Syed Ahmad Dehlavi (academic) explained

Office1:	2nd Principal and Sheikh al-Hadith of Darul Uloom Deoband
Term Start1:	1884
Term End1:	1890
Predecessor1:	Yaqub Nanautawi
Successor1:	Mahmud Hasan Deobandi
Module:	Embed: yes Religion: Islam Death Date: 1894 AD (1311 AH) Death Place: Bhopal, Bhopal State, British India Denomination: Sunni Islam Madh'hab: Hanafi Creed: Maturidi Occupation: Islamic scholar, muhaddith

Syed Ahmad Dehlavi (died 1894) was an Indian Muslim academician and hadith scholar who served as the second principal and Sheikh al-Hadith of Darul Uloom Deoband between 1884 and 1890. He specialised in Islamic astronomy and mathematics. His students included Abdul Hayy Hasani, Murtaza Hasan Chandpuri, Mahmud Hasan Deobandi, Aziz-ul-Rahman Usmani, Muhammad Yasin Deobandi, Ubaidullah Sindhi, and Ashraf Ali Thanwi.

Biography

Syed Ahmed Dehlvi belonged to a Sayyid family in Delhi. 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.

Syed pledged allegiance to Qasim Nanawtawi in Sufism. In 1868 AD (1285 AH), he began his career as a teacher at Darul Uloom Deoband and succeeded Yaqub Nanautawi as the seminary's second principal and Sheikh al-Hadith (Senior Professor of Hadith) in 1886 (Rabi' al-Thani 1302 AH). He resigned from the seminary in 1890 AD (1307 AH) and joined Madrasa Jahangiri in Bhopal as a principal and rector at the invitation of Shah Jahan Begum.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

During his tenure as principal at Darul Uloom Deoband, thirty students completed graduation in Dars-e-Nizami, including Ghulam Rasool Hazarvi and Murtaza Hasan Chandpuri.^[7] Mahmud Hasan Deobandi,^{[8] [9]} Muhammad Yasin Deobandi, Ubaidullah Sindhi,^[10] Aziz-ul-Rahman Usmani, Ashraf Ali Thanwi,^[11] and Abdul Hayy Hasani were also among his students in Deoband and Bhopal, respectively.^[12]

He died in Bhopal in 1894 (1311 AH).

Notes and References

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2. Book: Rizwi, Syed Mehboob . Murtaz Hussain F Qureshi. History of the Dar al-Ulum Deoband . . 1981 . 2 . UP, India . 131–132 . en . 20222197 . Syed Mehboob Rizwi.
3. Book: Qasmi, Muhammadullah . Muhammadullah Khalili Qasmi. Darul Uloom Deoband Ki Jame O Mukhtasar Tareekh . Shaikh-Ul-Hind Academy . 2nd. October 2020. India . 505–506, 748. ur. 1345466013.
4. Book: ar-Rahman . Fuyūz. Mashāhīr-e-Ulama-e-Deoband. 1976. Azīzia Book Depot. . 34–35 . Maulana Sharif Hasan Sahab. ur.
5. Book: Tayyib. Qari Muhammad. Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi. Darul Uloom Deoband Ki Sad-Sāla Zindagi. Centenary Life of Darul Uloom Deoband. VC Office, Darul Uloom. Deoband. 98. June 1965. 1st. ur.
6. Book: Nehtauri, Azizur Rahman . Tadhkira Mashāikh-e-Deoband . July 1967 . Madani Dar-ut-Talīf . 2nd . Bijnor . 177 . ur.
7. Book: Qasmi. Muhammad Tayyib . Darul Uloom Diary: Disciples of Imām al-Falsafa Maulana Syed Ahmad Dehlavi and Shaikhul Hind Maulana Mahmud Hasan Deobandi. Idara Paigham-e-Mahmud. Deoband . 37. 2013. ur.
8. Book: Shahjahanpuri, Abu Salman . Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri . Shaikhul Hind Maulana Mahmud Hasan Deobandi: Ek Siyāsi Mutāla'ah . Majlis-e-Yāgār-e-Shaikhul Islam . 1988 . . 23 . ur . Shaikh-ul-Hind Maulana Mahmud Hasan Deobandi: A Political Study.
9. Book: Adrawi, Asir . Asir Adrawi . Shaikhul Hind Academy . 1998 . Deoband . 41 . ur . Hazrat Shaikh-ul-Hind: Life and Achievements.
10. Ansari . Ziyauddin . April–June 2002 . Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi by Dr. Wafa Rashidi . Khuda Bakhsh Library Journal . Patna . . 128 . 84 . Rekhta.
11. Book: Ghouri, Aziz al-Hasan Ghouri . Aziz al-Hasan Ghouri . Ashraf-us-Sawānih . al-Haque . Abd . Kutub Khana Ashrafiya . 1935 . 1st . 1 . . 33 . ur . Asātidha-e-Kirām.
12. Book: Deobandi, Muhammad Shafi. Muhammad Shafi Deobandi. Mere Walid-e-Mājid Aur Unke Mujarrab Amaliyyāt. Idārat-ul-Ma'ārif. Karachi. December 2005. 62. ur.