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حَاجِي إِمْدَاد الله الْمُهَاجِر الْمَكِّي

Ḥājī Imdād Allāh al-Muhājir al-Makkī

quddisa sirruhu — may his secret be sanctified

1233 – 1317 AH / 1817 – 1899

his portrait is written, not drawn

The shaykh of the masters of Deoband and Thānabhawan, who from Mecca guided a whole generation of India's scholars.

stationWalī
born1233 AH
returned1317 AH

His portrait is his lamp: no image survives, and none is needed.