Sadwaqas Ghylmani

Sadwaqas (Saken, Sadvakas) Ghylmani (Gilmanov, Gelmanov) (Kazakh: Сәдуақас Ғылмани, Säduaqas Ğylmani; 1890 – April 24, 1972) was a long-serving qadi of Kazakhstan (Kazakh SSR),^[1][2] imam-khatib and member of the Muslim Council for Central Asia and Kazakhstan.^[3]

Sadwaqas Ghylmani
Qadi of Qadiyat of Kazakh SSR
In office 1952–1972
Personal life
Born	1890 Maltabar, Akmolinsk Oblast, Russian Empire
Died	24 April 1972(1972-04-24) (aged 81–82) Almaty, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Resting place	Kensai Cemetery
Main interest(s)	Islamic theology, poetry
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Hanafi

Early life

Sadwaqas Ghylmani was born in 1890 in Maltabar village (aul) (Akmolinsk Oblast of Russian Empire) in Bashkir-origin family. His grandfather Salmen Muhamediyarovich Gazin (1856–1939) and great-grandfather Muhamediyar Mukhtarovich Gazin (1807–1870) were mullahs.

Career

From 1929 to 1946 he was persecuted by Soviet authorities. In 1946 he became a mullah (imam) in a mosque in Akmolinsk (modern Astana, capital of Kazakhstan). In 1952, qadi (Kazakh: қазы) of Kazakhstani Qadiyat (Kazakh: Қазият) Abd al-Ghaffar Shamsutdinov appointed him as his successor. Sadwaqas Ghylmani held this position until his death on April 24, 1972. He is buried at the Kensai cemetery in Almaty.