Mahmud al-Hasan

Mahmud al-Hasan محمود الحسن‎
Born	1851 Bareilly, British India
Died	30 November 1920 British India
Resting place	Graveyard of Darul Uloom Deoband
Ethnicity	Indian
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Hanafi
Movement	Deobandi
Notable idea(s)	Fatwa on non-cooperation with British
Alma mater	Darul Uloom Deoband
Sufi order	Chishtiya-Sabiriya-Imdadiya
Disciple of	Rashid Ahmad Gangohi Haji Imdadullah

Mahmud al-Hasan (Urdu: محمود الحسن‎‎, Maḥmūdu'l-Ḥasan) also known as Mahmud Hasan (1851 – 30 November 1920) was a Deobandi Sunni Muslim scholar who was active against British rule in India. For his efforts and scholarship he was given the title "Shaykh al-Hind" ("Shaykh of India") by the Central Khilafat Committee.

Mahmud al-Hasan was born in 1851 in the town of Bareilly (in modern Uttar Pradesh, India) to a family with a scholarly background. His father, Maulana Muhammad Zulfiqar Ali, was a scholar of the Arabic language and worked in the education department of the British East India Company's administration in the region.

As a child, Mahmud al-Hasan was with his father in Meerut during the Mutiny of 1857.

Mahmud al-Hasan received a traditional Islamic education with a strong emphasis on the study of Islam, the Persian language and Urdu. His primary education was under Maulana Mongeri, Maulana Abdul Latif, and later, his uncle, Maulana Mahtab Ali. While Mahmud al-Hasan was studying the books Mukhtasar al-Quduri and Sharh-i-Tahdhib, Darul Uloom Deoband was opened. His father sent him to the newly established school, where he was the first student. He completed his basic studies in 1286 AH (1869/1870), after which he lived in attendance to Muhammad Qasim Nanotvi, with whom he studied hadith. After that, he studied higher level books under his father. He graduated from Darul Uloom Deoband in 1873.

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