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Ahmadullah Shah

أحمد الله شاه

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Indian scholar and rebel leader (1787–1858), known as the Maulvi of Faizabad and a leading figure of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 in Awadh. He travelled between Indian cities preparing the rising before it broke out, led the resistance around Lucknow, and was never taken alive; he was killed at Shahjahanpur in 1858.

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Roles
Scholar · activist
Region
South Asia
Identifiers
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Life in time

1750177518001825185018751900 c. c.
The Colonial Era · The Gunpowder Empires Contemporaries: Al-Bajuri, Ibrahim ibn Muhammad · Bahadur Shah Zafar · Muhammad ibn Ahmad Aknasus · محمد بن علي السنوسي · Omar ibn Said

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    Sources

    • Ahmadullah Shah — English Wikipedia
    • Ahmadullah Shah — Urdu Wikipedia
    • Ahmadullah Shah — Wikidata Q43052444
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    islam.museum contributors. “Ahmadullah Shah”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ahmadullah-shah/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-26.

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