Syed Ahmad Dehlavi
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| 2nd Principal and Sheikh al-Hadith of Darul Uloom Deoband | |
| In office 1884–1890 | |
| Preceded by | Yaqub Nanautawi |
| Succeeded by | Mahmud Hasan Deobandi |
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| Died | 1894 AD (1311 AH)
Bhopal, Bhopal State, British India
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| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni Islam |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Creed | Maturidi |
| Occupation | Islamic scholar, muhaddith |
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Syed Ahmad Dehlavi (d. 1894) was an Indian Muslim academician and hadith scholar who served as the second principal and Sheikh al-HadithofDarul Uloom Deoband between 1884 and 1890. He specialised in Islamic astronomy and mathematics. His students included Abdul Hayy Hasani and Murtaza Hasan Chandpuri.
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.[1][2]
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.[3][4][5][6][7]
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.[8][7] Muhammad Yasin Deobandi and Abdul Hayy Hasani were also among his students in Deoband and Bhopal, respectively.[9][10][11]
He died in Bhopal in 1894 (1311 AH).[1][2]
