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REVISED RESUME with PROGRESSIVE REFORMS.P65 Resume’ (A Profile) Deodi Dargah Khaja Bandanawaz, Rauza-i-Buzurg,GULBARGA 585 104. Karnataka State Tel : (08472) (R) 222120 (O) 257513 Mobile : 9886736909 E-mail : [email protected] Dr. Syed Shah Khusro Hussaini Sajjada Nashin President Dargah Hazrath Khaja Bandanawaz (Rh) Khaja Education Society Hazrath Khaja Bandanawaz Gesudiraz (Rh) was born on A cart was specially arranged to fetch the students from the 30th July 1321 / 4th Rajab 721H_ and passed away areas where roads were not proper. There were, then, on 1st November 1422 AD / 16th Zi qa‘ dah 825AH at the no educational institutions anywhere in this area for miles age of 105 Lunar years. His ancestors in Khurasan were around. This was late fifties and sixties. To understand the motives and struggles that were behind the foundation popularly known as the “Sayyids_ _ wi_ th long locks”. Thus he retained his surname of Gi su dira z (literally, long locks) of an education society is to comprehend the ideals and personality of the individual behind its construction. in India_ also. His name was Sayyid Muh_.ammad Al- H.usayni , and was also known as Bandanawa z (one who Janab Late Dr. Syed Shah Muhammad Hussaini was a comforts other human beings). man of vision. Initially he donated 40 acres of land for this specific purpose. An entire campus of schools and He was the sixth vicegerent in line from the great Chishti _ _ colleges stands in testimony to this individual service of Ajmer, Shaykh Khaja Ghari bnawa z. He was the _ _ towards his community. He took up the challenge of successor_ to _Shaykh Nas.i ruddin Mah.mu d, known as bettering the lot of his fellow citizens particularly of the Chira gh-i Dilli . He had moved to Gulbarga in 1401 AD deprived and backward Muslim community in Gulbarga. at the age of 80 years from Delhi. His mausoleum was Service was the basis of this education Society. built by Sultan Ahmad Shah Wali Bahmani in the middle of the 15th Century A.D. Every year during the Urs (death Khaja Education Society was initially created in the year anniversary) lakhs and lakhs of people converge to pay 1958 to nurture the hopes and aspirations of Muslim homage to the saint, displaying perfect communal community. However its philanthropic approach and harmony and national integration. compassion for the unprivileged sections of the humanity _ _ _ has enabled it to provide path-breaking service since its Gi su dira z was a reputed mystic, an erudite scholar and existence. It has worked for the upliftment of all the author of innumerable works. Among other irrespective of caste, community or religion. Moreover, languages, he knew Arabic, Persian, Hindawi, and was Khaja Education Society fosters communal harmony, well-versed in Sanskrit. peace, tolerance, equality, love, understanding and truthfulness. The teachings of Hazrath Khaja Bandanawaz are not Khaja Education Society offers modern education aimed confined to any particular caste or community, but at all the sections of the Society. It has given primary encompass human law and order, morality and culture, importance to women’s education, having established a sound mind in a sound body, and a balance of the girl’s high schools, pre-university and degree colleges physical and the spiritual. He preached universal unity (both Arts & Science). In all it manages more than 15 and brotherhood, and devoted his life for the good and educational institutions, begining from the pre-primary to upliftment of mankind irrespective of caste, creed or Engineering, Medical education and a 500 bed Khaja religion. ( Flash ) Bandanawaz Fresh Affiliations / Awards Teaching & The saint is known 03-04-2007 PROGRESSIVE REFORMS General Hospital. internationaly, to date (Page R-1 to R-5) and his works are We strive to studied and 27-05-2012 Hazrath Khaja Garib Nawaz, Ajmer Shareef Manuata Award, continue to be of researched on presented by World Peace Centre, Alandi, Pune (Maharashtra) service to future not only in India 21-05-2012 Member, Literary Committee of Dairatul Maarifil Osmania, generations and but in the Osmania University Campus, Hyderabad. hope to tide over universities of these difficult 23-12-2011 Member, National Monitoring Committee for Minorities Education Europe and North Govt. of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development, times with God’s America. New Delhi. grace. Achievements as Sajjada Nashin, Dargah Hazrath Khaja Bandanawaz (Revised) (Rh) and President, Khaja Education Society. Please see PROGRESSIVE REFORMS (2007 onwards) at the end of the Resume. Resume’/SSKH - # 2/15 (Revised) PERSONAL PROFILE: Born on 10th September, 1945... A. Genesis: i) Paternally ...into an illustrious family. Is the eldest son of the Founder Member & Vice President All India Personal Law Board and Former Member of Legislative Council, Govt.of Karnataka, Late Janab Padmashri Syed Shah Muhammad_ _ Al Hussaini,_ the Sajjada Nashin of the Dargah Hazrath Khaja Bandanawaz Gi su dira z, who was a renowned Chishti Sufi of Gulbarga. He was 6th in lineage from the famous Gharibnawaz of Ajmer. Is the 23rd direct descendant of the sufi saint Hazrath Khaja Bandanawaz. ii) Maternally ...to the daughter of Nawab Syed Kazim Hussain, better known as Kazim Yar Jung, who was from the nobility of Hyderabad. He was the Minister in Waiting to the Nizam VII of Hyderabad State. B. Married to... ...the daughter of Late Nawab Mir Muzaffar Hussain Khan from the aristocrasy of Surat, combined with the nobility of_ Hyder_abad_ _ on one side and descent traced to the Sufi Shaykh ‘Abd al - Qa dar Ji la ni of Baghdad on the other. l Has three daughters (all married) and two sons studying. C. Personality l Is a blend of Sufism and aristocrasy. Is a Syed paternally and maternally. 45th in Line from the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). l An intellectual with a Sufi background. By profession, is an agriculturist (farmer), academician, educationist and research scholar with a high literary aptitude and a scholarly approach. Believes in service to mankind as being a kind of worship. Serves various Societies / Trusts on an honourary basis as social service. l Honest, upright, straight-forward, polite, frank, perfectionist and meticulous. Resume’/SSKH - # 3/15 (Revised) EDUCATION : l An erudite scholar as the academic graph shows. Has keenly pursued education, steadily earning degrees from Senior Cambridge (Cambridge University) onwards in 1962. Graduation & Post Graduation : Master of Arts Graduated in Arabic, Sociology and English Literature from Osmania University in 1965 followed by Post graduation in Arabic language and literature in 1967 from the same university. Master of Arts Joined the famous Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University in Montreal, Canada in September 1972 and completed Second Post graduation in Islamic studies in 1976 specialising in Sufism. (Doctorate of Has worked consistently on the topic of Sufism throughout the academic Philosophy) career at McGill University and the Doctoral thesis is also on this subject. The research dissertation is on the concept of love and oneness in the Sufism of Gesudiraz. First part_ of the work_ is an annotated English_ translation of the treatise, Risa lah-i ‘Ishqiyyah or also known as H.aza ir al-Quds. The second part is an analysis of the work, including a discussion of and a comparison to earlier non-Indian Sufi masters. Dissertation is in progress. Doctorate of Was awarded by Belford University, U.S.A. in 2004, based on the Arts research done and contributions to the field of Islamic Studies (Sufism). Doctorate of Was awarded by Gulbarga University, Gulbarga (Karnataka) Letters on 18th Feb. 2008 for contributions to the field of Education and Scholarship. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS : A. Director : 1984-86 Islamic culture quarterly is a renowned research journal on Islamic studies published from Hyderabad. It was founded by the Nizam VII of Hyderabad in the year 1927. The journal had to be given a new life and getup. Hence a two year revitalization program was successfully taken up in the year 1984 as a project. Was a Director of the Project. 1985 - Is also on the Board of Directors, Nasr Education Society, Khairatabad Hyderabad. Is one of the driving forces that work towards the enhancement and maintenance of high educational standards in the institutions run by this Society in Hyderabad. The Society is known for the quality and standard of education maintained. It manages schools of repute affiliated to ICSE Board New Delhi. Resume’/SSKH - # 4/15 (Revised) B. Editor : 1986 - 96 Member of the Editorial Board of the Islamic Culture Quarterly. 1965 - Shahbaz - Annual Journal for Sayyid Muhammad Husayni Gisudiraz Academy, Dargah Hazrath Khaja Bandanawaz (Rh), Gulbarga. C. Member : 1988 - 1992 Member of Karnataka Board of Waqfs. 1991 - Member, Board of Trustees, Shah Khamush Education Trust, Hyderabad, A.P. 1992 - Jamia_ Nizamia_ is an Islamic_ _Univ_ _ersity founded more than 115 years ago by H.a fiz. Anwa rullah Kha n Fa ru qi . It is one of those Islamic Universities of India which is anti-fanatical and has a softer, anti-extremist approach to Islam. Is _at present Member of the Managing Committee of Jamia Niza mia and serving a third term. 2002 Permanent Member of India International Centre, New Delhi. 2006 - Member, Jami‘at-i ‘ulama-i Deccan. 2008 - Member, All India Muslim Personal Law Board, New Delhi. 2008 - Member, National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Dept. of Secondary & Higher Education, Govt. of India, New Delhi. 2009 - Member, General Assembly, International Islamic Relief Organization (IIROSA), Jeddah affiliated to Muslim World League, Saudi Arabia. 2010 - Life Member, National Education Society, Gulbarga (Karnataka State) vide letter dated 10-02-2010. 2010 - Member, Executive Committee, All India Muslim Personal Law Board, New Delhi vide Board Meeting held on 21-03-2010 at Lucknow (UP).
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