1. How did Syed Ahmad Barelvi revive Muslim identity in the North-West Frontier region and influence the anti-British movement?
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{{Infobox religious biography | religion = Sunni Islam | name = Syed Ahmad Shaheed | image = File:সাইয়েদ আহমাদ ব্রেলভীর কবর.JPG | caption = | birth_date = 29 November 1786 | birth_place = [[Rae BareliAwadh Subah, Mughal Empire
(now in Uttar Pradesh, India) | death_date = 6 May 1831 (aged 44) | death_place = Balakot, Sikh Empire
(now in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan) | other_names = | known_for = Battle of Balakot | influences = Ahmed Sirhindi, Shah Waliullah, Shah Abdul Aziz | relatives = | website = | footnotes = }}
Syed Ahmad Barelvi or Sayyid Ahmad Shaheed (1786–1831)[1][2] was an Indian Hanafi Maturidi Muslim revivalist from Raebareli, a part of the historical United Provinces of Agra and Oudh (now called Uttar Pradesh).[3] The epithet Barelvi is derived from Rae Bareilly, his place of origin.