Tahir Panjpiri

Panjpiri was born on 10 February 1916 in the village of Panjpir, located in Swabi District, into a middle-class Pashtun family belonging to the Yousafzai tribe. He was the eldest of his two brothers and one sister. His father, Ghulam Nabi, was an average-level Zamindar in the village. At the age of five, he enrolled in a primary school in his village. In 1927, he moved to Kohat to continue his studies for several months. He then traveled to Mak'had in Attock District, where he studied various subjects such as logic, philosophy, and dogmatic philosophy for approximately one year. Subsequently, he went to WanBhechran village in Mianwali District to study the Quran under Hussain Ali. Here, he also delved into the teachings of Kutub al-Sitta, Masnavi, Tuhfat-e-Ibrahimia by Shah Waliullah Dehlawi, as well as mysticism and logic. In 1933, he briefly studied Hadith under Naseeruddin Ghorghashvi before returning to Hussain Ali, who further educated him on Hidaya, Maktobat-e-Rabbani, the Masnavi, and a few other books. In 1934, he enrolled at Darul Uloom Deoband, where he studied various Islamic literature under Izaz Ali Amrohi. In 1935, at the age of twenty-two, he passed his Islamic Literature Examination at Deoband. In 1936, he attended Mazhanil Uloom in Mianwali, where he taught the Quran and Sunnah despite adverse circumstances for approximately two years. == Literary works ==