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{{Short description|British Indian Islamic scholar (d. 1894)}}
{{About|Deobandi Hadith scholar and academic|the linguist and lexicographer|Syed Ahmad Dehlvi}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|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 = {{Infobox religious biography|embed = yes|religion=Islam
|birth_date =
|birth_place =
|death_date = 1894 [[AD]] (1311 [[Hijri year|AH]])
|death_place = [[Bhopal]], Bhopal State, British India
|alma_mater =
|influences =
|denomination = [[Sunni Islam]]
|Madh'hab = [[Hanafi]]
|creed = [[Maturidi]]
|Sufi_order =
|disciple_of =
|occupation = [[Islamic scholar]], [[muhaddith]]
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}}
'''Syed Ahmad Dehlavi''' (died 1894) was an Indian Muslim academician and [[muhaddith|hadith scholar]] who served as the second principal and [[Sheikh al-Hadith]] of [[Darul Uloom Deoband]] between 1884 and 1890.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Datla |first=Kavita |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s1gEEAAAQBAJ&dq=Syed+Ahmad+Dehlavi&pg=PA188 |title=The Language of Secular Islam: Urdu Nationalism and Colonial India |date=2013-01-31 |publisher=University of Hawaii Press |isbn=978-0-8248-3791-4 |language=en}}</ref> He specialised in [[Islamic astronomy]] and mathematics. His students included [[Abdul Hayy Hasani]], [[Murtaza Hasan Chandpuri]], [[Mahmud Hasan Deobandi]], [[Aziz-ul-Rahman Usmani]], [[Usmani family of Deoband#Miyānji Shukrullah|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]].{{Sfn|Nadwi|1970|p=62}}{{Sfn|ar-Rahman|1976|p=35}}

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 State|Bhopal]] as a principal and rector at the invitation of [[Shah Jahan Begum of Bhopal|Shah Jahan Begum]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Nadwi |first=Abul Hasan Ali Hasani|url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/hayat-e-abdul-hai-abul-hasan-ali-nadvi-ebooks |title=Hayāt-e-Abdul Hai|trans-title=The life of Abdul Hai|publisher=[[Nadwatul Musannifeen]] |edition=1st|date=November 1970 |location= Delhi |pages=61–62|language=ur |author-link=Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Rizwi |first=Syed Mehboob |translator= Murtaz Hussain F Qureshi|url=https://archive.org/details/2VolumeBookOnTheHistoryOfDarAlUlumDeoband/HistoryOfTheDarulUloomDeoband-VolumeTwo1981/page/n143/mode/1up |title=History of the Dar al-Ulum Deoband |publisher=Idara-e Ihtemam, [[Darul Uloom Deoband]] |year=1981 |volume=2 |location=UP, India |pages=131–132 |language=en |oclc=20222197 |author-link=Syed Mehboob Rizwi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Qasmi |first=Muhammadullah |author-link=Muhammadullah Khalili Qasmi|url=https://archive.org/details/darul-uloom-deob-ki-jamey-wa-mukhtasar-tareekh-edition-2|title=Darul Uloom Deoband Ki Jame O Mukhtasar Tareekh |publisher=Shaikh-Ul-Hind Academy |edition=2nd|date= October 2020|location=India |pages=505–506, 748|language=ur|oclc=1345466013}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=ar-Rahman |first1=Fuyūz|title=Mashāhīr-e-Ulama-e-Deoband|url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/mashaheer-ulama-e-deoband-qari-fuyuzur-rahman-ebooks |year=1976|publisher=Azīzia Book Depot|location=Urdu Bazar, [[Lahore]] |pages=34–35 |contribution=Maulana Sharif Hasan Sahab|language=ur}}</ref><ref name="CLODUD">{{cite book |last1=Tayyib|first1=Qari Muhammad|author1-link=Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi|title=Darul Uloom Deoband Ki Sad-Sāla Zindagi|trans-title=Centenary Life of Darul Uloom Deoband|url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/darul-uloom-deoband-ki-sad-saala-zindagi-qari-muhammad-tayyab-ebooks |publisher=VC Office, Darul Uloom|location=Deoband|page=98|date=June 1965|edition=1st|language=ur}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Nehtauri |first=Azizur Rahman |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/tazkira-e-mashaikh-e-deoband-mufti-azizurrahman-ebooks |title=Tadhkira Mashāikh-e-Deoband |date=July 1967 |publisher=Madani Dar-ut-Talīf |edition=2nd |location=Bijnor |pages=177 |language=ur}}</ref>

During his tenure as principal at Darul Uloom Deoband, thirty students completed graduation in [[Dars-i Nizami|Dars-e-Nizami]], including [[Ghulam Rasool Hazarvi]] and [[Murtaza Hasan Chandpuri]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Qasmi|first1=Muhammad Tayyib |title=Darul Uloom Diary: Disciples of Imām al-Falsafa Maulana Syed Ahmad Dehlavi and Shaikhul Hind Maulana Mahmud Hasan Deobandi|publisher=Idara Paigham-e-Mahmud|location=Deoband |page=37|date=2013|language=ur}}</ref><ref name="CLODUD"></ref> [[Mahmud Hasan Deobandi]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Shahjahanpuri |first=Abu Salman |author-link=Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/maulana-mahmood-hasan-devbandi-abu-salman-shahjahanpuri-ebooks |title=Shaikhul Hind Maulana Mahmud Hasan Deobandi: Ek Siyāsi Mutāla'ah |publisher=Majlis-e-Yāgār-e-Shaikhul Islam |year=1988 |location=[[Karachi]] |pages=23 |language=ur |trans-title=Shaikh-ul-Hind Maulana Mahmud Hasan Deobandi: A Political Study}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Adrawi |first=Asir |author-link=Asir Adrawi |url= |title=Hadhrat Shaikh-ul-Hind: Hayāt Aur Kārnāme |publisher=Shaikhul Hind Academy |year=1998 |location=Deoband |pages=41 |language=ur |trans-title=Hazrat Shaikh-ul-Hind: Life and Achievements}}</ref> [[Usmani family of Deoband#Miyānji Shukrullah|Muhammad Yasin Deobandi]],{{Sfn|Deobandi|2005|p=62}} [[Ubaidullah Sindhi]],<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ansari |first=Ziyauddin |date=April–June 2002 |title=Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi by Dr. Wafa Rashidi |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/journal-khuda-bakhsh-library-patna-shumara-number-128-mohammad-ziauddin-ansari-magazines-1 |journal=Khuda Bakhsh Library Journal |location=Patna |publisher=[[Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library]] |issue=128 |pages=84 |via=[[Rekhta (website)|Rekhta]]}}</ref> [[Aziz-ul-Rahman Usmani]],{{Sfn|Rizwi|1981|p=184}} [[Ashraf Ali Thanwi]],<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Ghouri |first1=Aziz al-Hasan |author-link1=Aziz al-Hasan Ghouri |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/ashraf-us-sawaneh-part-001-khwaja-aziz-ul-hasan-majzuub-ebooks |title=Ashraf-us-Sawānih |last2=al-Haque |first2=Abd |publisher=Kutub Khana Ashrafiya |year=1935 |edition=1st |volume=1 |location=[[Jama Masjid, Delhi]] |pages=33 |language=ur |chapter=Asātidha-e-Kirām}}</ref> and [[Abdul Hayy Hasani]] were also among his students in Deoband and Bhopal, respectively.{{Sfn|ar-Rahman|1976|p=24}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Deobandi|first=Muhammad Shafi|author-link=Muhammad Shafi Deobandi|title= Mere Walid-e-Mājid Aur Unke Mujarrab Amaliyyāt|url=https://archive.org/details/mere-walid-e-majid-aur-unke-mujarrab-amaliyyat|publisher=Idārat-ul-Ma'ārif|location= [[Karachi]]|edition=|date=December 2005|page=62|language=ur}}</ref>{{Sfn|Nadwi|1970|p=61}}

He died in Bhopal in 1894 (1311 AH).{{Sfn|Nadwi|1970|p=62}}{{Sfn|ar-Rahman|1976|p=35}}

== See also ==
* [[List of Deobandis]]

== References ==
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{{Hanafi scholars}}
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