Rahul Sankrityayan
1893–1963Buddhist scholar, polyglot and travel writer (1893–1963); 'Father of Hindi travel literature'
Writing in Arabic
57 writers on record who write in Arabic. The most honoured first.
Muḥammad Ḍiyāʼ al-Raḥmān al-Aʻẓamī
1943–2020Muslim writer
Zakir Naik
b. 1965Islamic preacher
Abid Raza Bedar
1934–2025Historian and Writer
Abul Kalam Azad
1888–1958politician and writer (1888–1958)
Amir Khusrau
1253–1325poet, writer, singer and scholar (1253–1325)
Kafeel Ahmad Qasmi
b. 1951Muslim scholar
Mukhtaruddin Ahmed
1924–2010literary critic and Writer
Omar Abedeen Qasmi Madani
b. 1981Islamic scholar
P. V. Narasimha Rao
1921–2004Prime Minister of India (1991-1996)
Saeed-ur-Rahman Azmi Nadvi
1934–2026Islamic scholar
Syed Hasan
1908–1988writer and scholar
Syed Sahil Agha
b. 1982writer and dastangoi performer
Wahiduddin Khan
1925–2021Islamic Scholar (1925–2021)
Yusuf Islahi
1932–2021writer
Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri
1942–2006Islamic scholar, teacher and writer (1942–2006)
V. Abdur Rahim
1933–2023
Abdullah Maroofi
b. 1967Hadith scholar (b. 1967)
Ahmed Ali Assami
1915–2000Islamic scholar and activist
Akhtar Payami
1931–2013writer
Arif Jameel Mubarakpuri
b. 1971Islamic scholar
Ata Kakwi
1907–1998poet and writer
Moshtaque Ahmad Noori
b. 1950an Indian writer and critic
Muhammad Shahid Saharanpuri
1951–2023Islamic scholar
Muhammad Taqi Amini
1926–1991Islamic scholar
Muhammad Yunus Jaunpuri
1937–2017Islamic Scholar
Muhammadullah Khalili Qasmi
b. 1979Islamic scholar (b. 1979)
Nadeem al-Wajidi
1954–2024Islamic scholar (1954–2024)
Qeyamuddin Ahmad
1930–1998historian (1930–1998)
Sultan Shahin
b. 1949Journalist and Writer
Syed Najeeb Ashraf Nadvi"
1901–1968writer
Syed Sabahuddin Abdur Rahman
1911–1987historian and writer
Ḥabīb al-Raḥmān al-Aʻẓamī
1901–1992Islamic scholar (1900–1992)
Syed Amjad Hussain
b. 2005author and researcher
ʿAbd al-Ḥafīẓ Balyāwī
1901–1971Islamic scholar
Aaqib Anjum Aafi
b. 1999author and Wikimedian
Muhammad Uzair Shams
1957–2022scholar of Islam (1957–2022)
Akhtar Imam Adil Qasmi
b. 1968Islamic scholar
Atish Raza Sheikhpurvi
b. 1962Writer and Poet
Bilal Asghar Deobandi
1935–2023islamic scholar
Hazrat Hafiz Dr. Syed Ashique Hussain Azizi Jajneri
1917–1980Grandfather of Syed Amjad Hussain
Jameel Ahmad Sikrodavi
1946–2019Islamic scholar
Mohammed Nazem Al-Nadawi
1913–2000Scholar
Muhammad Ameen Palanpuri
b. 1952Muslim Scholar
Nasiruddin Mazahiri
b. 1974Muslim scholar
PT Kunjammu Musliyar
b. 1941Islamic scholar
Riyast Ali Qasmi Rampuri
b. 1968Islamic scholar
Sanaul Huda Qasmi
b. 1958Islamic scholar
Sayyid nizamuddin qasmi gayawi
1927–2015religious organization
Shah aun Ahmad qadri
1921–1998scholar and qazi
Shayesta Bedar
Historian
Suhail Ahmad nadwi
1962–2023Islamic scholar
ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻAbd al-Jabbār al-Furaywāʼī
b. 1952Muslim writer
Farhat Qadri
1928–2016
Jahir Husain
b. 1971
Shafiq Hassan Elia
1885–1956
Zoe Ansari
1925–1991