Zulfiqar Ali Deobandi

Zulfiqar Ali Deobandi
ذوالفقار علی دیوبندی
Born1822 (1822)
Died1904 (aged 81–82)
Deoband, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India
Resting placeQasmi Cemetery
Alma materDelhi College
OccupationsIslamic scholar, educator, writer
Known forEarly association with Darul Uloom Deoband; member of its first Shura council
Notable workTashīl 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
ChildrenMahmud Hasan Deobandi (among others)
RelativesUsmani 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.