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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Muḥammad Mazhar was born into the [[Siddiqi family of Nanauta]] in 1821.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;nur&quot;&amp;gt;{{Citation |last1=Kāndhlawi |first1=Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid |title=Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi |page=3}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;shahid&quot;&amp;gt;{{Citation |author1=Muḥammad Shāhid Sahāranpuri |editor1-last=Deobandi |editor1-first=Nawaz |editor1-link=Nawaz Deobandi |title=Sawaneh Ulama-e-Deoband|volume = 1 |page=495}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His father Lutf Ali was a cousin brother of [[Mamluk Ali Nanautawi]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |author1=Nur al-Hasan Sherkoti |editor1-last=Deobandi |editor1-first=Nawaz |editor1-link=Nawaz Deobandi |title=Sawaneh Ulama-e-Deoband|volume = 2 |pages=90–214 |edition=January 2000 |language=ur}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Mazhar memorized the &#039;&#039;[[Quran]]&#039;&#039; and received his primary education from his father.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;shahid&quot;/&amp;gt;He studied with Mamluk Ali Nanautawi at the [[Zakir Husain Delhi College|Delhi College]].&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;nur&quot;/&amp;gt; He studied &#039;&#039;[[Muwatta Imam Malik]]&#039;&#039; and few other [[hadith]] books with Shah Abd al-Ghani Dehlawi and &#039;&#039;[[Sahih Bukhari]]&#039;&#039; with Shah Muḥammad Ishāq Dehlawi.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Citation |last1=Kāndhlawi |first1=Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid |title=Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi |page=7}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He was an authorized diciple of [[Rashid Ahmad Gangohi]] in Sufism.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;asir&quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite book|title=Tazkirah Mashāhīr-e-Hind: Karwān-e-Rafta|author=[[Asir Adrawi]]|page=243|location=[[Deoband]]|publisher= Darul Muallifeen |language=Urdu |edition = 2 April 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Muḥammad Mazhar was born into the [[Siddiqi family of Nanauta]] in 1821.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;nur&quot;&amp;gt;{{Citation |last1=Kāndhlawi |first1=Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid |title=Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi |page=3}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;shahid&quot;&amp;gt;{{Citation |author1=Muḥammad Shāhid Sahāranpuri |editor1-last=Deobandi |editor1-first=Nawaz |editor1-link=Nawaz Deobandi |title=Sawaneh Ulama-e-Deoband|volume = 1 |page=495}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His father Lutf Ali was a cousin brother of [[Mamluk Ali Nanautawi]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |author1=Nur al-Hasan Sherkoti |editor1-last=Deobandi |editor1-first=Nawaz |editor1-link=Nawaz Deobandi |title=Sawaneh Ulama-e-Deoband|volume = 2 |pages=90–214 |edition=January 2000 |language=ur}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Mazhar memorized the &#039;&#039;[[Quran]]&#039;&#039; and received his primary education from his father.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;shahid&quot;/&amp;gt; He studied with Mamluk Ali Nanautawi at the [[Zakir Husain Delhi College|Delhi College]].&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;nur&quot;/&amp;gt; He studied &#039;&#039;[[Muwatta Imam Malik]]&#039;&#039; and few other [[hadith]] books with Shah Abd al-Ghani Dehlawi and &#039;&#039;[[Sahih Bukhari]]&#039;&#039; with Shah Muḥammad Ishāq Dehlawi.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Citation |last1=Kāndhlawi |first1=Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid |title=Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi |page=7}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He was an authorized diciple of [[Rashid Ahmad Gangohi]] in Sufism.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;asir&quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite book|title=Tazkirah Mashāhīr-e-Hind: Karwān-e-Rafta|author=[[Asir Adrawi]]|page=243|location=[[Deoband]]|publisher= Darul Muallifeen |language=Urdu |edition = 2 April 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mazhar was appointed the head teacher of Arabic department of the Government College in [[Varanasi]] by [[Aloys Sprenger]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Citation |last1=Kāndhlawi |first1=Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid |title=Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi |page=10}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He later headed the Arabic department of [[Government College, Ajmer]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Citation |last1=Kāndhlawi |first1=Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid |title=Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi |page=20}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He also taught at the [[Agra College]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Citation |last1=Kāndhlawi |first1=Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid |title=Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi |page=21}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Mazhar participated in the [[Indian freedom struggle]] and fought alonsgide [[Imdadullah Muhajir Makki]] in the [[Battle of Shamli]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |author1=Najmul Hasan Thanwi |title=Maidan-e-Shamli-o-Thana Bhawan awr Sarfaroshan-e-Islam |page=16|publisher=Idara Talifat-e-Ashrafia |location=[[Thana Bhawan]] |language=ur}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His views about working in government institutes changed after 1857.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Citation |last1=Kāndhlawi |first1=Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid |title=Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi |page=26}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He joined the [[Nawal Kishore Press]] as a copy editor and worked there for more than seven years.&amp;lt;ref name= &quot;nawal&quot;&amp;gt;{{Citation |last1=Kāndhlawi |first1=Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid |title=Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi |pages=26–28}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His copyedited works include [[Al-Ghazali]]&#039;s &#039;&#039;Ihya al-Ulūm&#039;&#039; and Tāhir Patni&#039;s &#039;&#039;Majma&#039; al-Bahhār&#039;&#039;; the latter being the major academic work of that time.&amp;lt;ref name= &quot;nawal&quot;/&amp;gt; In February 1867, Mazhar joined the [[Mazahir Uloom]]; where he taught the subjects including [[tafsir]], [[hadith]], [[fiqh]], literature and history.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Citation |author1=Muḥammad Shāhid Sahāranpuri |editor1-last=Deobandi |editor1-first=Nawaz |editor1-link=Nawaz Deobandi |title=Sawaneh Ulama-e-Deoband|volume = 1 |page=498}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Citation |last1=Kāndhlawi |first1=Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid |title=Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi |page=30}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;He is credited as the founder of Mazahir Uloom for his role in its development.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;asir&quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mazhar was appointed the head teacher of Arabic department of the Government College in [[Varanasi]] by [[Aloys Sprenger]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Citation |last1=Kāndhlawi |first1=Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid |title=Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi |page=10}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He later headed the Arabic department of [[Government College, Ajmer]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Citation |last1=Kāndhlawi |first1=Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid |title=Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi |page=20}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He also taught at the [[Agra College]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Citation |last1=Kāndhlawi |first1=Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid |title=Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi |page=21}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Mazhar participated in the [[Indian freedom struggle]] and fought alonsgide [[Imdadullah Muhajir Makki]] in the [[Battle of Shamli]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |author1=Najmul Hasan Thanwi |title=Maidan-e-Shamli-o-Thana Bhawan awr Sarfaroshan-e-Islam |page=16|publisher=Idara Talifat-e-Ashrafia |location=[[Thana Bhawan]] |language=ur}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His views about working in government institutes changed after 1857.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Citation |last1=Kāndhlawi |first1=Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid |title=Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi |page=26}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He joined the [[Nawal Kishore Press]] as a copy editor and worked there for more than seven years.&amp;lt;ref name= &quot;nawal&quot;&amp;gt;{{Citation |last1=Kāndhlawi |first1=Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid |title=Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi |pages=26–28}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His copyedited works include [[Al-Ghazali]]&#039;s &#039;&#039;Ihya al-Ulūm&#039;&#039; and Tāhir Patni&#039;s &#039;&#039;Majma&#039; al-Bahhār&#039;&#039;; the latter being the major academic work of that time.&amp;lt;ref name= &quot;nawal&quot;/&amp;gt; In February 1867, Mazhar joined the [[Mazahir Uloom]]; where he taught the subjects including [[tafsir]], [[hadith]], [[fiqh]], literature and history.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Citation |author1=Muḥammad Shāhid Sahāranpuri |editor1-last=Deobandi |editor1-first=Nawaz |editor1-link=Nawaz Deobandi |title=Sawaneh Ulama-e-Deoband|volume = 1 |page=498}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Citation |last1=Kāndhlawi |first1=Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid |title=Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi |page=30}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He is credited as the founder of Mazahir Uloom for his role in its development.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;asir&quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mazhar died on 3 October 1885.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Citation |last1=Khan |first1=Syed Aḥmad |author1-link=Syed Ahmad Khan |editor1-last=Shahjahānpuri |editor1-first=Abu Salmān |editor1-link=Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri |title=Tadhkira Khānwāda-e-Waliullāhi  |page=513}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His students include [[Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi]] and [[Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Citation |last1=Khan |first1=Syed Aḥmad |author1-link=Syed Ahmad Khan |editor1-last=Shahjahānpuri |editor1-first=Abu Salmān |editor1-link=Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri |title=Tadhkira Khānwāda-e-Waliullāhi  |pages=518–519}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mazhar died on 3 October 1885.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Citation |last1=Khan |first1=Syed Aḥmad |author1-link=Syed Ahmad Khan |editor1-last=Shahjahānpuri |editor1-first=Abu Salmān |editor1-link=Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri |title=Tadhkira Khānwāda-e-Waliullāhi  |page=513}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His students include [[Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi]] and [[Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Citation |last1=Khan |first1=Syed Aḥmad |author1-link=Syed Ahmad Khan |editor1-last=Shahjahānpuri |editor1-first=Abu Salmān |editor1-link=Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri |title=Tadhkira Khānwāda-e-Waliullāhi  |pages=518–519}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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|name = Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi&lt;br /&gt;
|birth_date = {{birth year|1821}}&lt;br /&gt;
|birth_place = [[Nanauta]], [[Mughal India]]&lt;br /&gt;
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1885|10|03|1821}} &lt;br /&gt;
|image= Mazhar Nanautawi calligraphy.png&lt;br /&gt;
|caption = Calligraphic name of Mazhar Nanautawi&lt;br /&gt;
|religion = Islam&lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater = [[Zakir Husain Delhi College]]&lt;br /&gt;
|relatives = [[Siddiqi family of Nanauta]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1821 – 3 October 1885) was an Indian Muslim scholar and a [[Indian freedom struggle|freedom struggle]] activist who played a crucial role in the development [[Mazahir Uloom]]. He participated in the [[Battle of Shamli]].&lt;br /&gt;
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Muḥammad Mazhar was born into the [[Siddiqi family of Nanauta]] in 1821.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;nur&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Citation |last1=Kāndhlawi |first1=Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid |title=Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi |page=3}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;shahid&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Citation |author1=Muḥammad Shāhid Sahāranpuri |editor1-last=Deobandi |editor1-first=Nawaz |editor1-link=Nawaz Deobandi |title=Sawaneh Ulama-e-Deoband|volume = 1 |page=495}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His father Lutf Ali was a cousin brother of [[Mamluk Ali Nanautawi]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |author1=Nur al-Hasan Sherkoti |editor1-last=Deobandi |editor1-first=Nawaz |editor1-link=Nawaz Deobandi |title=Sawaneh Ulama-e-Deoband|volume = 2 |pages=90–214 |edition=January 2000 |language=ur}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Mazhar memorized the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Quran]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and received his primary education from his father.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;shahid&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;He studied with Mamluk Ali Nanautawi at the [[Zakir Husain Delhi College|Delhi College]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;nur&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; He studied &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Muwatta Imam Malik]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and few other [[hadith]] books with Shah Abd al-Ghani Dehlawi and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Sahih Bukhari]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; with Shah Muḥammad Ishāq Dehlawi.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Citation |last1=Kāndhlawi |first1=Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid |title=Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi |page=7}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He was an authorized diciple of [[Rashid Ahmad Gangohi]] in Sufism.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;asir&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite book|title=Tazkirah Mashāhīr-e-Hind: Karwān-e-Rafta|author=[[Asir Adrawi]]|page=243|location=[[Deoband]]|publisher= Darul Muallifeen |language=Urdu |edition = 2 April 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Mazhar was appointed the head teacher of Arabic department of the Government College in [[Varanasi]] by [[Aloys Sprenger]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Citation |last1=Kāndhlawi |first1=Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid |title=Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi |page=10}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He later headed the Arabic department of [[Government College, Ajmer]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Citation |last1=Kāndhlawi |first1=Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid |title=Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi |page=20}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He also taught at the [[Agra College]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Citation |last1=Kāndhlawi |first1=Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid |title=Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi |page=21}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Mazhar participated in the [[Indian freedom struggle]] and fought alonsgide [[Imdadullah Muhajir Makki]] in the [[Battle of Shamli]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |author1=Najmul Hasan Thanwi |title=Maidan-e-Shamli-o-Thana Bhawan awr Sarfaroshan-e-Islam |page=16|publisher=Idara Talifat-e-Ashrafia |location=[[Thana Bhawan]] |language=ur}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His views about working in government institutes changed after 1857.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Citation |last1=Kāndhlawi |first1=Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid |title=Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi |page=26}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He joined the [[Nawal Kishore Press]] as a copy editor and worked there for more than seven years.&amp;lt;ref name= &amp;quot;nawal&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Citation |last1=Kāndhlawi |first1=Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid |title=Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi |pages=26–28}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His copyedited works include [[Al-Ghazali]]&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ihya al-Ulūm&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and Tāhir Patni&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Majma&amp;#039; al-Bahhār&amp;#039;&amp;#039;; the latter being the major academic work of that time.&amp;lt;ref name= &amp;quot;nawal&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; In February 1867, Mazhar joined the [[Mazahir Uloom]]; where he taught the subjects including [[tafsir]], [[hadith]], [[fiqh]], literature and history.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Citation |author1=Muḥammad Shāhid Sahāranpuri |editor1-last=Deobandi |editor1-first=Nawaz |editor1-link=Nawaz Deobandi |title=Sawaneh Ulama-e-Deoband|volume = 1 |page=498}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Citation |last1=Kāndhlawi |first1=Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid |title=Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi |page=30}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;He is credited as the founder of Mazahir Uloom for his role in its development.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;asir&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Mazhar died on 3 October 1885.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Citation |last1=Khan |first1=Syed Aḥmad |author1-link=Syed Ahmad Khan |editor1-last=Shahjahānpuri |editor1-first=Abu Salmān |editor1-link=Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri |title=Tadhkira Khānwāda-e-Waliullāhi  |page=513}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His students include [[Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi]] and [[Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Citation |last1=Khan |first1=Syed Aḥmad |author1-link=Syed Ahmad Khan |editor1-last=Shahjahānpuri |editor1-first=Abu Salmān |editor1-link=Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri |title=Tadhkira Khānwāda-e-Waliullāhi  |pages=518–519}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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* {{cite book |last1=Kāndhlawi |first1=Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid |title=Tadhkirah Hadhrat Mawlāna Muḥammad Mazhar Nanautawi |publisher=Mufti Ilāhi Bakhsh Academy |location=[[Kandhla]] |edition=January 2007 |language=ur}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite book |last1=Khan |first1=Syed Aḥmad |author1-link=Syed Ahmad Khan |editor1-last=Shahjahānpuri |editor1-first=Abu Salmān |editor1-link=Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri |title=Tadhkira Khānwāda-e-Waliullāhi |publisher=[[University of Sindh]] |location=[[Jamshoro]] |pages=513–519 |language=ur |chapter=Mawlvi Muḥammad Mazhar Marhūm}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite book |author1=Muḥammad Shāhid Sahāranpuri |editor1-last=Deobandi |editor1-first=Nawaz |editor1-link=Nawaz Deobandi |title=Sawaneh Ulama-e-Deoband|volume = 1 |pages=495–504 |publisher= Nawaz Publications |location = Deoband |edition=January 2000 |language=ur}}&lt;br /&gt;
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