the pattern for the latter." In keeping with this goal, he wrote the following books: Sirat-un-Nabi (Life of the Holy Prophet) Shibli Nomani started to write this book but he died in 1914, then his student Sulaiman Nadvi took over the responsibility of finishing it and finally completed this book. Sirat an-Nu'man Al-Faruq , (a biography of the Caliph Omar Farooq) Al-Ma'mun Al-Ghazali, (a biography of Imam Al-Ghazali) Imam Ibn-e-Tamia (Edited by Mohammad Tanzeel-ul-siddiqi al-husaini ), Mawlana Rumi (a biography of Mawlana Rumi) Aurangzeb Alamgir Par Ek Nazar- a book on the life of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb (1658-1707) Sher-ul-ʻAjam, a history of Persian poetry "Ilm-Kalam", a history of Muslim theology Safar Nama e Rome-o-Misr-o-Sham - a travelogue of Rome, Egypt, Syria and Turkey along with his scholar companion Thomas Walker Arnold in 1892 See also Hamiduddin Farahi (a student of Shibli Nomani) Abdul Bari Nadvi (a student of Shibli Nomani) Sulaiman Nadvi (a student of Shibli Nomani who later became a scholar and a historian) Hamiduddin Farahi, in English language- The biographical sketches in the Darul Musannefin Shibli Academy website Maulana Hamiduddin Farahi, in Urdu language– The biographical sketches in the Darul Musannefin, Shibli Academy website Muslim Rajputs References External links Shibli Nomani, the biographical sketches in the Darul Musannefin, Shibli Academy website. 'Life of the Prophet' By Allama Shibli Nu'mani Mukt Shabd Journal 1857 births 1914 deaths Hanafis People from Azamgarh district Writers from Lucknow 19th-century Indian Muslims Nadwatul Ulama Muslim communities of Uttar Pradesh Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama Urdu-language religious writers Urdu-language travel writers Urdu-language writers from British India 20th-century Urdu-language writers Literary critics of Urdu Urdu-language theologians 19th-century Indian non-fiction writers 20th-century Indian non-fiction writers 19th-century Indian philosophers 20th-century Indian philosophers Indian male writers 19th-century Indian male writers Scholars from Lucknow Indian travel writers Deobandis