Mahmud Deobandi (also known as Mulla Mahmud) (died 1886) was a Muslim scholar who became the first teacher at
Darul Uloom Deoband.[1] His most notable student is
Mahmud Hasan Deobandi.[2]
Biography
Mahmud was a fellow of
Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi, the founder of
Darul Uloom Deoband. He studied
ahadith with Shah Abdul Ghani.[3] In 1866, when Darul Uloom Deoband was established, he was appointed as a teacher.[4] He taught in Darul Uloom Deoband for twenty years until he died in 1886.[5] He is buried in
Deoband.[3]
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abAsir Adrawi. Hazrat Shaykhul Hind: Hayat awr Karname [Shaykhul Hind: Life and Works] (in Urdu) (April 2012 ed.).
Darul Uloom Deoband: Shaykhul Hind Academy. p. 39.
^Ashiq Ilahi Bulandshahri. "The Great Scholar, Mulla Mahmud Deobandi". al-ʿAnāqīd al-Ghāliyah min al-Asānīd al-ʿĀliyah (in Arabic). Karachi: Maktaba Shaykh. p. 41.