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Dihlawī Bukhārī, ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq
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Dihlawī Bukhārī, ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq (958–1052/1551–1642 or ca. 1055/1645; on these dates see Dihlawī, Akhbār, introd., xxiii) was a Sufi of the Qādiriyya order and a scholar of ḥadīth. He was also known by the kunyas (patronymic titles) of Abū al-Majd and Abū Muḥammad, the laqabs (honorary titles) Shaykh-i Muḥaddith and Asad al-ʿUlamāʾ, and the pen-name Ḥaqqī.

Shaykh ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq was descended from Āqā Muḥammad Turk Bukhārī (d. 739/1338), who emigrated from Bukhārā (q.v.) to Delhi during the reign of Sultan ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Khaljī (696–716/129…

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Shakeel Aslam Baig and Translated by Muhammad Isa Waley, “Dihlawī Bukhārī, ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq”, in: Encyclopaedia Islamica, Editors-in-Chief: Farhad Daftary. Consulted online on 06 June 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1875-9831_isla_COM_036105>
First published online: 2017
First print edition: 20180110



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