from Rahim Yar Khan District]] [[Category:People from Jhang District]] [[Category:1835 births]] [[Category:1936 deaths]] [[Category:Deobandis]] [[Category:Pakistani men centenarians]]