| Name(s) |
SHAH WALIULLAH
DEHLAWI (Full name: Qutb-ud-Dīn Ahmad ibn Abdul
Rahīm) |
| Date of
Birth |
February 21, 1703 |
| Date of
Death |
August 20, 1762 |
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Identity |
Indian Islamic scholar, reformer
and founder of modern Islamic thought. |
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Other Events &
Developments |
- He attempted to reassess Islamic
theology in the light of modern
changes.
- He memorized the Qur'an by
seven. Soon thereafter, he mastered
Arabic and Persian letters.
- By sixteen he had
completed the standard curriculum of
Hanafi law, theology, geometry,
arithmetic and logic.
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