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Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi, Founder of Darul Uloom Deoband

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ScholarFounder of Darul Uloom Deoband

Muhammad Qasim Nanautawiمحمد قاسم نانوتوی

Approximate dateDeoband

A scholar who co-founded the Deoband seminary after 1857 to keep Islamic learning alive.

After the crushing of the 1857 uprising, he and his colleagues opened a madrasa in Deoband in 1866, funded by public donations rather than rulers. It taught the Quran, hadith and fiqh in a structured course.

What grew out of it?

Thousands of Deobandi madrasas across South Asia, Africa and Britain grew from it.

Where do they appear in the story?

Who else is linked?

DeobandShah WaliullahSayyid Ahmad KhanEuropean colonial empires

Who lived at the same time?

Abdulmejid IBahadur Shah IIImam ShamilAbdulazizQueen VictoriaEmir Abd al-QadirMurad VMuhammad Bello

Source: history · Wikipedia

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