Syed Ahmed Shaheed Bravely was a religious scholar born in 1786 in Rai Bareli, India who fought against British rule. He joined the army of Nawab Amir khan in 1810 and fought the British. In 1821 he went on Hajj and spent a year and a half in Hejaz before launching a jihad movement against the British and Sikhs in 1826. On May 6, 1831, Syed Ahmed was martyred in a battle near Balakot fighting against the Sikh army under Sher Singh.