Nizamuddin Sihalvi | |
Honorific Suffix: | al-Ansari |
Birth Date: | 27 March 1677 |
Birth Place: | Sihali, Awadh, Mughal Empire |
Education: | Firangi Mahal |
Religion: | Islam |
Denomination: | Sunni |
Jurisprudence: | Hanafi |
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]
He designed and introduced teaching course Dars-i-Nizami in 1748[5]