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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Islamic college in Tamil Nadu, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox university<br />
| name = Baqiyat Salihat Arabic College<br />
| image = Tomb of A'la Hadrat Shah Abdul Wahhab.jpg<br />
| caption = [[Maqbara]] of A'la Hazrat Shah Abdul Wahhab<br />
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| established = 1857<br />
| type = [[Islamic university]]<br />
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| staff = <br />
| head = S. Ziauddin Ahmed<br />
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| president = .............<br />
| vice_president = A. Mohamed Ameen<br />
| provost = <br />
| founder = [[Shah Abdul Wahhab (born 1831)|Shah Abdul Wahhab]]<br />
| rector = <br />
| principal = Abdul Hameed Bakavi<br />
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| city = [[Vellore]]<br />
| state = [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| country = India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|12.91977|79.13565|format=dms|type:edu_region:IN|display=inline,title}}<br />
| other_name = BAKHIYATH <br />
| website = <br />
| address = Madrasa Al-Bakhiyath us-Salihath Arabic College,Jayaram Chetty Street (Anjuman Street), Vellore, 632004.<br />
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'''Bakhiyath Salihath Arabic College''' (جامعة الباقيات الصالحات) or '''Jami'ah al Baqiyath as Salihat''' is an [[Islamic]] college in [[Vellore, Tamil Nadu]], India established in 1857.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/Few-takers-for-traditional-madrasa-education/articleshow/27696758.cms|title=Few takers for traditional madrasa education |date=21 December 2013|first=A.|last=Alimudeen |website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/opinion/the-pride-of-kashmir/|title=The Pride of Kashmir|date=3 July 2016|website=Greater Kashmir|language=en-US|access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref><br />
The madrasa was founded by Aa'la Hazrat Abdul Wahhab. He was one of the students of [[Madurai Maqbara#Meer Amjad Ibrahim (Chinna Hazrat)|Bahrul uloom Saahibul Karaamaat Ash Sheikh Meer Amjad Ibrahim Chinna Hazrat]], the second of [[Madurai Maqbara]] hazrats in Madurai.<br />
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According to Viji and Yasir, "This Madrasa has acquired the status of a university. In view of pioneering role played by this institution in various foreign countries by teaching their citizens his seat of learning is rightly addressed as Islamic University and more appropriately as Umm ul_Madaris. Though the syllabus followed here is the universally recognized Nizamiah syllabus: it also provides exposure to English language as well as to [[Urdu]] (for non-Urdu speakers) keeping in view the demands of the time. This Madrasa has courses of graduation (Maulvi ‘Aalim) and post-graduation (Maulvi Fadhil) level. In addition, there are departments that offer specializations in Tasnif, Ta’lif, Tahqeeq and Tarjama (writing/editing/research and translation). Alumni of this institution have established haundreds of academic institutions not only within the country but also in alien lands. A few of them have acquired the status of universities."<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Viji |first1=M |last2=Yasir |first2=Muhammed |title=Fountains of Islamic Education in Ancient Tamilnadu: A Historical Perspective |journal=IJRAR- International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews |date=2019 |volume=6 |issue=1 |pages=637-640 |url=http://ijrar.com/upload_issue/ijrar_issue_20543221.pdf}}</ref><br />
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The trust of the Madrasa played a vital role in forming the strong Islamic institution in South India.{{Citation needed|date=September 2025}}<br />
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==Prominent Alumni== <br />
The graduates of this Madarasa are known as '''Baqavi''' (Baqawi, Baquavi, Baqvi, Bakavi, Bakawi). This Madrasa had produced a good number of well-known Islamic Scholars.<ref>See al-Hasani, 'Abd al-Hai, ''Nuzhat al-Khatir''; vol. 8, entry no. 331, pp. 338–39</ref><ref>Al Baqiyath Magazine 2014 (Urdu/Tamil/Malayalam)</ref> The graduated scholars are the pioneers of thousands of makatibs and madaris in throughout south India and far east countries.<br />
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The famous Tamil translation of Al-Quran by Moulana Abdul Hameed Baqavi was acknowledged by the eminent Muftis and Alims of south India.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Pickthall|first1=Marmaduke William|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ja16-czwISsC&q=Baqiyat+Salihat+Arabic+College|title=Islamic Culture|last2=Asad|first2=Muhammad|date=1939|publisher=Islamic Culture Board|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Islamic universities and colleges in India]]<br />
[[Category:Islamic schools in India]]<br />
[[Category:Madrasas in Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Universities and colleges in Vellore district]]<br />
[[Category:Education in Vellore]]<br />
[[Category:1857 establishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:Academic institutions formerly affiliated with the University of Madras]]</div>Vernell29N