Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi

A'la Hazrat
Imam Ahl-e-Sunnat
Ahmad Raza Khan
A'la Hazrat; Imam Ahl-e-Sunnat Ahmad Raza Khan
	Shrine of Ahmad Raza Khan in Bareilly, India
Personal
Born	14 June 1856; Bareilly, North-Western Provinces, British India
Died	October 1921 (aged 65); Bareilly, United Provinces, British India
Resting place	Shrine of Ahmad Raza Khan, Uttar Pradesh, India
Religion	Islam
Nationality	Indian
Spouse	Irshad Begum
Children	Hamid Raza Khan; Mustafa Raza Khan; Mustafai Begum; Kaneez Hasan; Kaneez Husain; Kaneez Hasnain; Murtazai Begum;
Parents	Naqi Ali Khan (father); Hussaini Khanum (mother);
Citizenship	British Indian
Era	Modern era
Region	South Asia
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Hanafi
Creed	Maturidi
Movement	Barelvi
Main interest(s)	Islamic theology, Hadith, Tafsir, Hanafi jurisprudence, Urdu poetry, Tasawwuf, Science, Philosophy, Psychology, Astronomy
Tariqa	Qadri
Relations	Hassan Raza Khan (Brother); Ibrahim Raza Khan (Grandson)(Son of Hamid Raza Khan); Akhtar Raza Khan (Great-Grandson) ; Asjad Raza Khan (Great-Great-Grandson); Subhan Raza Khan (Great- Great-Grandson); Kaif Raza Khan (Great- Great-Grandson); Tauqeer Raza Khan (Great Great-Grandson)
Muslim leader
Successor	Hamid Raza Khan
	Influenced by Abu Hanifa; Abdul Qadir Gilani; Mu'in al-Din Chishti; Nizamuddin Auliya; Al-Suyuti; Ibn Abidin; Qadi Iyad;
	Influenced The entirety of Barelvi Movement;

Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi Qadri^[a] (14 June 1856 – October 1921), known reverentially as A'la Hazrat,^[b] was an Indian Islamic scholar and poet who is considered as the founder of the Barelvi movement and the Razvi branch of the Qadri Sufi order.

Born in Bareilly, British India, Khan wrote on law, religion, philosophy and the sciences, and because he mastered many subjects in both rational and religious sciences he has been called a polymath by Francis Robinson, a leading Western scholar of Islam in South Asia.^[2]

He was a reformer who wrote extensively in defense of Muhammad and popular Sufi practices. He influenced millions of people, and today the Barelvi movement has around 200 million followers in the region. Khan is viewed as a Mujadid or reviver of Islam by Sufis.

^ Rahman, Tariq. "Munāẓarah Literature in Urdu: An Extra-Curricular Educational Input in Pakistan's Religious Education." Islamic Studies (2008): 197–220.
^ Robinson, Francis (1988). Varieties of South Asian Islam. The Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations (CRER), University of Warwick. p. 8.

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[Rahman,_Tariq_2008-1] Rahman, Tariq. "Munāẓarah Literature in Urdu: An Extra-Curricular Educational Input in Pakistan's Religious Education." Islamic Studies (2008): 197–220.

[4] Robinson, Francis (1988). Varieties of South Asian Islam. The Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations (CRER), University of Warwick. p. 8.

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