Mahmud Deobandi

Mahmud Deobandi (also known as Mulla Mahmud) (died 1886) was a Muslim scholar who became the first teacher at Darul Uloom Deoband.[1] His most notable student is Mahmud Hasan Deobandi.[2]

Not to be confused with Mahmud Hasan Deobandi.

Mullah
Mahmud Deobandi
Personal
Died1886
Deoband
Resting placeDeoband
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni Islam
JurisprudenceHanafi
Known forbeing first teacher of Darul Uloom Deoband
Muslim leader
Students

Biography

Mahmud was a fellow of Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi, the founder of Darul Uloom Deoband. He studied ahadith with Shah Abdul Ghani.[3] In 1866, when Darul Uloom Deoband was established, he was appointed as a teacher.[4] He taught in Darul Uloom Deoband for twenty years until he died in 1886.[5] He is buried in Deoband.[3]

His students include Mahmud Hasan Deobandi, Ashraf Ali Thanwi[6][5] and Azizur Rahman Usmani.[7]

References
  1. David Emmanuel Singh, The Independent Madrasas of India: Dar al-'Ulum, Deoband and Nadvat al-'Ulama, Lucknow (PDF), Oxford Centre for Mission Studies, archived from the original (PDF) on 24 November 2020, retrieved 1 August 2020
  2. Metcalf, Barbara (1978). "The Madrasa at Deoband: A Model for Religious Education in Modern India". Modern Asian Studies. 12 (1): 111–134. doi:10.1017/S0026749X00008179. JSTOR 311825. S2CID 145793477.
  3. Asir Adrawi. Tazkirah Mashahir-e-Hind: Karwan-e-Rafta (in Urdu) (2 April 2016 ed.). Deoband: Darul Moallifeen. p. 229.
  4. Rizwi, Syed Mehboob. Tarikh Darul Uloom Deoband [History of the Dar al-Ulum Deoband]. Vol. 1. Translated by Murtaz Husain F Quraishi (1980 ed.). Deoband: Darul Uloom Deoband. p. 118.
  5. Asir Adrawi. Hazrat Shaykhul Hind: Hayat awr Karname [Shaykhul Hind: Life and Works] (in Urdu) (April 2012 ed.). Darul Uloom Deoband: Shaykhul Hind Academy. p. 39.
  6. Parwez, Shahid (1999). "Mahmud Hasan (18S1-1920)". The Deoband movement till 1920 the ideological and institutional dimensions (PhD). Department of History, Aligarh Muslim University. p. 111. hdl:10603/52429. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  7. Ashiq Ilahi Bulandshahri. "The Great Scholar, Mulla Mahmud Deobandi". al-ʿAnāqīd al-Ghāliyah min al-Asānīd al-ʿĀliyah (in Arabic). Karachi: Maktaba Shaykh. p. 41.
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