Abd-al-Ghaffar Mauvi or Abdul Ghaffar Mauwi (1866–1923) was an Indian Deobandi scholar. He served as a local Islamic teacher in Mau and Ballia districts,

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. He obtained certificates, in particular, in the field of

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from the illustrious Maulana

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in 1889. His famous students, among others, were Allama

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and Maulana Habib al-Rahman al-A'zami. Maulana Abd al-Ghaffar Mauvi wrote approximately forty books including a few of them published.Mawlana Abd al-Ghaffar Iraqiretrieved 21 Feb 2024

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