Shah Ismail Dehlvi

Shah Isma’il Dehlvi was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar, Naqshbandi Sufi reformer, Hanafi jurist, and Kalam theologian. He, alongside Syed Ahmad Barelvi, was a founding figure of Tariqah-i-Muhammadiyah, an Islamic reformist and jihad movement against the Sikh Empire, which later spearheaded decades-long anti-colonial uprisings across various regions of British India. He is considered as an important influence on the Ahl-i Hadith and the Deobandi movements.