Shah Muhammad Ishaq Dehlawi (4 November 1783 – 20 July 1846), was an Indian Muslim scholar with his major focus on

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Biography

Ishaq was born on 14 November 1782 in

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. He studied hadith from his grandfather

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. He taught at the Madrasah Rahimiyya. He died on 20 July 1846 in

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and was buried in

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next to

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. His students include

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References

Bibliography

* Barkātī, Maḥmūd Aḥmad. 1992. Ḥayāt-i Shāh Muḥammad Isḥāq Muḥaddis̲ Dihlavī. Dihlī: Shāh Abūlk̲h̲air Akāḍmī. * {{Authority control 1783 births 1846 deaths Indian Muslims Indian Islamic religious leaders People from Delhi Burials at Jannat al-Mu'alla