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{{Infobox religious biography<br />
|name = Mamluk Ali Nanautawi<br />
|citizenship = [[Mughal India]]<br />
|birth_date = 1789<br />
|birth_place = [[Nanauta]], [[Mughal Empire]]<br />
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1851|10|07|1789}} <br />
|image = Grave of Mamluk Ali Nanautawi.jpg<br />
|caption = Gravestone of Nanautawi<br />
|resting_place = [[Mehdiyan]], Delhi, India<br />
| religion = [[Islam]]<br />
| denomination = [[Sunni Islam]]<br />
| Maddhab = [[Hanafi]]<br />
| school_tradition = [[Maturidi]]<br />
|children = [[Muhammad Yaqub Nanautawi]] (son)<br />
|relatives = [[Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri]] (grandson)<br />
|students = [[Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi]], [[Syed Ahmad Khan]], [[Nazir Ahmad Dehlvi]], [[Muhammad Yaqub Nanautawi]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Mamluk Ali Nanautawi''' (also written as '''Mamluk al-Ali Nanautawi''') (1789 – 7 October 1851) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] Sunni Muslim scholar who served as the head teacher of Arabic language at the [[Zakir Husain Delhi College]]. His notable students include [[Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi]], [[Rashid Ahmad Gangohi]] and [[Muhammad Yaqub Nanautawi]].<br />
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==Birth and education==<br />
Mamluk Ali Nanautawi was born in 1789 into the [[Siddiqi family of Nanauta|Siddiqi family]] of [[Nanauta]].{{Sfn|KZN|2020|p=35}}{{Sfn|Kāndhlawi|2000|p=125}} Not much has been found on the primary education of Nanautawi. However it is said that he may have completed his primary education from the elders of his family. Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid Kāndhlawi assumes that Nanautawi's studies might have taken place under the supervision of Nanautawi students{{efn|Nanautavi students here refers to the students of Mufti Ilāhi Bakhsh who hailed from Nanuata, namely Abdur Rahmān and Abdur Raheem.}} of Mufti Ilāhi Bakhsh namely Abdur Rahmān and Abdur Raheem.{{Sfn|Kāndhlawi|2000|p=125}} He completed his middle studies under Mufti Ilāhi Bakhsh Kāndhlawi and Muhammad Qalandar Jalālābadi. He is reported to have studied one discourse with [[Shah Abdul Aziz]]. There is another narration stating that he studied from Abdullah Khan Alvi. He completed his higher studies under Rasheed-ud-Dīn Khan.{{Sfn|Kāndhlawi|2000|p=127}}<br />
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==Career==<br />
After completing his studies, Mamluk Ali started teaching in Delhi.{{Sfn|KZN|2020|p=37}} In June 1825, he was appointed as a lecturer of Arabic in [[Zakir Husain Delhi College]] and was promoted to the post of head teacher on 8 November 1841.{{Sfn|Kāndhlawi|2000|pp=136–137}} He continued as the head teacher of this college throughout his life. Besides teaching the books on rational sciences, Arabic language, and [[fiqh]], he also taught the books of ''[[Sihah Sittah]]''.{{Sfn|KZN|2020|p=37}} <br />
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According to [[Asir Adrawi]], Nanautawi spent his entire career teaching in Delhi. The known scholars of that era are reported to have studied alongside him.{{Sfn|Adrawi|2016|p=246}}<br />
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==Students==<br />
His notable students include:{{Sfn|Khan|pp=455-456}}{{Sfn|Rizwi|1980|pp=73–75}}{{Sfn|Kāndhlawi|2000|p=149}}<br />
* [[Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi]], Founder of [[Darul Uloom Deoband]]<br />
* [[Syed Ahmad Khan]], Founder of [[Aligarh Muslim University]]. {{efn|This claim has however been rejected by Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid Kāndhlawi. He says that, "some scholars have stated that Syed Ahmad Khan also studied under Mamlūk Ali, but it is baseless and we could not trace any proof to prove it.{{Sfn|Kāndhlawi|2000|p=149}}}}<br />
* [[Rashid Ahmad Gangohi]], Hanafi jurist.<br />
* [[Muhammad Yaqub Nanautawi]], First Principal of Darul Uloom Deoband.<br />
* [[Nazir Ahmad Dehlvi]], Father of Urdu novel.<br />
* [[Muhammad Mazhar Nanautawi]]<br />
* [[Ahmad Ali Saharanpuri]], Hadīth scholar<br />
* [[Zulfiqar Ali Deobandi]] (Co-founder of Darul Uloom Deoband and father of [[Mahmud Hasan Deobandi]])<br />
* [[Fazlur Rahman Deobandi]] (Co-founder of Darul Uloom Deoband and father of [[Shabbir Ahmad Usmani]])<br />
* [[Muhammad Munir Nanautawi]] (Former [[List of Vice Chancellors of Darul Uloom Deoband|VC of Deoband]])<br />
* [[Zakaullah Dehlvi]]<br />
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==Death and legacy==<br />
Nanautawi died of jaundice on 7 October 1851 and was buried in [[Munhadiyan]], [[New Delhi]] near the graveyard of [[Shah Waliullah Dehlawi]].{{Sfn|Kāndhlawi|2000|p=150}}{{Sfn|KZN|2020|p=40}} His son Muhammad Yaqub Nanautawi served as the first Principal of [[Darul Uloom Deoband]].{{Sfn|Rizwi|1981|p=126}} Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi, the founder of Darul Uloom Deoband studied most of his books with Mamluk Ali.{{Sfn|Adrawi|2015|p=59}} [[Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri]], the author of ''Badhl al-Majhud'', an eighteen volume commentary on ''[[Sunan Abu Dawud]]'' was Nanautawi's grandson.<ref name=mashaikh>{{cite book|title=Tarikh-i Mashā'ikh-i Chisht|trans-title=The Mashāyikh of Chisht: The Spiritual Tree (Shajarah) and Life Episodes of the Noble Auliya and Mashāyikh of Chisht|author=Zakariyya Kandhlawi|translator=Majlisul Ulama of South Africa|author-link=Zakariyya Kandhlawi|chapter=Hadhrat Aqdas Mawlāna al-Haaj Khalīl Ahmad|language=English}}</ref><br />
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Syed Ahmad Khan, the founder of Aligarh Muslim University commended him saying that, "the memory that Mamlūk Ali possessed was so profound that if per chance the entire library of knowledge was lost, Mawlāna would have once again written it all down from the treasure chest of his memory."{{Sfn|KZN|2020|p=38}}<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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===Bibliography===<br />
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* {{cite book |last1=Adrawi |first1=Asir |author1-link=Asir Adrawi |title=Karwān-e-Rafta: Tazkirah Mashāhīr-e-Hind |trans-title= The Caravan of the Past: Discussing Indian scholars|date=April 2016 |publisher=Darul Muallifeen |location=Deoband |edition=2nd|language=ur}}<br />
* {{cite book |last1=Adrawi |first1=Asir |title=Mawlāna Muhammad Qāsim Nanautawi: Hayāt awr Kārnāme |trans-title = Mawlāna Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi: Life and Works] |publisher=Shaykhul Hind Academy |location=[[Deoband]] |date=2015 |language=ur}}<br />
* {{cite book |last1= Kāndhlawi |first1=Mawlāna Nūr al-Hasan Rāshid |editor1-last=Deobandi |editor1-first=Nawaz |editor1-link=Nawaz Deobandi |title=Sawaneh Ulama-e-Deoband |publisher=Nawaz Publications |location=[[Deoband]]|volume = 1 |pages=122–150 |date=January 2000 |language=Urdu |chapter=Hadhrat Mawlāna Mamlūk al-Ali Nanautawi}}<br />
* {{cite book |title=Hadhrat Moulana Muhammad Qaasim Nanotwi: A Glimpse Into His Life |publisher=Jamiatul Ulama (KZN) |location=[[Isipingo]] |isbn=978-0-6398423-0-1 |pages=35–41 |edition=1st |date=January 2020 |chapter=Hadhrat Moulana Mamlook Ali Saahib | ref = {{harvid|KZN|2020}}}}<br />
* {{cite book |last1=Rizwi |first1=Syed Mehboob |author1-link=Syed Mehboob Rizwi |translator= Murtaz Hussain F Qureshi |volume= 1 |title=History of Dar al Ulum Deoband |url=https://archive.org/details/HistoryOfTheDarAlUlumDeoband1980Volume1|date=1980 |publisher=Idara-e-Ehtemam |location=Darul Uloom Deoband |edition=1st}}<br />
* {{cite book |last1=Rizwi |first1=Syed Mehboob |translator= Murtaz Hussain F Qureshi |volume= 2 |title=History of Dar al-Ulum Deoband |url=https://archive.org/details/TheHistoryOfDarAlUlumDeoband1981VolumeTwo|date=1981 |publisher=Idara-e-Ehtemam |location=Darul Uloom Deoband |edition=1st}}<br />
* {{cite book |last1=Khan |first1=Syed Ahmad |author1-link=Syed Ahmad Khan |editor1-last=Shahjahanpuri |editor1-first=Abu Salman |editor1-link = Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri|title=Tazkirah Khānwāda-e-Wali'ullāhi |url=https://archive.org/details/TazkiraEKhanvadaEWaliullahi |publisher=[[University of Sindh]] |location=[[Hyderabad, Sindh]] |language=ur}}<br />
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