Ahmad Raza Khan

Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi ا حمد رضا خا ن بریلوی احمد رضا خان
Title	Ala Hazrat
Born	14 June 1856 Bareilly, North-Western Provinces, British Indian Empire
Died	28 October 1921(1921-10-28) (aged 65) Muhallah Sodagraan, Bareilly, UP, British Indian Empire
Nationality	British India
Era	Modern era
Region	South Asia
Religion	Islam
Jurisprudence	Hanafi
Creed	Sunni
Main interest(s)	Aqeedah, Fiqh, Tasawwuf
Influenced by Abdul Qadir Jilani, Rumi, Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi
Influenced Hamid Raza Khan, Mustafa Raza Khan, Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi, Ahmad Saeed Kazmi, Abdul Aleem Siddiqi, Muhammad Ilyas Qadri, Qamaruzzaman Azmi, Shah Turab ul Haq, Akhtar Raza Khan, Syed Muhammad Irfan Shah Mashhadi Kazmi

Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (Urdu: احمد رضاخان بریلوی‎, Hindi: अहमद रज़ा खान, 14 June 1856 CE or 10 Shawwal 1272 AH – 28 October 1921 CE or 25 Safar 1340 AH), was a Sufi Muslim scholar and reformer in British India, and the founder of the Barelvi movement. Raza Khan wrote on numerous topics, including law, religion, philosophy and the sciences. He was a prolific writer, religious poet, Sufi mystic, Mufti (jurist) producing nearly 1,000 works in his lifetime.

Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi's father Naqi Ali Khan was the son of Raza Ali Khan. Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, Naqi Ali Khan (Father), and Raza Ali Khan (Paternal grandfather). Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi belonged to the Barech tribe of Pushtuns. The Barech formed a tribal grouping among the Rohilla Pushtuns of North India who founded the state of Rohilkhand. The ancestors of Ahmed Raza Khan migrated from Qandahar during the Mughal rule and settled in Lahore.

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