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...eneral Muhammad ibn al-Qasim al-Thaqafi in 93 AH opened the Indian subcontinent to Islam and represents one of the most signi...
...hilosophers gathered there to translate Greek, Persian, and Indian texts into Arabic, and to produce original works. The inst...
...'s treasury and connected the Islamic world to East Africa, India, China, and the Byzantine Mediterranean. The Abbasid era sa...
... his horse off a cliff into the river and swam to safety in India — an act Genghis Khan reportedly watched with admiration. T...
...irst Battle of Panipat established the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent. Babur, a prince of Timurid-Chagatai descent ...
...mmad of Ghor in his attempt to extend Ghurid power into the Indian interior beyond the Punjab. Muhammad of Ghor had already c...
... center in Baghdad. Scholars translated Greek, Persian, and Indian works into Arabic, preserving and advancing classical know...
...on among Hanafi scholars, particularly in Central Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and the Ottoman Empire. His major work Kitab...
Mahmud of Ghazni conducted seventeen campaigns into the Indian subcontinent between 1001 and 1025 CE. These campaigns sig...
...a five-volume medical encyclopedia that systematized Greek, Indian, and Islamic medical knowledge. It remained the standard m...
...u Rayhan al-Biruni completed his Kitab al-Hind (The Book of India), a comprehensive study of Indian religion, philosophy, sci...
...its greatest territorial extent, covering nearly all of the Indian subcontinent.
...ese Muslim, led seven major maritime expeditions across the Indian Ocean, visiting Southeast Asia, India, Arabia, and East Af...
...'Lion of the Sea,' compiled the most comprehensive guide to Indian Ocean navigation.
Babur founded the Mughal Empire in India. Under Akbar, Jahangir, Shah Jahan, and Aurangzeb, it becam...
...Panipat and established the Mughal Empire, which would rule India for over three centuries.
...ddid Alf-i Thani, led an Islamic revival movement in Mughal India opposing Akbar's syncretic religious policies.
...iece of Islamic architecture combines Persian, Turkish, and Indian design elements with white marble, calligraphy, and geomet...
...h Waliullah ad-Dehlawi, one of the greatest scholars of the Indian subcontinent, passed away in Delhi. He translated the Qura...
...nd Rashid Ahmad Gangohi established the Deoband seminary in India. This institution pioneered Islamic education independent o...
...iental College in Aligarh, promoting modern education among Indian Muslims.
British India was partitioned into India and Pakistan, creating the large...
The Indian Ocean tsunami devastated Aceh, Indonesia, killing over 160...
..., and comparative religion, including his landmark study of India (Kitab al-Hind).
The most influential scholar of the Indian subcontinent, translator of the Quran into Persian.
Indian scholar and ruler (Nawab of Bhopal through marriage). A pr...
Indian Hanafi scholar and hadith expert, author of at-Taliq al-Mu...
Indian Hanafi scholar and muhaddith who authored over 100 works i...
Indian Hanafi scholar and founder of the Barelvi movement. Author...
Indian hadith scholar and author of Awn al-Ma'bud, a major commen...
Author of Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi, a major commentary on Jami at-Tirmidhi.
Indian Hanafi scholar and leading figure of the Deobandi school, ...
...ehensive and widely used commentary on Jami at-Tirmidhi. An Indian scholar of the Ahl al-Hadith tradition.
Philosopher, poet, and political thinker who inspired the creation of Pakistan.
Indian scholar and founder of the Tablighi Jama'at, one of the la...
Author of Tafhim al-Quran and founder of Jamaat-e-Islami, a major Islamic revivalist thinker.
Indian Deobandi scholar and author of 'Ma'arif al-Hadith,' a popu...
Indian-born scholar who settled in Cairo, author of 'Taj al-Arus,...
Indian Hanafi prodigy who authored over 100 scholarly works befor...
Indian Deobandi scholar celebrated for his extraordinary memory a...
Sindhi hadith scholar based in Medina who taught Shah Waliullah Dehlawi and Muhammad ibn Abdul-Wahhab, influencing major reform movements.
Indian Islamic scholar and author of 'Madha Khasira al-Alam bi In...
Indian hadith scholar, author of 'Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi,' the most co...
Indian scholar and author of 'Nuzhat al-Khawatir,' an eight-volum...
Indian Muslim academic and author of 'Hadith Literature,' an impo...
...age of 17-20 (92-96 AH / 711-715 CE), bringing Islam to the Indian subcontinent. He defeated Raja Dahir of Sindh and establis...
...slamic world and beyond — from Morocco to Mali, Anatolia to India, and China. His Rihla (Travels), dictated to Ibn Juzayy, re...
South Indian Shafi'i scholar, author of Fath al-Mu'in, the foundational...
Foremost Islamic scholar of the Indian subcontinent; synthesizer of the four madhabs and author o...
Pioneer of hadith studies in India; author of Ashi'at al-Lam'at (commentary on Mishkat) and in...
19th-century Indian Hanafi scholar and hadith expert; author of al-Raf' wa al-...
The greatest Islamic scholar of the Indian subcontinent. Author of Hujjat Allah al-Balighah, a landma...
...age of the Ummah). The most prolific Islamic scholar of the Indian subcontinent, writing over 1,000 works on every Islamic sc...
The greatest hadith scholar of the Indian subcontinent in the 20th century. Known for his extraordin...
...ul Uloom Deoband and leading Hanafi scholar of 19th-century India.
Greatest Islamic scholar of 20th century India. His Bahishti Zewar is the most widely read Islamic guide f...
Indian Islamic scholar whose 'What Has the World Lost due to the ...
... Islamic economics and the history of Islamic philosophy in India.
Indian Deobandi scholar who spent years in Medina and opposed par...
...holar (1932-2017 CE), professor at King Saud University and Indiana University, known for his landmark academic defenses of h...
An Indian Islamic scholar (1942-2006 CE) who won the World Muslim Le...
An Indian Islamic historian (1856-1938 CE) known for his comprehensi...
A senior leader of the Tablighi Jamaat (1917-1965 CE) and author of the multi-volume Hayat al-Sahabah (Lives of the Companions), an encyclopedic collection of c
A South African Muslim author and orator (1918-2005 CE), founder of the Islamic Propagation Centre International (IPCI), known for comparative religion debates
...t became one of the most popular hadith compilations in the Indian subcontinent and Central Asia, with multiple commentaries ...
...isprudence across the Ottoman Empire, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. It presents legal rulings with evidence and ...
... other Abrahamic religions, ancient Greek philosophies, and Indian religions. His methodology of presenting each group's beli...
...ic law and practice. Shah Waliullah, the great 18th-century Indian scholar, sought to demonstrate that every ruling in Islam ...
...anafi scholarly circles, especially in Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Known for its clarity and balance between br...
...lic debate between the author and a Christian missionary in India, this work examines the textual integrity of the Bible and ...
...uri. A comprehensive commentary on Jami' al-Tirmidhi by the Indian hadith scholar al-Mubarakpuri. It provides detailed explan...
...Din al-Marghinani. The most studied Hanafi fiqh text in the Indian subcontinent and Central Asia. Al-Marghinani's commentary ...
...e he and ar-Ramli differ, Shafi'i scholars in South Arabia, India, and Southeast Asia generally follow Ibn Hajar al-Haytami.
...widely studied in South and Southeast Asia. Al-Malibari, an Indian scholar, provides a detailed commentary that became the ba...
The Abbasid institution that translated Greek, Persian, and Indian texts into Arabic, catalyzing the Islamic golden age of le...
The Muslim dynasty that ruled the Indian subcontinent from 1526 to 1857, leaving an enduring cultur...
...heart without affirmation or action. Jahm was influenced by Indian and Greek philosophical ideas. Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal wrote...
... globally, with major presence in Central Asia, Turkey, the Indian subcontinent, and the Caucasus. Known for silent dhikr (kh...
A Sufi order founded in Ajmer, India by Moinuddin Chishti (d. 1236 CE). One of the most popular ...
A major Islamic reform movement founded in Deoband, India in 1867 CE, named after the Darul Uloom Deoband seminary. E...
...ment founded by Ahmad Rida Khan (1856–1921 CE) in Bareilly, India. Characterized by strong veneration of the Prophet ﷺ and Is...
A grassroots Islamic missionary movement founded in Mewat, India in 1927 CE by Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlawi (1885–1944 CE). Emph...
A major Islamist political movement founded in British India in 1941 CE by Sayyid Abul Ala Mawdudi (1903–1979 CE). Curre...
A religious movement founded in Qadian, Punjab (British India) in 1889 CE by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835–1908 CE), who claim...