During the era of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, Muḥammad Hāshim arrived to India from Balkh and settled in Nanauta.
[5][6] His son Muhammad Yaqub Nanautawi served as the first principal of Darul Uloom Deoband from 1866 to 1883.
[7] Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri, the author of Deobandi creed book Al-Muhannad ala al-Mufannad was the son of Mamluk Ali's daughter.
His son Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad was a Grand Mufti in the Hyderabad state and served the Darul Uloom Deoband as a vice-chancellor for thirty five years,[10][11][12] whilst Ahmad's son Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi occupied the post for a half century.
[14] Tayyib's son Muhammad Salim Qasmi co-founded the Darul Uloom Waqf, Deoband.