{
 "id": "person/shah-abd-al-aziz-dihlawi",
 "class": "person",
 "slug": "shah-abd-al-aziz-dihlawi",
 "label": {
  "ar": "شاه عبد العزيز الدهلوي",
  "en": "Shah Abd al-Aziz al-Dihlawi",
  "ur": "شاہ عبدالعزیز دہلوی"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "عالم هندي، الابن الأكبر للشاه ولي الله الدهلوي، وُلد في دلهي سنة 1159هـ / 1746م وتوفي فيها سنة 1239هـ / 1824م، وألّف كتباً بالعربية والفارسية في العقيدة والحديث والفتاوى، منها «تحفة اثني عشرية». {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 p. 78}",
  "en": "Indian theologian, eldest son of Shah Wali Allah al-Dihlawi. He was born in Delhi in 1159/1746 and died there in 1239/1824. He taught at the Madrasa Rahimiyya after his father's death in 1176/1762. His works in Arabic and Persian cover creed, hadith and law, and include the Persian Tuhfa Ithna 'Ashariyya, which the entry describes as a refutation of Shi'i doctrine. {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 p. 78}",
  "ur": "ہندوستان کے عالم، شاہ ولی اللہ دہلوی کے بڑے بیٹے، جو 1159/1746 میں دہلی میں پیدا ہوئے اور 1239/1824 میں وہیں وفات پائی۔ ان کی عربی اور فارسی تصانیف میں عقیدہ، حدیث اور فقہ شامل ہیں۔ {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 p. 78}"
 },
 "stub": false,
 "wings": [
  "people"
 ],
 "regions": [],
 "periods": [],
 "tags": [],
 "aliases": [],
 "themes": [],
 "span": {
  "earliest": 1746.0008761302422,
  "latest": 1825.000444909857
 },
 "display": {
  "start": {
   "edtf": "1746",
   "hijri": "1159",
   "calendar": "gregorian",
   "precision": "year",
   "status": "historical",
   "derived": false,
   "note": "EI gives 1159/1746."
  },
  "end": {
   "edtf": "1824",
   "hijri": "1239",
   "calendar": "gregorian",
   "precision": "year",
   "status": "historical",
   "derived": false,
   "note": "EI gives 1239/1824."
  }
 },
 "data": {
  "gender": "male",
  "roles": [
   "theologian"
  ],
  "born": {
   "edtf": "1746",
   "hijri": "1159",
   "calendar": "gregorian",
   "precision": "year",
   "status": "historical",
   "derived": false,
   "note": "EI gives 1159/1746."
  },
  "died": {
   "edtf": "1824",
   "hijri": "1239",
   "calendar": "gregorian",
   "precision": "year",
   "status": "historical",
   "derived": false,
   "note": "EI gives 1239/1824."
  },
  "sources": [
   "source/encyclopaedia-of-islam-2"
  ],
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd ed. (Brill), vol. 1, PDF pp. 78–79; read from Apple Vision OCR",
   "generated_by": "Claude Code (claude-haiku-5-5)",
   "run": "ei2-b001"
  },
  "status": {
   "review": "published",
   "generated_by": "Claude Code (claude-haiku-5-5)"
  }
 },
 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "شاه عبد العزيز الدهلوي عالم هندي، وهو الابن الأكبر للشاه ولي الله الدهلوي. وُلد في دلهي سنة 1159هـ / 1746م (واسمه التاريخي غلام حليم)، وتوفي فيها سنة 1239هـ / 1824م. {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 p. 78}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "التدريس والأثر",
     "markdown": "درس على أبيه في الغالب، وبعد وفاة أبيه سنة 1176هـ / 1762م بدأ التدريس في المدرسة الرحيمية التي أسسها جده. وكان له أثر واسع في الفكر الديني في زمانه، بوصفه معلماً وواعظاً وكاتباً. {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 p. 78}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "مؤلفاته",
     "markdown": "من مؤلفاته بالعربية «سر الشهادتين» في فضل الشهادة التي نالها الحسين، و«أخيار الناس» في فضائل الخلفاء الأربعة الأوائل، و«ميزان العقائد» مع شرح له، و«عجالة» في علوم الحديث، و«بستان المحدثين» في ببليوغرافيا الحديث، ومجموعة فتاوى في جزأين. ومن كتبه بالفارسية «تحفة اثني عشرية» التي تصفها المقالة بأنها ردّ على عقائد الشيعة واستمرار لمناظرة أبيه، و«فتح العزيز» تفسيراً لأجزاء من القرآن. وترجمت «ملفوظاته» إلى الأردية. {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 p. 78–79}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "person/shah-abd-al-aziz-dihlawi",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "en",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), translation from English"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-25"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Shah 'Abd al-Aziz al-Dihlawi was the eldest son of the Indian theologian Shah Wali Allah al-Dihlawi. He was born at Delhi in 1159/1746 (his chronogram name is Ghulam Halim) and died there in 1239/1824. {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 p. 78}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Teaching and influence",
     "markdown": "He studied mainly with his father. After his father died in 1176/1762 he taught at the Madrasa Rahimiyya, which his grandfather had founded. As a teacher, preacher and writer he had considerable influence on the religious thought of his time. {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 p. 78}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Works",
     "markdown": "In Arabic he wrote Sirr al-Shahadatayn, on the merit of martyrdom gained through the death of Husayn; Akhyar al-Nas, a collection of traditions on the virtues of the first four caliphs; Mizan al-'Aqa'id, a short statement of creed with his commentary; a work on the science of hadith; Bustan al-Muhaddithin, a bibliography of hadith literature; and a two-part collection of fatawa. In Persian he wrote the Tuhfa Ithna 'Ashariyya, which the entry describes as a refutation of Shi'i doctrines and a continuation of his father's controversy, and Fath al-'Aziz, a commentary on parts of the Qur'an. His Malfuzat, the table talk recorded by his pupils, was translated into Urdu. {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 p. 78–79}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "person/shah-abd-al-aziz-dihlawi",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "en",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-25"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "شاہ عبدالعزیز دہلوی ہندوستان کے عالم اور شاہ ولی اللہ دہلوی کے بڑے بیٹے تھے۔ وہ 1159/1746 میں دہلی میں پیدا ہوئے اور 1239/1824 میں وہیں وفات پائی۔ {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 p. 78}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "تدریس اور اثر",
     "markdown": "والد کی وفات (1176/1762) کے بعد انہوں نے مدرسہ رحیمیہ میں پڑھانا شروع کیا۔ اپنے زمانے کی دینی فکر پر ان کا نمایاں اثر تھا۔ {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 p. 78}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "تصانیف",
     "markdown": "عربی میں «سر الشہادتین»، «اخیار الناس»، «میزان العقائد»، «بستان المحدثین» اور فتاویٰ کے دو حصے۔ فارسی میں «تحفہ اثنا عشریہ»، جسے مقالہ شیعہ عقائد کے رد کے طور پر بیان کرتا ہے، اور «فتح العزیز» (تفسیر کے کچھ حصے)۔ ان کے ملفوظات اردو میں ترجمہ ہوئے۔ {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 p. 78–79}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "person/shah-abd-al-aziz-dihlawi",
    "lang": "ur",
    "source_lang": "en",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), translation from English"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-25"
  }
 },
 "degree": 6,
 "contemporaries": [
  "person/hamdan-khoja",
  "person/bayram-al-thani-muhammad",
  "person/ahmad-al-ahsai",
  "person/sulayman-ibn-muhammad-al-hawwat",
  "person/ahmad-al-tijani",
  "person/abd-al-rahman-al-jabarti",
  "person/abd-allah-ibn-hijazi-al-sharqawi",
  "person/al-shawkani",
  "person/mukhtar-al-kunti",
  "person/sidi-ibn-al-mukhtar-al-abyiri",
  "person/abdul-rahman-ibrahima-sori",
  "person/al-rahmati"
 ],
 "updated": "2026-10-25",
 "connections": [
  {
   "to": "person/fazl-e-haq-khairabadi",
   "type": "teacher_of",
   "inverse": true,
   "sources": [
    "source/wikipedia-fazl-e-haq-khairabadi-en"
   ]
  },
  {
   "to": "person/shah-ismail-dehlvi",
   "type": "teacher_of",
   "inverse": true,
   "sources": [
    "source/wikipedia-shah-ismail-dehlvi-ar",
    "source/wikipedia-shah-ismail-dehlvi-ur"
   ]
  },
  {
   "to": "person/syed-ahmad-barelvi",
   "type": "teacher_of",
   "inverse": true,
   "sources": [
    "source/wikipedia-syed-ahmad-barelvi-en",
    "source/wikipedia-ahmad-irfan-ar",
    "source/wikipedia-syed-ahmad-barelvi-ur"
   ]
  }
 ],
 "related": [
  "place/delhi",
  "person/shah-ismail-dehlvi",
  "person/syed-ahmad-barelvi",
  "person/fazl-e-haq-khairabadi"
 ],
 "license": {
  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "data": "CC0 1.0"
 }
}