Jamia Nazmia
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Jamia Nazmia is one of the leading centres of Shia Islamic education in the city of Lucknow
Lucknow
Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....

, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. It was founded on the 8th Jamadi-ul-Awwal 1308 Hijri (February 2, 1890) making it the oldest Shia religious institution of India.

Administration

The current principal Maulana Syed Hamidul Hasan
Maulana Syed Hamidul Hasan
Maulana Syed Hamidul Hasan is a Shia alim of Lucknow, India. He has been giving religious lectures in India and abroad, especially during the Muslim month of Muharram, for the last 30 years...

 (titled "Ameer-ul-Ulama") has been working with the institution since 1969, after his return from Najaf
Najaf
Najaf is a city in Iraq about 160 km south of Baghdad. Its estimated population in 2008 is 560,000 people. It is the capital of Najaf Governorate...

 where he went for religious reasons. Maulana Syed Faridul Hasan, son of Maulana Syed Hamidul Hasan
Maulana Syed Hamidul Hasan
Maulana Syed Hamidul Hasan is a Shia alim of Lucknow, India. He has been giving religious lectures in India and abroad, especially during the Muslim month of Muharram, for the last 30 years...

, is the principal of Nazmia Arabic College — the government-funded part of the Madrasa.

Teachers at Jamia Nazmia include Maulana Syed Mohammad Shakir Naqvi Amrohvi, Maulana Syed Ibne Haider, Maulana Mehmood Ahmad, Maulana Mohd Mujtaba Husain, Maulana Syed Shahenshah Husain, Maulana Syed Mohd Ghafir Baqarai, Maulana Murtuza Parvi, and Maulana Syed Mohammad Afzaal Naqvi. Taqi Raza (ex-professor at Mahanagar Boys College) is the president of the Managing Committee of Nazmia.

Jamia Nazmia was established by the late and revered scholar Ayatollah Syed abul hasan rizvi urf abbu sahib and later on given to his disciple Ayatullah syed najmul hasan (also known as Najmul Millat
Najmul Millat
Najm al-Ḥassan , popularly known as Najmul Millat or Najmul Ulama, was a top faqīh , and trained several Ulama such as Sibte Hasan Naqvi, Farman Ali, Mohammad Haroon, Mohammad Dawood, Kifayat Hussain, Adeel Akhtar, and Jaffer Hussain...

).

See also

  • Madrasatul Waizeen
    Madrasatul Waizeen
    Madrasatul Waizeen is a centre of Shia Islamic education in the city of Lucknow, India.In The Muslim Review: An English Monthly Magazine Of Madrasatul Waizeen, volume XI, number 3 an ad on the inside of the front cover describes the Madrasatul Waizeen, Lucknow:-Foundation and development:The...

  • Jamia Nazmia
  • Sultanul Madaris
    Sultanul Madaris
    Sultanul Madaris is a Shia Islamic religious school for higher religious education in Lucknow, India founded in 1892 by Ayatullah Syed Muhammad Abul Hasan "Abbu sahab" son of Ayatullah Syed Ali Shah. The extensive buildings were erected under the supervision of the Nawab Mehdi Hasan Khan....

    , another madrasa in Lucknow
    Lucknow
    Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....

     that works hand-in-hand with Jamia Nazmia.

  • Tanzeemul Makatib
    • Jamiya Imamia at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
    • Jameatuz Zahra at Lucknow
    • Madrasa Khadeejatul Kubra at Lucknow
  • Jamia Imania, Varanasi
  • Jami'ul Uloom Jawadia, Prahladghat, Varanasi
  • Hoza-e-Ilmiya Wasiqa, Faizabad
  • Babul Ilm, Mubarakpur, Azamgarh
  • Jamia Haidariya, Khairabad Mau

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