Syed Muhammad Miyan Deobandi

Maulana Syed Muhammad Miyan Deobandi (1903-1975) (Urdu: مولانا سید محمد میاں دیوبندی) was an Indian Sunni Islamic scholar of the Deobandi school of Islamic thought. He was an authorized disciple of Hussain Ahmad Madani.He penned dozens of historical books in Urdu.

Muhammad Miyan Deobandi belonged to a Rizwi Syed family of Deoband. He was born on 4 October 1903 in Bulandshahar. He began his studies at home and read Qur'an from a tutor of Muzaffarnagar. He joined the Persian class of the Darul Uloom Deoband in 1912/1913 (1331 AH) and graduated from the Darul Uloom in 1925 (1343 AH). His teachers include Allama Anwar Shah Kashmiri and Maulana Izaz Ali Amrohwi.

Muhammad Miyan started his teaching career from Arrah, Shahabad, Bihar, thereafter, he served as a teacher and mufti for a long time at Jamia Qasmia Madrasa Shahi in Moradabad. He was appointed as the organizer of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind and also served as its chief organizer for one year. In the last phase his life he served as Professor of Hadith (Shaykh al-Hadith) in Madrassa Aminia, Delhi and as secretary of theIdara Mabahith-e-Fiqhiyyah. He was a member of the majlis-e-shura of the Darul Uloom Deoband in the year 1950.

His notable students include Mufti Mahmud and Maulana Nizamuddin Asir Adrawi.

Notable works of Syed Muhammad Miyan Deobandi are:

• Ahd-e-Zarrin awr Misali Hukumatein
• Aseeran-e-Malta
• Mishkat al-Athaar
• Imam Shah Abdul Aziz Afkaar-o-Khidmaat
• Panipat aur Buzurgan-e-Panipat
• Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind Kya Hai?
• Shawahid-e-Taqaddus
• Tareekh-e-Islam
• Tehreek Reshmi Rumaal (Translated to English as Silk Letter Movement) by Muhammadullah Qasmi).
• Ulama-e-Hind Ka Shandaar Maazi (2 volumes)
• Ulama-e-Haqq Aur Unke Mujahidana Karname (2 volumes)
• Waliullahi Tehreek

He was an authorized disciple of Hussain Ahmad Madani.

Maulana Muhammad Miyan lived for about 72 years and died in Delhi on 22 October 1975. He is regarded as Mu'arrikh-e-Millat for his historical works. He is also regarded as Sayyid-ul-Millat.