Syed Ahmad Dehlavi (died 1894) was an Indian Muslim academician and

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who served as the second principal and

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Darul Uloom Deoband Darul Uloom Deoband is an Islamic university and seminary ( darul uloom) in Deoband, Uttar Pradesh, India, at which the Sunni Deobandi Islamic movement began. Established in 1866 by Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi, Fazlur Rahman Usmani, Sayy ...

between 1884 and 1890. He specialised in

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and mathematics. His students included Abdul Hayy Hasani, Murtaza Hasan Chandpuri,

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Aziz-ul-Rahman Usmani Aziz-ul-Rahman Usmani (also written as Azizur Rahman Usmani; died 1928) was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar who served as first Head Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband. He is best known for his ''Fatawa Darul Uloom Deoband''. His brother was Shabbir Ah ...

, Muhammad Yasin Deobandi, Ubaidullah Sindhi, and

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Biography

Syed Ahmed Dehlvi belonged to a

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family in

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. His father, Maulvi Imamuddin, privately tutored Mughal princes, and his maternal uncle, Mir Syed Mehboob Ali Jafari, was a student of

Shah Abdul Aziz Dehlavi Shah Abdul Aziz Muhaddith Dehlavi (11 October 1746 – 5 June 1824) was an Indian Sunni Muslim Scholar and Sufi Saint. He is known as the Muhaddith and Mujaddid from India. He was a member of the Naqshbandi Sufi order. Their tradition inspired la ...

. Syed pledged allegiance to Qasim Nanawtawi in Sufism. In 1868 AD (1285 AH), he began his career as a teacher at

and succeeded Yaqub Nanautawi as the seminary's second principal and

(Senior Professor of Hadith) in 1886 (

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1302 AH). He resigned from the seminary in 1890 AD (1307 AH) and joined Madrasa Jahangiri in

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as a principal and rector at the invitation of Shah Jahan Begum. During his tenure as principal at Darul Uloom Deoband, thirty students completed graduation in

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, including Ghulam Rasool Hazarvi and Murtaza Hasan Chandpuri.

, Muhammad Yasin Deobandi, Ubaidullah Sindhi,

, and Abdul Hayy Hasani were also among his students in Deoband and Bhopal, respectively. He died in Bhopal in 1894 (1311 AH).

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Biography

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