Syed Ahmad Barelvi
Syed Ahmad Barelvi | |
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Grave of Syed Ahmad in 2014 | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 29 November 1786 |
| Died | 6 May 1831 (aged 44) |
| Main interest(s) | Islamic fundamentalism, Anti-Shi'ism, Hadith, jihad |
| Known for | Islamic revivalism |
| Other names | Shaheed-e-Balakot, Imam-ul-Mujahidin |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi Independent |
| Tariqa | Chishti Naqshbandi-Mujaddidi |
| Creed | Maturidi |
| Movement | Tariqa-i Muhammadiyyah |
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| Deobandi movement |
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Syed Ahmad Barelvi, also known as Sayyid Ahmad Shahid, (1786–1831) was an Indian Islamic revivalist, Sunni scholar, Naqshbandi Sufi murshid, and military commander from Raebareli, a part of the historical United Provinces of Agra and Oudh (now called Uttar Pradesh).
Sayyid Ahmad led the Tariqa-i Muhammadiyah movement, which waged Jihad against the Sikh Empire and spearheaded decades-long anti-colonial uprisings across various regions of British India. He is considered by many Muslims to be a "mujaddid" (renewer) of his era.
Sayyid Ahmad is also revered as a major scholarly leader by the followers of the Ahl-i Hadith and Deobandi movements. The epithet 'Barelvi' is derived from Raebareli, his place of origin. Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi wrote Seerat-i-Sayyid Ahmad Shaheed, the first historical biography of Syed Ahmad Barelvi.