Valiyankode Umer Qazi ( Arabic:عمر القاضي بلنكوتي, Malayalam: വെളിയങ്കോട്ട് ഉമര്‍ ഖാസി(റ) ) was a Muslim scholar, freedom fighter and poet. He was active in the Civil disobedience movement and refused to pay tax to the government in British India.^[2]

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Valiyankode Umer Qazi
Valiyankode Umer Qazi
Born	c. 1757 Valiyankode, Ponnani[1] Malappuram district, Kerala, India.
Died	1856
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Valiyullahi Umer Qazi, Valiyankode Umer Qazi
Known for	the Civil disobedience movement

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Khasi was born to Ali Musliyar, a decedent of Sheikh Hasan Tabee, and Amina, in the house known as "Kaziyarakath" in Hijra 1177 Rabee Awal 10.^{[citation needed]} His parents died before he was ten years old.^{[citation needed]} He obtained the basic studies from his father in his early childhood.^{[citation needed]}

When he was eleven, he was enrolled in Tanoor Darse, under the mentorship Ahmed Musliyar, a decedent of Makdoom family. He then studied with Aboobacker Hisham, also known as Aoukoya Musliyar.^{[citation needed]} He was admitted in Ponnani Darse in his 13th year and accepted the guidance of Mammikutty Kazi.^{[citation needed]} He learned Fathul Mueen and other authentic classical texts from there. After the six-year course at Ponnani, he left there after the death of his teacher Mammikutty Musliyar.^{[citation needed]}

He travelled to Mamburam Thangal with his friend Aoukoya.^{[citation needed]} It is believed he lost all of his knowledge by confusing in the authenticity of the Thangal as Sheikh Murabbe. ^[vague] He accepted Mamburam Thangal as his guide, and this meeting was recorded by Mamburam Mala.^[3]

He was installed as the supreme judge in the Muslim locality, under Valiyangode Juma Masjid.^{[citation needed]} He depended upon Thuhfa of Ibn Hajar to announce the verdicts.^{[citation needed]} He was appointed as Mudarris, the chief dean in the mosque-based college.^{[citation needed]} He was accompanied by his companion Aoukoya Musliyar, who served as his assistant and coworker. Debates occurred between them on the swalath between Tarvih namaz.^{[citation needed]}

He was an early participant in the Civil disobedience movement in Indian peninsula, refusing to pay tax ordered by Amsham Adikari, the local chieftain appointed by the British government.^{[citation needed]} Marakkar Sahib stepped in and promised to pay his tax until his death. When Marakkar Sahib died, the issue once again became problematic.^{[citation needed]}

He wrote poetry.^[4] During his stay in jail, he conveyed his thought to Mamburam via poems. He used to sandwich his letters with poems.^{[citation needed]}

He expressed his passion for the Islamic Prophet Muhammed in poems and prose.^{[citation needed]} The lines which start with عمر الفقير are carved in the threshold of Muhammad's shrine in Medina.^[5]

Realising he would soon die, he prepared his own grave and awaited death.^{[citation needed]}