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Ahmad Sirhindi

1564 - 1624

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Ahmad Sirhindi (1564 – 1624/1625) was an Islamic scholar, Hanafi jurist, and member of the Naqshbandī Sufi order who lived during the era of Mughal Empire. Ahmad Sirhindi opposed heterodox movements within the Mughal court such as Din-i Ilahi, in support of more orthodox forms of Islamic Law. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ahmad Sirhindi has received more than 921,774 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Ahmad Sirhindi is the 398th most popular philosopher (up from 474th in 2019), the 118th most popular biography from India (up from 147th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Indian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Ahmad Sirhindi ranks 398 out of 1,267. Before him are Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, Damascius, Alain de Lille, Kapila, Étienne Cabet, and Boetius of Dacia. After him are Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Archelaus, Timon of Phlius, Chantal Mouffe, Leszek Kołakowski, and Christian Thomasius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1564, Ahmad Sirhindi ranks 8. Before him are William Shakespeare, Pieter Brueghel the Younger, Christopher Marlowe, William Adams, Paulo Miki, and David Fabricius. After him are Hans Leo Hassler, Francisco Pacheco, Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Federico Borromeo, Joos de Momper, and Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Ferrara. Among people deceased in 1624, Ahmad Sirhindi ranks 2. Before him is Jakob Böhme. After him are Gaspard Bauhin, Gevherhan Sultan, Henry II, Duke of Lorraine, Dirck van Baburen, Charles of Austria, Bishop of Wroclaw, Ketevan the Martyr, Fukushima Masanori, Marco Antonio de Dominis, Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech, and Juan de Mariana.

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In India

Among people born in India, Ahmad Sirhindi ranks 118 out of 1,861. Before him are Vātsyāyana (300), Dhyan Chand (1905), Julia Margaret Cameron (1815), Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (1838), Droupadi Murmu (1958), and Akshay Kumar (1967). After him are Chandragupta II (400), Sambhaji (1657), Vishvamitra (-2000), Siraj ud-Daulah (1733), Buddhaghosa (401), and Ravi Shankar (1956).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Ahmad Sirhindi ranks 16. Before him are Padmasambhava (717), Sri Aurobindo (1872), Paramahansa Yogananda (1893), Ramana Maharshi (1879), Ram Mohan Roy (1772), and Ramanuja (1017). After him are Buddhaghosa (401), Abul A'la Maududi (1903), Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883), Ravidas (1450), Jyotirao Phule (1827), and Madhvacharya (1199).

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