Who's Who in India Supplement 1 (1912)/Ghulam Salmani
Ghulam Salmani, Shams-ul-Ulama, Assistant Superintendent of Hooghly Madrassah, was born in January, 1858, and educated at Hooghly Madrassah. He traces his descent from Hazrat Abdullah-ibn-Abbas, one of the Kaliphs of Baghdad. His grandfather, Munshi Ghulam Kirmani, was a Vakil, and his grand-uncle, Moulvi Jawar Ali, was a Commissioner who received his appointment from Government in 1811. The father of Moulvi Ghulam Salmani, Moulvi Ghulam Rabhani, was a much respected Munsiff in Bengal. Moulvi Ghulam Salmani was appointed to the Hooghly Madrassah in 1878; in 1887 he became Head Moulvi at that institution; in 1895 he was transferred to the Calcutta Madrassah, but in 1910 he returned to his old Madrassah as Assistant Superintendent, which post he still occupies with great distinction. His title was conferred on the occasion of the recent Coronation Durbar in recognition of his learning and services to education. Address: Hooghly, Bengal.