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| name = Anglo Arabic Senior Secondary School
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| caption = The school's main entrance
| motto = ''Find a Way or Make One''
| location = [[Gates of Delhi#Ajmeri Gate|Ajmeri Gate]]
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| city = [[Old Delhi]]
| state = [[Delhi]]
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| postal_code = 110006
| country = India
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| other_name = Anglo Arabic School, Delhi
| former_name = Madrasa Ghaziuddin Khan
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| established = {{Start date and age|1696}}

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| founder = [[Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung I]]
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| principal = Mohd. Wasim Ahmed<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://edudel.nic.in/mis/smc/frmParticularsOfSMCReportAtSchLevel.aspx?schid=2127082|title=Particulars of School Management {{sic|Commit|ee|nolink=y}} Report|website=Directorate of Education - Government of NCT of Delhi|access-date=2019-09-24}}</ref>
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| head_teacher = Shabab Haider
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'''The Anglo Arabic Senior Secondary School''', or more commonly '''Anglo Arabic School''', is a co-educational government aided school<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/Court-notice-over-girls-admission-to-Delhi-school/articleshow/13411172.cms|title=Court notice over girls' admission to Delhi school|website=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=2012-06-07}}</ref> in [[Old Delhi]], [[India]]. The school is managed by Delhi Education Society. The Vice Chancellor of [[Jamia Millia Islamia]] Najma Akhtar is the Chairperson of Delhi Education Society and Asad Malik is the manager of the school.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ANGLO ARABIC SR SEC SCHOOL |url=https://angloarabic.co.in/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |language=en-US}}</ref> The Principal of the school is Mohd Wasim Ahmad. It was founded in 1696 by [[Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung I]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.milligazette.com/Archives/15062002/1506200256.htm|title=Anglo Arabic School: a three-century old academic|last=Firoz Bakht|first=Ahmed|website=[[The Milli Gazette]]|access-date=2011-08-04}}</ref>

[[File:Anglo Arabic School.jpg|thumb|Anglo Arabic School Facade]]

== History ==
[[File:The courtyard of Ghazi al-Din Khan's Madrassah at Delhi 1814-15.jpg|thumb|left|The courtyard of Ghazi al-Din Khan's Madrassah at Delhi 1814-15]]
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The school was founded by Mir Shihab-Ud-din, also known as Ghaziuddin Khan. He was a general of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, a leading Deccan commander and the father of Qamar-ud-din Khan, Asaf Jah I, the founder of the [[Asaf Jahi dynasty]] of Hyderabad, also known as the first Nizam of Hyderabad, in 1690s, and was originally termed [[Madrasa Ghaziuddin Khan]] after him.<ref name="Anglo Arabic School" /> However, with a weakening Mughal Empire, the Madrasa closed in the early 1790s, but with the support of local nobility, an oriental college for literature, science and art, was established at the site in 1792.

It stood just ob the boundary of the walled city of Delhi just close to the [[Ajmeri Gate]], close to the [[New Delhi Railway Station]]. It was originally surrounded by a wall and connected to the walled city fortifications and was referred to as the College Bastion.

It was reorganized as the 'Anglo Arabic College' by the British East India Company in 1828 to provide, in addition to its original objectives, an education in English language and literature. The object was "to uplift" educational status of the community living in vicinity.." Behind the move was Charles Trevelyan, the brother-in-law of Thomas Babingdon Macaulay the father of modern education in India also played key role in this process of educational uplift of the society".

Sprenger, then principal, presided over the founding of the college press, the Matba‘u ’l-‘Ulum and founded the first college periodical, the weekly Qiranu ’s-Sa‘dain, in 1845.

One of the notable teachers and principals of the Anglo Arabic College was Rao Shamshad Ali Khan, who joined the school in 1947 and served until 1975. He was a prominent figure in the Muslim League, a political party that advocated for the creation of Pakistan, and was arrested by the police during the Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi in 1975.<ref name="Anglo Arabic School" />

== Notable alumni ==
* [[Sir Syed Ahmed Khan]], founder of [[Aligarh Muslim University]]
* [[Meem Afzal]], Journalist, Politician, Diplomat.
* [[Muhammad Husain Azad]], writer
* [[Akhtar ul Iman]], poet
* [[Mirza Masood]], hockey Olympian<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/18558/learning-seat-still-survives.html|title=Learning seat still survives|date=2009-08-08|website=[[Deccan Herald]]|language=en|access-date=2011-08-04}}</ref>

==Book chronicles==
Anglo Arabic School at the Ajmeri Gate is in the 330th year of its foundation. Two former administrators of this educational institution have chronicled the history and legacy of one of the oldest running Muslim schools in India. The book is titled " The School at Ajmeri Gate: Delhi Educational Legacy is published by Oxford University Press.<ref name="330 year old legacy">{{cite book |last1=Razzack |first1=Azra |title=The school at Ajmeri Gate : Delhi's educational legacy |date=2022 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New Delhi |isbn=9788194831624 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/book-chronicles-legacy-of-old-delhis-330-year-old-anglo-arabic-school/article66124659.ece |access-date=13 November 2022 |ref=Journey of the school since its inception}}</ref> The book contains the detailed history of the school.<ref name="Anglo Arabic School" />

== See also ==
* [[Zakir Husain Delhi College]], another descendant of the original institution

== References ==
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<ref name="Anglo Arabic School">{{cite news |title=Muslim Educational Society |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/book-chronicles-legacy-of-old-delhis-330-year-old-anglo-arabic-school/article66124659.ece |access-date=18 August 2023 |ref=The School at Ajmeri Gate}}</ref>

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== External links ==
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* {{Official website}}
{{Schools in Delhi}}
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