Syed Nazeer Husain

Born 1805
Died May 1902 (aged 96–97)
Region India
Religion Islam
Denomination Wahhabi
Hussain's address to Queen Victoria on her Golden Jubilee in 1887 in Persian.

Syed Nazeer Husain (1805-1902) was a religious leader of India. Husain was raised a Shiite, but later abandoned that faith.[1] He began his studies in Sadikpur before continuing his learning in Delhi in 1826. He was the leader of the modern reform Ahl-i Hadith movement.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Kenneth W. Jones (1989). Socio-Religious Reform Movements in British India, Volume 3 (reprint ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 56. ISBN 9780521249867.
  2. ↑ Utsa Ray (5 Jan 2015). Culinary Culture in Colonial India (illustrated ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 183. ISBN 9781107042810.


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