Mawlānā, Mufti Hafizur Rahman Wasif Dehlavi | |
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4th Rector of Madrasa Aminia | |
In office September 1955 – 1979 | |
Preceded by | Ahmad Saeed Dehlavi |
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Died | 13 March 1987 Delhi, India | (aged 77)
Religion | Islam |
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Notable work(s) | Urdū Masdar Nāmā, Zar-i gul |
Alma mater | Madrasa Aminia |
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 freedom struggle movement and authored books such as Adabī bhūl bhulayyān̲, Urdū Masdar Nāmā and Taz̲kirah-yi Sā'il. He compiled the religious edicts of his father Kifayatullah Dehlawi as Kifāyat al-Mufti in nine volumes.