Madrassa Shahi (alternatively known as Jamia Qasmia) is an Islamic seminary in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh. It was established in 1879 by the poor Muslims of Moradabad under the supervision of Islamic scholar, Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi, who also established the Darul Uloom Deoband. This started as Madrasatul Ghuraba, but gained recognition as Madrasa Shahi. Its first principal was Ahmad Hasan Amrohi.
History
Madrasa Shahi was established by the poor Muslims of Moradabad at the suggestion of Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi in 1879.[1][2] It was thus known as "Madrasatul Ghuraba" (The School of the Poor) and Ahmad Hasan Amrohi was appointed its first principal.[3] He served there for seven years, and scholars such as Abdur Rahman Siddiqi Amrohi, Abdul Ghani Phalaudi, Muhammad Yahya Shahjahanpuri and Khadim Hussain Amrohi graduated in those years.[3] Madrasa Shahi was established on the lines of Darul Uloom Deoband.[4] It did not accept any aid from the government.[4]
The seminary offers courses in dars-e-nizami (the aalim course), calligraphy, Islamic jurisprudence (Mufti), Quranic memorisation, Qirat, and specialisation courses in Arabic language and literature.[6]
Publications
Madrasa Shahi publishes its monthly Urdu journal, Nidā-e-Shāhi, since 1990.[7]Tārīkh-e-Shāhi Number, Hajj-o-Ziyārat Number and Naat-un-Nabi Number are its few historical documentary issues.[7]
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^Syed Mehboob Rizwi. History of The Dar al-Ulum Deoband. Vol. 1. Translated by Prof. Murtaz Hussain F. Quraishi. Darul Uloom Deoband: Idara-e-Ehtemam. p. 361.
^Mansoorpuri, Muhammad Salman (April 2020). "Hazrat Maulana Sayed Muhammad Ismail Sahab Katki". Zikr-e-Raftagan (in Urdu). Vol. 2. Lalbagh, Moradabad: Al Markaz Al Ilmi Lin Nashri Wat Tahqeeq. pp. 16–17.
^Mufti Ubaid Anwar Shah Qaiser. "Maulana Saeed Ahmad Akbarabadi: Ek Sahib-e-Qalam Shakhsiyat". Nida'e Darul Uloom Waqf (in Urdu) (Rabi-ut-Thaani, 1438 ed.). Darul Uloom Waqf, Deoband. pp. 49–53.
Bibliography
Amini, Nur Alam Khalil (February 2017). "Hadhrat Mawlānā Sayyid Muḥammad Miyān Deobandi thumma al-Dehlawi". Pas-e-Marg-e-Zindah (in Urdu) (5 ed.). Deoband: Idara Ilm-o-Adab. pp. 37–107.
Qasmi, Nayab Hasan (2013). Darul Uloom Deoband Ka Sahafati ManzarNama (in Urdu). Deoband: Idara Tehqeeq-e-Islami.