Zulfiqar Ali Deobandi
Zulfiqar Ali Deobandi | |
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ذوالفقار علی دیوبندی | |
| Born | 1822 |
| Died | 1904 (aged 81–82) Deoband, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India |
| Resting place | Qasmi Cemetery |
| Alma mater | Delhi College |
| Occupations | Islamic scholar, educator, writer |
| Known for | Early association with Darul Uloom Deoband; member of its first Shura council |
| Notable work | Tashīl al-Dirāsah, Tashīl al-Bayān, al-Taʿlīqāt ʿalā al-Sabʿ al-Muʿallaqāt, al-Irshād, ʿIṭr al-Wardah, Miʿyār al-Balāghah/Tadhkirat al-Balāghah, Tashīl al-Ḥisāb |
| Children | Mahmud Hasan Deobandi (among others) |
| Relatives | Usmani family of Deoband |
Zulfiqar Ali Deobandi (1822–1904) was an Indian Islamic scholar, educator and writer. He was among the early founders of Darul Uloom Deoband and served for decades as a member of its first consultative council (shūra). He taught at Bareilly College, worked as an inspector in the colonial education department, and later served as an honorary magistrate in Deoband. He authored Urdu commentaries on several Arabic literary classics, as well as works on rhetoric and mathematics. He was the father of Mahmud Hasan Deobandi.