Umar bin Abdullah Bashayban was a Ba Alawi scholar born in India into the Bashayban branch of the family. Al-Mashra al-Rawi records that he memorised the Quran and studied Arabic and literary disciplines before travelling from India to Tarim to pursue further learning.
In Tarim, he studied with Abdullah bin Shaykh bin Abdullah al-Aydarus, Abd al-Rahman bin Shihab al-Din al-Saqqaf and Abu Bakr bin Abd al-Rahman bin Shihab al-Din, alongside other scholars. He then travelled to the Hijaz, performed Hajj, spent several years in the Holy Cities and studied with scholars including Umar bin Abd al-Rahim al-Basri and Ahmad bin Ibrahim Allan.
Umar later returned to Tarim, taught there for a period and then travelled back to India. At Surat he studied closely with Muhammad bin Abdullah al-Aydarus. The source records that he was received by Malik Ambar and later by Adil Shah, spent several years in Bijapur and eventually settled near Belgaum. There he taught Arabic and literary sciences, supported students and maintained a substantial library.
Al-Mashra al-Rawi presents his life in strongly devotional language and attributes spiritual blessing to his teaching and presence. Such descriptions are retained here only as part of the received traditional biography. Umar died at Belgaum in 1066 AH. Later accounts of Hadrami scholarly activity in India independently preserve the same full lineage, India birth, Tarim and Hijaz study, connections with Surat and Bijapur, settlement at Belgaum and the same death year.
Lineage and source note
Primary source: Al-Mashra al-Rawi fi Manaqib al-Sada al-Kiram Al Abi Alawi, volume 2, full mapped biography section. The source explicitly preserves Umar’s Ba Alawi Bashayban lineage and his educational and teaching journeys between India, Hadramawt and the Hijaz. Independent historical writing on Hadrami scholars in India corroborates the same identity, itinerary and death in 1066 AH.
Scholarly connections
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