Mawlawi (Islamic title)

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Mawlawi (also spelled: Maulvi, Moulvi and Mawlvi Persian: مولوی) is an honorific Islamic religious title often, but not exclusively, given to Sunni Muslim religious scholars or Ulema preceding their names, similar to the titles Maulana, Mullah or Shaykh. Mawlawi generally means any religious cleric or teacher. Usually, a Maulvi would have completed some studies in a madrassa (Islamic school) or Darul Uloom (Islamic seminary). In some cultures, the title "Mawlawi" indicates a more basic level of learning than other religious titles; "Maulana" or "Shaykh" often suggesting a more highly-qualified level of Islamic scholarship than "Mawlawi". It is commonly used throughout the Persian-influenced Muslim world, including Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia and South Asia (where it is pronounced as Maulvi), South East Asia and East Africa. The word Mawlawi/Maulvi is a Persian word, which itself is derived from the Arabic word "Mawla", which means "master" or "lord".

Turkish Mawlawi fraternity of Sufis (Muslim mystics) founded in Konya (Qonya), Anatolia, by the Persian Sufi poet Jalal ad-Din ar-Rumi (d. 1273), whose popular title mawlana (Arabic: “our master”) gave the order its name. The order, propagated throughout Anatolia, controlled Konya and environs by the 15th century and in the 17th century appeared in Istanbul. ^[1]

In Bangladesh, in the government Aliyah madrassa system, Maulvi is also associated with formal degrees for those who have passed the course of Maulvi (basic), Maulvi Alim (intermediate) or Maulvi Fazil (advanced).

Examples of people who have used the title include Maulvi Balkhi, the famous Persian poet and Moulvi Ibrahim, the father of the President of Bangladesh, Iajuddin Ahmed, and Maulvi Mohammad Yunus Khalis, an influential political figure in Afghanistan.