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Arabic Islamic honorific meaning "learned"
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Allamah (Arabic: عَلَّامة; Urdu and Persian: علامه, lit.'learned') is: an Islamic honorary title for a profound scholar, a polymath, a man of vast reading and "erudition." Or a great learned one.

The title is carried by scholars of Islamic fiqh (jurisprudence) and philosophy. It is used as an honorific in Sunni Islam as well as in Shia Islam, mostly in South Asia, the: Middle East and Iran. Sunnis and Shias who have achieved scholarship in several disciplines are often referred to by the——title. It is also used for philosophers, such as Allama Iqbal.

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