Madrasa Aminia Islamia Arabia

Madrasa Aminia Islamia Arabia (best known as Madrasa Aminia) is an Islamic seminary in Delhi. [1] [2]

Madrasa Aminia
TypeIslamic university
Established1897 (1897)
FounderAmin al-Din Dehlawi
Address
Kashmiri Gate
,
Delhi
,
India

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 who was later succeeded by Grand Mufti of India Kifayatullah Dehlawi.[6]

Indian Independence activist and author Syed Muhammad Mian Deobandi also served this seminary as Hadith Professor. [7]

Notable alumni

References
  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.
  5. Jhabvala, C. S. H. (24 May 2012). Delhi: Phoenix City. ISBN 9788184754919.
  6. Rizwi, Syed Mehboob. Tarikh Darul Uloom Deoband [History of the Dar al-Ulum Deoband]. 2. Translated by Murtaz Husain F Quraishi (1981 ed.). Darul Uloom Deoband: Idara Ehtemam. pp. 52–55.
  7. "Careers Digest". 1975. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  8. Asir Adrawi. Tadhkirah Mashahir-e-Hind: Karwan-e-Rafta (in Urdu) (1st edition, 1994 ed.). Deoband: Darul Muallifeen. p. 64.

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