South Asia's scholar extraordinaire. In the filed of education, literature, and thinking Maulana Mahirul Qadri deserves his place in the Indian sub-continent. He went to Hyderabad, a princely state of British India, where the intellectual environment of the place helped excelled his scholarship. Born Manzoor Hussain Siddiqui at Buland Shaher (UP), India, he was well-known by his pen name Mahirul Qadri - Qadiri order is named after him for his following.