Early Education
Shah received his early education about the Quran at his family khanqah (Sufi hospice) and was given classes in Urdu and Persian in the local madrasah. He completed his intermediate level religious education here. His stay in this madrasah was for about two and a half years.
After completing his education at Angah at the age of 15 from Mianwaddal family of Hafiz Rehmatullah, he decided to continue further studies in the United Provinces (U.P) of India. In 1874 Shah traveled to different parts of India such as Kanpur, Aligarh and Saharanpur. Next he stayed in Aligarh at the madrasah of Maulana Lutfullah of Aligarh for two and a half years.
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