Madrasa Aminia Islamia Arabia (best known as Madrasa Aminia) is an Islamic seminary in

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History

Amin al-Din Dehlawi, an Islamic scholar who was a student of Mahmud Hasan Deobandi, developed an idea of establishing a

madrasa Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , pl. , ) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary instruction or higher learning. The word is variously transliterated '' ...

. He discussed his idea with his fellow

Kifayatullah Dehlawi Kifayatullah Dehlawi (also known as Mufti Kifayatullah; c. 1875c. 31 December 1952), was an Indian Islamic scholar and a Hanafi jurist, who served as the first president of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind, and the second rector of the Madrasa Aminia. H ...

and invited him to support. Kifayatullah declined the offer stating that he was already occupied teaching at a religious school of his teacher Ubayd al-Haq Khan in Shahjahanpur. He however suggested Amīn to consider Anwar Shah Kashmiri for this purpose. Amīn reached to Anwar Shah Kashmiri who supported his idea and the Madrasa Aminia was established at Sunehri Masjid, Chandni Chowk in 1897. The madrasa was shifted to Kashmiri Gate in 1917. Amīn al-Din Dehlawi served as the rector of Madrasa Aminia from the date of its inception in 1897 until his death in 1919. Following Amin's death, Mahmud Hasan Deobandi appointed Kifayatullah Dehlawi the second rector, who served the position until his death in 1952. Ahmad Saeed Dehlawi was appointed the rector on 13 January 1952. Ahmad resigned after serving for over two and a half year, and subsequently Wasif Dehlawi became the rector in 1955. Wasif was made to resign in 1979. Ziya al-Haq Dehlawi briefly served as the rector making Wasif's son Jameelur Rahman Qasmi succeed him. Following Qasmi's sudden death, Mufti Abdur Rahman became the seminary's rector. Wasif's second son, Anisur Rahman Qasmi was the rector during 2017 and 2018. As of March 2019, Hafiz Abdur Rasheed is the rector of the seminary. Hadith scholar Anwar Shah Kashmiri was seminary's first Principal (Sadr Mudarris) who was later succeeded by

, who also became the second rector, succeeding Amin al-Din Dehlawi. Indian Independence activist and author

Muhammad Miyan Deobandi Muhammad Miyan Deobandi (4 October 1903 - 24 October 1975) was an Indian Sunni Islamic scholar, academic, historian, freedom struggle activist, who served as the fifth general secretary of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind. He wrote books such as ''Ase ...

also served this seminary as Hadith Professor.

Notable alumni

Ahmad Saeed Dehlavi Ahmad Saeed Dehlavi (also known as Sahbān al-Hind; 1888 – 4 December 1959) was an Indian Muslim scholar and Indian freedom struggle, freedom struggle activist who served as the first general secretary and the fifth president of Jamiat Ulama-e- ...

Muhammad Taqi Amini Muhammad Taqi Amīni ( 5 May 1926 – 21 January 1991) was an Indian Sunni Islamic scholar, jurist, Urdu author and the dean of Theology faculty of Aligarh Muslim University. He is known for his works on Islamic jurisprudence, and his book ' ...

* Noor Alam Khalil Amini * Wasif Dehlavi

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