User:Sobawi/sandbox

The Sheikh Ahmad Arabi Jos, Shiekh Ahmad Arabi was born in 1909 in Nafada in the present Gombe state. He pursued his elementary school in Dukku, after which he worked briefly as court scribe. Sheikh Arabi later moved to Jos. There, he continued his Arabic Education under his uncle, Alkalin Jos Mall Abubakar. He was appointed Arabic Teacher at Jos NA Elementary School. Arabi’s search for knowledge took him to the School for Arabic Studies Kano, after which he became a teacher there. He was called back by Jos Native Authority in 1950. In 1947 founded the Islamiyya School Jos. He was appointed as the Deputy Grand Khadi for the defunct Benue Plateau and North Eastern States, and Chairman of Benue Plateau State Pilgrim Welfare Board. He died in 1973 at the age of 63. He received MFR in 1968.