Mehdiyan Explained
Mehdiyan is a historic Muslim cemetery located behind Maulana Azad Medical College in Delhi.[1] Several notable figures have been buried there, including Islamic scholar Shah Waliullah, his father Shah Abdur Rahim, Urdu poet Momin Khan Momin, and Indian freedom fighter and Islamic scholar Hifzur Rahman Seoharwi.[2] [3]
The site is also home to the Madrasah-i Rahimiyah, established by Shah Abdur Rahim. The institution blended rational sciences and traditional Islamic sciences, and drew students "from far and wide."
Notable interments
Notes and References
- Web site: Ahmad . Adil . India Heritage Masjid Mehndian . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240724162917/https://indiaheritage.in/masjid-mehndian/ . 2024-07-24 . 2024-11-25 . India Heritage . en-US.
- Book: Syed Mehboob Rizwi . Syed Mehboob Rizwi . Prof. Murtaz Husain F. Quraishi . History of The Dar al-Ulum Deoband (Volume 2) . . 109. 1981 . 9 July 2019.
- Web site: Raveen . Ifreen . 2021-07-30 . The Fall of Mehndiyan . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240614181129/https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/14/20698/The-Fall-of-Mehndiyan-- . 2024-06-14 . 2024-11-25 . www.thecitizen.in . en.
- Web site: Former Presidents of All India Majlis e Mushawarat . 2024-11-25 . All India Majlis e Mushawarat.
- Web site: Chain of Credentials of Ulama-e-Deoband . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230225090611/https://darululoom-deoband.com/en/the-chain-of-credentials-of-the-great-savants-of-darul-uloom/ . 2023-02-25 . 2024-11-25 . Darul Uloom Deoband . en-US.
- Book: Safvi, Rana . The Forgotten Cities of Delhi: Book Two in the Where Stones Speak trilogy . 2018-05-30 . Harper Collins . 978-93-5277-752-5 . en.
