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]
Mullah Mahmud Deobandi | |
|---|---|
| Personal | |
| Died | 1886 |
| Resting place | Deoband |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni Islam |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Known for | being first teacher of Darul Uloom Deoband |
| Muslim leader | |
Biography edit
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 edit
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Asir Adrawi. Tazkirah Mashahir-e-Hind: Karwan-e-Rafta (in Urdu) (2 April 2016 ed.). Deoband: Darul Moallifeen. p. 229.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.