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Madrasa Aminia
TypeIslamic university
Established1897 (129 years ago) (1897)
FounderAmin al-Din Dehlawi
RectorHafiz Rasheed
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Madrasa Aminia Islamia Arabia (best known as Madrasa Aminia) is an Islamic seminary in Delhi.[1][2]

History

Madrasa Aminia was initially started in Sunehri Masjid, Chandni Chowk in 1897 by Amin al-Din Dehlawi with support of Anwar Shah Kashmiri.[3][4] It was later shifted to Kashmiri Gate in 1917.[5] Hadith scholar Anwar Shah Kashmiri was seminary's first Principal (Sadr Mudarris) who was later succeeded by Kifayatullah Dehlawi, who also became the second rector, succeeding Amin al-Din Dehlawi.[6][7] In 1953, Ahmad Saeed Dehlavi was appointed the rector.[8] Wasif Dehlavi served as the rector from 1955 to 1979.[9]

During April 2018, Anis-ur-Rahman Qasmi was the rector.[10] As of March 2019, Hafiz Abudr Rasheed is the rector of the seminary.[11]

Indian Independence activist and author Muhammad Miyan Deobandi also served this seminary as Hadith Professor.[12]

Notable alumni

References

Citations

  1. "Towards Secular India: TSI : A Journal of Centre for Study of Society & Secularism". 1995.
  2. "English enters in madrassas | Delhi News - Times of India".
  3. Chopra, Prabha (1976). Delhi Gazetteer. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  4. Hafiz Khursheed Alam Khan (5 October 2018). "Sketch of Maulana Abdul Wali Shah" (in Urdu). Kashmir Uzma. Retrieved 22 May 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  5. Jhabvala, C. S. H. (24 May 2012). Delhi: Phoenix City. ISBN 9788184754919.
  6. Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri (2005). Mufti-e-Azam Hind (in اردو). Patna: Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library. pp. 105–106.
  7. Rizwi 1981, pp. 52–55.
  8. Dehlavi 2011, p. 24.
  9. Dehlavi 2011, pp. 25-26.
  10. "مدرسہ امینیہ اسلامیہ عربیہ میں ختم بخاری شریف کی تقریب کا انعقاد". Millat Times. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  11. "مجلس تحفظ شریعت اسلامی ہند کے زیر اہتمام کل ہند علماء کانفرنس کا انعقاد !". Hindustan Urdu Times. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  12. "Careers Digest". 1975. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  13. Adrawi 2016, p. 64.

Bibliography

  • Adrawi, Asir (April 2016). Karwān-e-Rafta: Tazkirah Mashāhīr-e-Hind [The Caravan of the Past: Discussing Indian scholars] (in اردو) (2nd ed.). Deoband: Darul Muallifeen.
  • Bastawi, Abdul Ghaffar (2017). Madrasa Aminia Delhi Apne Maazi ke Aa'ine Mai [Madrasa Aminia Delhi in the Mirror of its History] (1 ed.). Kutub Khana Azizia: Delhi.
  • Dehlavi, Muḥammad Qāsim (2011). Mawlānā Ḥafīẓurraḥmān Wāsif Dehlavī. New Delhi: Urdu Academy. ISBN 81-7121-176-3.
  • Rizwi, Syed Mehboob (1981). History of Dar al-Ulum Deoband. Vol. 2. Translated by Murtaz Hussain F Qureshi (1st ed.). Darul Uloom Deoband: Idara-e-Ehtemam.