Nizamuddin Sihalivi

Nizamuddin Sihalivi Ansari (27 March 1677 – 8 May 1748) was the founder and designer of the Dars-i Nizami curriculum used in most South Asian madrasas. He was born in Sihali a Village in Fatehpur Block in Barabanki District of Uttar Pradesh now in India, on 27 March 1677 then migrated to Firangi Mahal Lukhnow.[1][2][3][4]His father was Mulla Qatubdeen.He was a disciple of Shah Abdul Razzaq Bansvi in silsala Qadiriyya. He was a descendant of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari.[4]

Nizamuddin Sihalvi
Personal
Born27 March 1677
Died8 May 1748(1748-05-08) (aged 71)
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
EducationFirangi Mahal

Notable work

He designed and introduced teaching course Dars-i-Nizami in 1748[5]

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