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Kauravi dialect Kauravi ( hi, कौरवी, ur, ), also known as Khaṛībolī is a set of Western Hindi varieties of Shauraseni Prakrit mainly spoken in Northwestern Uttar Pradesh. Standard Hindi and Urdu are based on Khariboli, specifically on its ...

, also known as Dehlavi, spoken around Delhi and the basis of Hindostani language

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Dehlavi is a toponymic surname (

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) for people from

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...

(formerly Dehli). Notable people with the surname include: *

'Abd al-Haqq al-Dehlawi Abd al-Haqq al-Dehlawi ( fa, شیخ عبدالحق محدث دهلوی) was an Islamic scholar. Biography He was born in 1551 (958 AH) in Delhi, hence the suffix ''Dehlavi'' to his name. In 1587 (996 AH), he made the pilgrimage to Mecca, whe ...

(1551–1642), Indian Islamic scholar from Delhi, author of ''Ma'arij-ul-Nabuwwah'' * Abdul Rehman Jilani Dehlvi (1615–1677), Indian Sufi saint of the Qadri tariqa *

Ahmad Saeed Dehlavi Ahmad Saeed Dehlavi (also known as Sahbān al-Hind; 1888 – 4 December 1959) was an Indian Muslim scholar and Indian freedom struggle, freedom struggle activist who served as the first general secretary and the fifth president of Jamiat Ulama-e- ...

(1888–1959), Indian Muslim scholar, writer and freedom fighter *

Ali Muhammad Khan Dehlavi Sir Ali Muhammad Khan Dehlavi was an Indian politician, educationist, Muslim reformist and a leader in the Pakistan Movement and a Muslim reformist. Early life Dehlavi was born in 1876, to Khan Bahadur Khan. Dehlavi himself had six sons and one ...

(1876–), Indian politician, educationist, Muslim reformer * Amir Khosrow Dehlavi or

Amir Khusrau Abu'l Hasan Yamīn ud-Dīn Khusrau (1253–1325 AD), better known as Amīr Khusrau was an Indo-Persian culture, Indo-Persian Sufi singer, musician, poet and scholar who lived under the Delhi Sultanate. He is an iconic figure in the cultural his ...

(1253–1325), noted Indian Sufi saint and poet * Bedil Dehlavi or

Abdul-Qādir Bedil Mawlānā Abul-Ma'ānī Mīrzā Abdul-Qādir Bēdil ( fa, مولانا ابوالمعانی میرزا عبدالقادر بیدل, or Bīdel, ), also known as Bedil Dehlavī (; 1642–1720), was an Indian Sufi, and considered one of the gre ...

(1642–1720), Indian poet in Persian * Bekhud Dehlvi (1863–1955), Indian Urdu poet and writer of ghazals *

Daagh Dehlvi Nawab Mirza Khan Daagh Dehlvi ( ur, , 25 May 1831 – 17 March 1905) was a poet known for his Urdu '' ghazals''. He belonged to the old Delhi school of Urdu poetry.

(1831–1905), 19th-century Indian Urdu poet *

Faaiz Dehlvi Nawab Sadruddin Mohammad Khan Bahadur Faaiz (1609-1738), also known by his pen name Faaiz Dehlvi (Urdu; فائز دہلوی )., was an Urdu and Persian Poet. He is also regarded as the promoter of Indian culture and Traditions, along with being ...

(1609-1738), Indian noble and poet in Urdu and Persian *

Ghulam Ali Dehlavi Shah Abdullah alias Shah Ghulam Ali Dehlavi (1743–1824, Urdu:) was a Sufi Shaykh in Delhi during the early 19th century. He was a master of the Naqshbandi tradition and in other Sufi orders such as Chishti. Biography He was born in 1156 AH ...

(1743–1824), 19th-century Indian Sufi leader *

Gulzar Dehlvi Anand Mohan Zutshi Gulzar Dehlavi (Urdu: ; hi, आनंद मोहन जुत्शी गुलजार देहलवी) (7 July 1926 – 12 June 2020) was an Indian Urdu poet, scholar, and journalist. Born in old Delhi's Gali Kashme ...

(1926–2020), Indian Urdu poet *

Hafizur Rahman Wasif Dehlavi Hafizur Rahman Wasif Dehlavi (10 February 1910 – 13 March 1987) was an Indian Muslim scholar, jurist, literary critic, and a poet of the Urdu language, who served as the rector of Madrasa Aminia from 1955 to 1979. He participated in the Indian ...

(1910–1987), Indian Muslim scholar, jurist and writer, and former rector of

Madrasa Aminia Madrasa Aminia Islamia Arabia (best known as Madrasa Aminia) is an Islamic seminary in Delhi. History Amin al-Din Dehlawi, an Islamic scholar who was a student of Mahmud Hasan Deobandi, developed an idea of establishing a madrasa in Delhi. He ...

Hossein Dehlavi Hossein Dehlavi ( fa, حسین دهلوی) (September 30, 1927 – October 15, 2019) was an Iranian peoples, Iranian composer. Biography Hossein Dehlavi was born in 1927 in Tehran, Iran and started music with his father Moezeddin Emami who was ...

(1927–2019), Iranian composer, ancestors settled in Delhi during Mughal-era *

Houman Dehlavi Houman Dehlavi ( fa, هومن دهلوی, born 1971) is an Iranian musician and composer. Biography Houman Dehlavi was born in 1971 in Tehran. He learned to play the santur from his mother, Susan Aslani when he was a child. At the age of ten, ...

(born 1971), Iranian musician *

Jamil Dehlavi Jamil Dehlavi ( ur, جمیل دہلوی) (born 1944) is a London-based independent film director and producer of Pakistani- French origin. Since he became a filmmaker in the 1970s, his work has been widely screened internationally, notable films ...

(born 1944), British-Pakistani filmmaker, brother of Saidulla Khan Dehlavi *

Khalish Dehlavi Khalish Dehlavi, who was born Kanwar Krishan Singh Bhayana, is a successful engineer and well-known Urdu poet of India. ''The Hindu'' highlighted the fact that, unusually, he has excelled in two very different fields: "Khalish is also a civil eng ...

(born 1935), Indian Urdu poet *

Kifayatullah Dehlawi Kifayatullah Dehlawi (also known as Mufti Kifayatullah; c. 1875c. 31 December 1952), was an Indian Islamic scholar and a Hanafi jurist, who served as the first president of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind, and the second rector of the Madrasa Aminia. H ...

(1875–1952), Islamic scholar and Grand Mufti of India * Maulana Abdu Salam Niazi Dehlvi (–1966), Indian perfumer and Sufi scholar *

Mir Hasan Mir Hasan ( fa, ميرحسن, also Romanized as Mīr Ḩasan) is a village in Jalalvand Rural District, Firuzabad District, Kermanshah County, Kermanshah Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also c ...

Dehlavi (1736–1786), 18th-century Indian Urdu poet *

Mirza Muhammad Kamil Dehlavi ''Hakim Mirza'' Muhammad Kamil ''Dehlavi'' (d. 1809/10), also known as Shahid Rabay (The Fourth Martyr) was an Indian Shia author and a practitioner of Unani medicine in Delhi. Nuzhat-e-Isna Ashariya He authored ''Nuzhat-e-Isna Ashariya'' , a ...

(–1819/20), Indian Shiite author * Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehlavi or

Madhubala Madhubala (born Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehlavi; 14 February 1933 – 23 February 1969) was an Indian actress and producer who worked in Hindi-language films. She ranked as one of the highest-paid entertainers in India in the post-independence era, ...

(1933–1969), noted Indian film actress *

Nasiruddin Chiragh Dehlavi Nasiruddin Mahmud Chirag-Dehlavi (Urdu نصیرالدین چراغ دہلوی ) (–1337) was a 14th-century mystic-poet and a Sufi saint of the Chishti Order. He was a disciple of Sufi saint Nizamuddin Auliya,Nazir Ahmad Dehlvi Maulvi Nazir Ahmad Dehlvi, also known as Deputy Nazir Ahmad, was an Urdu novel writer, social and religious reformer, and orator. Even if today’s he’s best known for his novels, he wrote over 30 books on subjects such as law, logic, ethics ...

(1836–1912), Indian educationist, reformer and Urdu writer, best known for the social novel ''Mirat-ul-Uroos'' *

Sadia Dehlvi Sadia Dehlvi (1957 – 5 August 2020) was a Delhi-based activist, writer and a columnist with the daily newspaper, the ''Hindustan Times'', and frequently published in '' Frontline'' and Urdu, Hindi and English newspapers and magazines. She w ...

(1957–2020), Indian writer and columnist from Delhi *

Sadruddin Khan Azurda Dehlawi Sadruddin Khan Azurda Dehlawi (1804 -1868) was an Islamic scholar, leader of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and poet during British era. He was Grand Mufti Delhi and worked for the rebellion against British government. Career Dehlawi received educat ...

(1804–1868), Grand Mufti of Delhi, leader of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 *

Saidulla Khan Dehlavi Saidulla Khan Dehlavi was a Pakistani career diplomat. Career He was a senior member of the Pakistan Foreign Service when he retired in 2001 as Ambassador to the European Union. He served as Pakistan's Ambassador to France and as Permanent D ...

(1941–2014), Pakistani diplomat, brother of Jamil Dehlavi *

Shah Abdul Aziz Dehlavi Shah Abdul Aziz Muhaddith Dehlavi (11 October 1746 – 5 June 1824; ) was Muhaddith (scholar of Hadith) and Mujadid Sufi and reformer from India. He was of the Naqshbandi Sufism, Sufi order which emerged from a tradition of violent backlash again ...

(1746–1824), Indian Islamic scholar, reformer and Naqshbandi Sufi, son of Shah Waliullah Dehlawi *

Shah Abdur Rahim Shah Abdur Rahim ( fa, ; 1644-1719) was an Islamic scholar and a writer who assisted in the compilation of Fatawa-e-Alamgiri, the voluminous code of Islamic law. He was the father of the Muslim philosopher Shah Waliullah Dehlawi. He became a dis ...

Dehlavi (1644-1719), Islamic scholar and a writer, compiler of ''Fatawa-e-Alamgiri'', father of Shah Waliullah Dehlawi *

Shah Ismail Dehlvi Shah Ismail Dehlvi (26 April, 1779 – 6 May, 1831) was an Indian Islamic scholar and Salafi-oriented Sufi reformer. He was an active member in the jihad proclaimed by Sayyid Ahmad of Raebareilly with the support of Pashtun tribes against ...

(1779–1831), Indian Islamic scholar and Sufi *

Shah Muhammad Ishaq Shah Muhammad Ishaq Dehlawi (4 November 1783 – 20 July 1846), was an Indian Muslim scholar with his major focus on hadith studies. Biography Ishaq was born on 14 November 1782 in Delhi. He studied hadith from his grandfather Shah Abdul Aziz. ...

Dehlawi (1783–1846), Indian Muslim scholar of hadith studies *

Shah Waliullah Dehlawi Quṭb-ud-Dīn Aḥmad Walīullāh Ibn ʿAbd-ur-Raḥīm Ibn Wajīh-ud-Dīn Ibn Muʿaẓẓam Ibn Manṣūr Al-ʿUmarī Ad-Dehlawī ( ar, ‎; 1703–1762), commonly known as Shāh Walīullāh Dehlawī (also Shah Wali Allah), was an Islamic ...

(1703–1762), Indian Islamic reformer, father of Shah Abdul Aziz Dehlavi *

Shahid Ahmad Dehlvi Shahid Ahmad Dehlvi (Urdu: ‎; Shāhid Aḥmad Dihlavī; 22 May 1906 – 27 May 1967) was a Pakistani author, editor and translator. He was conferred with the Pride of Performance award for his literary services by the Government of Pak ...

(1906–1967), Pakistani author and translator, grandson of Nazir Ahmad Dehlvi * Soz Dehlvi (1720–1799), Indian Urdu poet in the court of Oudh * Syed Ahmad Dehlvi (1846–1918), Indian Muslim scholar, educationist and linguist, editor of the Urdu dictionary ''Farhang e Asifiya'' *

Syed Nazeer Husain Syed Nazeer Husain Dehlawi (1805 – 13 October 1902) was a scholar of the reformist ''Ahl-i Hadith'' movement. Earning the appellation ''shaykh al-kull'' (teacher of all, or the shaykh of all knowledge) for his authority among early Ahl-i Hadith ...

Dehlavi (1805–1902), Indian Muslim scholar of the reformist Ahl-i Hadith movement *

Syed Muhammad Dehlavi Ayatollah Allama Syed Muhammad Dehlavi was a first Official Supreme Leader of Shiites of Pakistan & Shia scholar, who was elected as the first president of Shiite Demands Committee later called Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Fiqh-e-Jafaria (later called Tehrik-e- ...

, Pakistani Shiite scholar *

Tabish Dehlvi Syed Masood-ul-Hasan Tabish Dehlvi, TI, ( ur, ) (born November 9, 1913 - September 23, 2004) was an Urdu poet. Biography Born on November 9, 1911 in Delhi as Syed Masood-ul-Hasan Tabish Dehlvi to Munshi Zakaullah and a mother "who had memoris ...

(1913–2004), Pakistani writer *

Zakaullah Dehlvi Maulvi Mohammad Zakaullah or Munshi Zakaullah (20 April 1832–7 November 1910) was a British Indian Urdu writer and translator. He wrote ''Tarikh-e-Hindustan'', a fourteen-volume compilation of Indian history in Urdu. Early life and education ...

(1832–1910), Indian scholar and historian, writer of the Urdu chronicle ''Tarikh-e-Hindustan''

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