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Ahmad Sirhindi

1564 - 1624

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Ahmad Sirhindi (1564 – 1624/1625) was an Indian Islamic scholar, Hanafi jurist, and member of the Naqshbandī Sufi order who lived during the era of Mughal Empire. Ahmad Sirhindi opposed heterodox movements within the Mughal court such as Din-i Ilahi, in support of more orthodox forms of Islamic Law. His act of preserving and urging the practice of Islamic orthodoxy has cemented his reputation by some followers as a Mujaddid, or a "reviver". While early and modern South Asian scholarship credited him for contributing to conservative trends in Indian Islam, more recent works, such as Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi and commentaries from western scholars such as Ter Haar, Friedman, and Buehler, have pointed to Sirhindi's significant contributions to Sufi epistemology and practices. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ahmad Sirhindi is the 532nd most popular philosopher (down from 398th in 2019), the 226th most popular biography from India (down from 118th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Indian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Ahmad Sirhindi ranks 532 out of 1,267. Before him are Sivananda Saraswati, Manuel Chrysoloras, Charles Taylor, Saul Kripke, Karl-Otto Apel, and Polemon. After him are Carl Stumpf, Gianni Vattimo, Myia, Charles W. Morris, Marpa Lotsawa, and Crates of Athens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1564, Ahmad Sirhindi ranks 10. Before him are Pieter Brueghel the Younger, Christopher Marlowe, Paulo Miki, David Fabricius, Francisco Pacheco, and Hans Leo Hassler. After him are Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Federico Borromeo, Joos de Momper, Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Ferrara, John Casimir, Duke of Saxe-Coburg, and Hans Rottenhammer. Among people deceased in 1624, Ahmad Sirhindi ranks 5. Before him are Jakob Böhme, Gaspard Bauhin, Gevherhan Sultan, and Dirck van Baburen. After him are Henry II, Duke of Lorraine, Charles of Austria, Bishop of Wroclaw, Fukushima Masanori, Ketevan the Martyr, Marco Antonio de Dominis, Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, and Juan de Mariana.

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In India

Among people born in India, Ahmad Sirhindi ranks 226 out of 1,861. Before him are Sikandar Lodi (1450), Madhvacharya (1199), Sivananda Saraswati (1887), James Brooke (1803), Khaleda Zia (1945), and Vinoba Bhave (1895). After him are Shilpa Shetty (1975), Sai Baba of Shirdi (1835), Rajkumar (1929), Birbal (1528), Kamala Sohonie (1912), and Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Ahmad Sirhindi ranks 25. Before him are Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (1703), Jyotirao Phule (1827), Shantideva (685), Homi K. Bhabha (1949), Madhvacharya (1199), and Sivananda Saraswati (1887). After him are Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883), Dignāga (480), Hemachandra (1089), Ravidas (1450), Vallabha (1479), and Thiruvalluvar (350).

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