Aḥmad Ali was born in 1810 in
Saharanpur. He memorized the
Quran in
Meerut and studied primary books of
Arabic with Sa'ādat Ali Faqīh in Saharanpur. He studied some portions of
Sahih Bukhari with Wajīhuddīn Siddīqi and completed the studies of
hadith with
Shah Muḥammad Ishāq Dehlawi in 1261
AH in
Mecca.
Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri however points out that Syed Aḥmad Khan's statement that Aḥmad studied
Saḥiḥ Bukhāri with Muḥammad Isḥāq should not be accepted. Aḥmad Ali returned to India in 1845 and started "Aḥmadi Press" in Delhi to publish hadith literature. He spent ten years in
Kolkata giving religious discourses in the Hafiz Jamaluddin Masjid. He was appointed the vice-rector of the seminary after the death of Sa'ādat Ali Faqīh; and made the principal in the absence of
Mazhar Nanautawi during 1294 AH. His students include Pir Syed
Meher Ali Shah,
Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi,
Muhammad Yaqub Nanautawi,
Ahmad Hasan Amrohi,
Ahsan Nanautawi and
Shibli Nomani. Aḥmad Ali died on 17 April 1880 in
Saharanpur. His death was condoled by
Syed Ahmad Khan. == See also ==