Syed Mehboob Rizwi (1911–1979) was an

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Sunni Islamic scholar, author and historian, best known for ''Tarikh Darul Uloom Deoband'', his two volume Urdu work on the history of

Darul Uloom Deoband The Darul Uloom Deoband is an Islamic seminary (darul uloom) in India at which the Sunni Deobandi Islamic movement began. It is located in Deoband, a town in Saharanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The seminary was established by Muhammad Qasim ...

Biography

Syed Mehboob Rizwi was born in 1911 in a Rizwi Sayyid family in

Deoband Deoband is a town and a municipality in Saharanpur district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India, about 150 km from Delhi. Darul Uloom Deoband, an Islamic seminary and one of the largest Islamic Institution of India is located there. Etymo ...

. He studied Islamic sciences at the Madrasa Manba-ul-Ulum Gulaothi and

. Rizwi served different educational and research departments of the

from 1933 until he died. He was also office in-charge of seminary's record room. Rizwi wrote for different journals and newspapers including, Weekly ''Al-Jamiat'', Monthly ''Al-Burhan'', Monthly ''Molvi'' and Monthly ''Deen-o-Dunya'' of

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, Monthly ''Ma'arif'',

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, Monthly ''Haadi'',

, Monthly ''Shams al-Mashayikh'',

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, Monthly ''Shams-ul-Islam'',

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and Bi-monthly ''Asia'',

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. He also wrote for the ''Darul Uloom'', the monthly journal of Darul Uloom Deoband Rizwi died in 1979.

Literary works

Books include: *''Maktoobat-e-Nabvi'' *''Tarikh Darul Uloom Deoband'' (The History of Darul Uloom Deoband, translated to English by Murtaz Husain F. Quraishi). *''Aab-e-ZamZam'' *''Makateeb-e-Hijaz'' *''Tazkirah Saadat-e-Rizwiyyah'' * ''Tarikh-e-Deoband''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rizwi, Syed Mehboob 1911 births 1979 deaths Deobandis Indian Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam 20th-century Indian historians Indian historians of Islam

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