. t '2-53057- History of the Dar al-Ulum Deoband VOLUME TWO
THE GREAT RELIGIOUS ACHIEVEMENT OF THE MUSLIMS OF THE SUBCONTINENT
THE HEADSPRING OF ISLAMIC EDUCATION & CULTURE AND THE REVIVAL OF THE COMMUNITY
A Historical Survey of the Great Religious and Educational Services and Political Activities of the Dar al-Ulum, Deoban·d
By order of the Majlis-e Shura, & Under instruction of
Hakim al-Islam Hazrat Maulana Qari Muhammad Tayyib, Vice-chancellor, Dar al -Ulum, Deoband.
Sa,,Yid Mahboob Ri zvi's Tarikh-e Dar al-Ulum, Deoband (Vol. Two)
Translated into Eng lish by
Prof. Murtaz Husain F. Quraishi; S.B. Garcia Arts College, Navsari - 396 445. Gujarat.
November, 1981 l HISTORY O_F THE DAR AL-ULUM, DEOBAND
VOLUME TWO
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INCLUDING THE RIGHT OF ::· REPRODUCTION & TRANSLATION BY DAR AL- ULUM DEOBAND
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Foreword : by Hakim al-Islam Hazrat Maulana Qari Muhammad Tayyib Vice-chancellor, Dar al-Ulum, Deoband ~ t Author : Sayyi.d Mahbood Rizvi
English Translator: Prof. . Murtaz Husain F. Quraishi, Garcia College, Navsari - 396 445.
First Print : 1981, Two thousand.
Press : Sanitya Mudranalaya, City Mill Compo~nd, Kankaria Road, Ahmedabad - 380 022.
Price : lnl.and : Rs. 175/ Foreign : £ . 16/ : $ 35/ -
PUBLISHED BY MAULANA ABDUL HAQ, IDARA-E IHTEMAM, DAR AL-ULUM, DEOBAND, U.P., INDIA iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Translator's Note Table of Contents iii Foreword·... by Hazrat Maulana Qari Muhammad Tayyib 1 Preface ...... by Sayyid Mahboob Rizvi...... 3 CHAPTER IV The Celebrated Ulema ...: ...... 7
MEMOIR OF THE GRADUATES OF THE DAR AL-ULUM, DEOBAND.
1 Maulana Mir Baz Khan ...... 11 2. Maulana Fateh Muhammad Thanvi ...... 12 3. Maulana Qazi Muhi al-Din Khan Moradabadi ...... 14 4. Maulana Abd al-Haq Pur Qazvi ...... 15 5. Maulana Abd Allah Ansari Anbathvi · ...... -...... · 16 6. Maulana Muhammad Murad Farouqi Muzaffarnagari ...... 16 . 7. Maulana Khali l Ahmed Anbathvi ...... 17 8. Hazrat Shaikh al-Hind Maulana Mahmud Hasan ...... 19 9. Maulana Fakhr al-Hasan Gangohi . .. ..,...... 21 10. Maulana Sidd iq Ahmed Anbathvi ..· ... ·...... 22 11 . Maulana Abd al-Qadeer Deobandi ...... ' ...... 23 12. Maulana Sayyid Ahmed Hasan Amrohi ...... ·.·... 23 13. Maulana Abd al.:Ali Meeruthi ...... 26 14. MauJana Hal
27. Maulana Murtaza Hasan Chandpuri ...... 42 28. Maulana Muhammad Yasin sfrhindi Bareillvi ...... ".. 43 29. Maulana Ubayd 'Allah Sindhi ...... · 43 30. Maulana Sana Allah Amritsari ...... · ...... 45 31. Maulana Saif al-Rahman Kabuli ...... 46 32. Maulana Hakim Muhammad lshaq Kathori ...... 47 33. Maulana Sayyid Muhammad Anwar Shah Kashmiri ...... 49 34. Maulana Shah Waris Hasan ...... 51 35. Hazrat Maulana Amin al-Din Dehelvi 52 36. Maulana Muhammad Sadiq Karachvi ...... 52 37. Maulana Mufti Kifayat Allah Dehelvi ...... 53 38. Maulana Majid Ali Jaunpuri ...... 55 39. Maulana Sayyid Husain Ahmed Madani ...... 55 40. Maulana Sayyid Ahmed Madani ...... 57 41 . Maulana Karim Bakhsh Sanbhali ...... 58 42. Maulana Abd al-Majeed Sanbhali ...... 58 43. Maulana Abd al-Sam'ee Deobandi ...... , 59 44. Maulana Abd al-Aziz Gujranwalvi ...... 59 45. Maulana Muhammad Sehsarami ...... 60 46. Maulana Abd al-Razzaq Peshawari ...... 60 47. Maulana Muhammad Sahool Bhagalpuri ...... 60 48. Maulana Mian Asghar Husain Deobandi ...... : 61 49. Maulana Muhammad Mian Mansoor Ansari ...... 62 50. Maulana ·lzaz Ali Amrohi ...... ~4 51 . Maulana Ahmed Buzu rg Surti ...... 66 52. Maulana Rasul Khan Hazarvi ...... 67 53 . A llamah Shabbir Ahmed Usmani ...... 68 54. Maulana Mazhar al-Din Sherkoti ...... 71 55. Maulana Fazl-e Rabbi Peshawari ...... 71 · 56. Allam·ah Muhammad lbrahimn Balliavi ...... 72 57. Maulana Sayyid Fakhr al-Din Ahmed : ...... 74 58. Maulana Sha 'iq Ahmed Usmani ...... 76 59. MauJana Khwaja Abd al-H.ayy ·Farouqi ...... ·...... 77 60. Maulana Abd al-Shakoor Deobandi ...... : ...... 78 61. Maulana Hakim Abd al-Ali Lakhnavi ...... : ...... 79 62. Maulana Mubarak Husain Sanqhali ... ·.. ., ...... '...... 80 63. Maulana Shabbir Ali Thanvi : ...... '. .... : : ...... 81 64. Maulana lhsan Allah Khan Tajwar ..... ·...... 82 65. Maulana Ozair Gul Peshawari ...... 83 v
· 66. Maul9na Manazir Ahsan Gilani ...... : ...... 84 67 . Maulana· Abd al·Rahman Campbellpuri ...... 86 68. Maulana Khair Muhammad Jullundhari ...... 87 69. Maulana Shams al-Haq Afghani ...... 87 70. Maulana Habib al·Rahman .A'zami, ...... 88 . 71. Maulana Dr Mustafa Hasan Alavi 90 72. Maulana Shah Vasi Allah A'zami ..· ...... 91 73. Maulana Mufti Muhammad Shaf'ee Deobandi 93 74. Maulana Mufit lsma'il Bismillah ...... 94 75. Maulana· Sayyid Meerak Shah Kashmiri ...... 95 76. Maulana Qari Muhammad Tayyib Sahib ...... 96 77. Maulana Muhammad Chir.agh Gujranwalvi ...... 99 78. Maulana Muhammad Idris Kandhlavi ...... 99 79. Maulana Mufti Mahmud Ahmed Nanautavi ...... 100 80. Maulana Ghulam Ghaus Hazarvi· ...... 101 81 . Maulana Athar Ali Bengali · ...... 101 82. Maulana Najm al·Din Jehlumi ...... 102 83. Maulana Badr-e A 'lam Meeruthi ...... 102 84. Maulana Muhammad Yusuf Shah Kashmiri Mir Wa'iz ...... 103 85. Maulana Habib al-Rahman Ludhianvi ...... 105 86. Maulana Mufti Atiq al-Rahman Usmani ...... 1.06 87. Maulana Hitz al·Rahman Sioharvi ...... 107 88. Maulana Sayyid Muhammad Mian Deobandi ·109 89. Maula.na Muhammad Bin Musa Afriqi ...... 11:1 90. Maulana Sa'eed Ahmed Akbarabadi ...... 1·12 91.· Maulana Muhammad Manzoor Naumani ...... 1°13 92. Maulana Hamid al·Ansari Ghazi ...... 114 93. Maulana Qazi Zayn al-A'bidin Sajjad Meeruthi ...... 114 94·. Maulana Shams al·Haq Faridpuri ...... , ...... 116 9S. Maulana Sayyid Fakhr al-Hasan ...... ' ...... ; . ;...... 117 96. Maulana Qazi Sajjad Husain Karatpuri ...... ·...... 118 97. Maulana Masih Allah Khan ...... 119 98. Maulana Muhammad Yusuf Binnori .. , ...... 120 99. Maular:i a Sayyid Minnat Allah Rahmani ...... 121 100. Maulana Sharif Masan Deobandi ...... 123 101 . Maulana Ashraf Ali Kamarlai ...... 124 102. Maulana Mufti Mahmud ...... ·...... 124 Vi
CHAPTER V
SADR MUDARRIS.IN (PRINCIPALS ) ...... 126
1. Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Yaqub Nanautavi ...... 126 2. Hazrat Maulana Sayyid Ahmed Dehelvi ...... 131 3. Hazrat Sha ikh al -Hind Maulana Mahmud Hasan ...... 132
Beginning of the Struggle for the Independence of lndja . . . 135 A Baseless Charge 143 4. Maulana Muhammad Anwar Shah Kashmiri ...... 149 5. Maulana Sayyid Husain Ahmed Madani ...... 154 Division of the Post of Principal ...... 156 6. Maulana Sayyid Fakhr al-din Ahmed ...... 157 7. A llamah Muha mmad Ibrahim Ball iavi ...... 159 8. Maulana Sharif Hasan Deobandi ...... 161 9. Maulana Sayyid Fakhr al -Hasan Moradabadi ...... 162 10. Maulana Naseer Ahmed Khan ...... 163
ARBAB-E IHTEMAM (VICE-CHANCELLORS)
1. Haii Sayyid Muhammad Abid ...... 164 2. Mauiana Rafi'' al-Din ...... 167 3. Haji Sayyid Fazl Haq Deobandi ...... · 168 4. Maulana Muhammad Munir Nanautavi ...... 169 5. Maulana Hafiz Muhammad Ahmed ...... : ...... 170 6. Maulana Habib al-Rahman 173 7. Mau'lana Qari Muhammad Tayyib ...... 175 8. A llamah Shabbir Ahmed Usmani .. .. , ...... 178
THE EMINENT MUFTJS OF THE DAR AL-ULUM ...... 182
·1. Maulana Mufti Aziz al-Ra hma·n ' ...... 183 2 .. Hazrat Maulana lzaz Ali ...... : ...... 187 3. Mufti Riyaz al-Diri ...... 189 4. Maulana Mufti Muhammad Shaf ~ee 190 vii
5. Mau lana Mufti Muhammad Sahool ...... 190 6: Mau lana Kifayat Allah Gangohi ...... 191 7. Maulana Muhammad Farouq Ahmed ...... 191 8. Maulana Mufti Mahdi Hasan ...... ·...... 192 9. Maulana Mufti Mahmud Hasan Gangohi ...... : ...... 194 · 10. Maulana Mufti Nizam al-Din ...... 195
CHAPTER VI
The System of Education in the Dar al-Ulum ...... 196 First Period ...... 197 · Second Period ...... 198 Third Period ...... ~ ...... 199 Fourth Period ...... 200 The Curriculum of the Dar al -Ulum ...... · . . . . . 202 The Eight-year Course of the Arabic Classes ...... 203 Primary Classes ...... 210 The Removal of a Doubt ...... 211 Method of Teach ing ...... : ...... 213 Educational Features of the Dar ·al-U lum ... _ ...... 217 Our O ld System" of Education ...... 218 Free · Education ...... 219 Educational Autonomy ...... , ...... 219 Time-table ...... 223 Rules of Admission 223 Ed~cational Classes ...... 224 Examinations ...... , ...... 224 Ru les of Examinations 225 Educational Stipends 226 Prize-distribution ...... 228 Testimonial, Sanad (Degree) & "Turban" ...... 229 The Muslims' Avoidance of the English Education ...... 229
CHAPTER VII
Administration ...... : ...... : ...... 235 Majlis-e Shura ...... _...... 235 The Original Members of the Majlis-e Shura ...... 236 The Executive Council . , ...... 238 viii
.CHAPTER VIII
Departments ...... 239 The Educatio nal Department ...... 239 Dar al-lfta ...... 241 Majlis-e Ma'arif al -Quran ...... 242 Jamia-e Tibbia ...... 242 .Department of Preaching ...... -...... 243 Department of Calligraphy .. .- ...... 243 Craft & Industry ...... 244 Publications Division ...... 245 Physical Exerc ise Division ...... 245 The Accounts Department ...... 245 The Department of Organisation & Progress ...... 246 The Department of Endowments ...... 246 The Department of Management ...... 246 Record Office ...... 246 Lib rary ...... 247 The Kitchen Division ...... , ...... 253 The Department O f Bu ilding & Construction ...... 254 The Hostel Division ...... 254 The Division Fo r The Centenary Celebration ..- ...... 255 The San itary Division ...... _...... 255 . The Electrical Division (Light & Water) ...... 255 The External Affairs Division ...... 256 Gradual Addition to· the Departments & Divisions ...... 256
CHAPTER IX
The Buildings of the Dar al-U lum ...... 257 · Names of Respectable Visitors ...... : ...... 262
C~APTER X
What O thers Say 267 Observat~ ons & Impressions of Dignified Visitors 267
Masnavi Farogh . 320 ix
Appendix I : Abstract of Income & Exp.enditure & Books .. From A.H. 1283/ A.0. 1866 to A.H. 1396/ A.O. 1976 330 Appendix II : Educational & Admi~istrative Abstract.. From A.H. 1283/ A.0. 1866 .to A.H. 1396/ A.0. 1976 337
A Glance at the Expenses ...... =. 345
An Excerpt Moderation of the Ulema of Deoband 3.47
Bibliography 350
Appendix Ill : Brief Report of Centenary Celebration of the Dar al-Ulum. 353 Index 407