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'''Sayyid Mumtaz Ali Deobandi''' (27 September 1860 – 15 June 1935) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] Sunni Muslim scholar and an advocate of women rights in the late nineteenth19th century. He was an alumnus of [[Darul Uloom Deoband]]. His book ''Huquq-e-Niswan'' and the journal ''[[Tehzeeb-e-Niswan (journal)|Tehzeeb-e-Niswan]]'' that he started with his wife [[Muhammadi Begum]] are said to be pioneering works on women rights.<ref name="mansoor">{{cite journal |jstor = 1388032|title = Religion and Women: Islamic Modernism versus Fundamentalism|last1 = Moaddel|first1 = Mansoor|journal = Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion|year = 1998|volume = 37|issue = 1|page = 116|doi = 10.2307/1388032}}</ref>

After graduating from the Deoband seminary, Mumtaz Ali moved to [[Lahore]] and established a publishing house "Darul Isha'at". On 1 July 1898, he released a journal ''Tehzeeb-e-Niswan'' under the editorship of his wife [[Muhammadi Begum]].<ref name="sahafat">{{cite book |author1=Nayab Hasan Qasmi |title=Darul Uloom Deoband Ka Sahafati ManzarNama |publisher=Idara Tehqeeq-e-Islami, [[Deoband]] |pages=147–151 |chapter = Mawlana Sayyid Mumtaz Ali Deobandi}}</ref> This journal latercontinued discontinued intill 1949.<ref name="thenews" /> In 1898, he started a publishing house called "[[Rifah-e-Aam Press]]" in Lahore which is said to the first press in Lahore whose owner was a Muslim.<ref name="thenews">{{cite web |author1=Tahir Kamran |authorlink1=Tahir Kamran |title=Re-imagining of Muslim Women - II |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/565865-re-imagining-muslim-women-ii |website=thenews.com.pk |publisher=[[The News International]] |accessdate=20 August 2020 |date=8 July 2018}}</ref> In 1905, he started a journal, called, ''Mushīr-e-Mādar'' (Advisor to the mother), and then the children's journal ''Phūl'' (Flower) in 1909,<ref name="asir"/> and laid the foundation of children's literature in [[Urdu literature|Urdu]].<ref name="sahafat" />

Mumtaz Ali was honoured with title of "Shams-ul-Ulama" (lit: "Sun of Scholars") by the [[British Raj|Government of British India]] in 1934.<ref name="thenews" /> He died on 15 June 1935 in Lahore.<ref name="asir"/>