Mawlānā Sayyid Mumtaz Ali | |
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| Title | Shams al-Ulama |
| Personal | |
| Born | 27 September 1860 |
| Died | 15 June 1935 (aged 74) Lahore, British India |
| Religion | Islam |
| Spouse | Muhammadi Begum |
| Children | Imtiaz Ali Taj (son) |
| Denomination | Sunni Islam |
| Movement | Deobandi |
| Notable work(s) | Tehzeeb-e-Niswan, Huquq-e-Niswan, Tafṣīl al-bayān fī maqāṣid al-Qurʼān |
| Alma mater | Darul Uloom Deoband |
| Teachers | Muhammad Yaqub Nanautawi and Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi |
| Relatives | Yasmeen Tahir (granddaughter) Naeem Tahir (grandson) Ali Tahir (great-grandson) Faran Tahir (great-grandson) |
| Organization | |
| Founder of | Rifah-e-Aam Press |
Sayyid Mumtaz Ali Deobandi (27 September 1860 – 15 June 1935) was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar and an advocate of women rights in the late 19th century. He was an alumnus of Darul Uloom Deoband. His book Huquq-e-Niswan and the journal Tehzeeb-e-Niswan that he started with his wife Muhammadi Begum are said to be pioneering works on women rights.[1]
- ^ Moaddel, Mansoor (1998). "Religion and Women: Islamic Modernism versus Fundamentalism". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 37 (1): 116. doi:10.2307/1388032. JSTOR 1388032.