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His father Hakim Abdul Khaliq was a spiritual follower of Maulana Mohammad Naeem Farangi Mahli.
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Maulana Abdul Bari Nadvi died in Lucknow on January 30, 1976. After his early education at a local madressah he went to Nadwa-tul-Ulama for his higher education. He earned reputation as an established academic in the field of philosophy and religion and taught at Gujarat College in Ahmedabad, Dakkan College in Pune, and Osmania University in Hyderabad where he retired as Professor and Head of the Philosophy Department.
He was one of the most capable students of Allama Shibli Nomani and a contemporary of Syed Sulaiman Nadvi, Maulana Abdul Salam Nadvi, Maulana Abdul Majid Daryabadi, Maulana Manazir Ahsan Gilani.
He wrote extensively on religion and philosophy and translated works of numerous western philosophers such as Berkeley, Hume, Descartes, Dewey, Henry Bergson, William James, and G. F. Stout. Some of his works were included in the religion and philosophy course work at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels at Osmania University.
Maulana Abdul Bari Nadvi received his academic training from people like Allama Shibli Naumani and grew in the company of greats like Syed Sulaiman Nadvi and Abdul Majid Daryabadi. His formal spiritual association (bait) was with Maulana Madni but he received his training from Maulana Thanavi.
After his retirement from the University in Hyderabad, he took up extensive religious research and writing, resulting in a number of published books and papers.
