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{{short description|Islamic seminary in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox university
|name = Madrasa Shahi
|image_name = A view of Madrasa Shahi Moradabad.jpg
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|type = [[Islamic university]]
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|founder = [[Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi]]
|established = {{start date and age|df=yes|p=y|1879}}
|rector = [[Syed Ashhad Rashidi]]
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|city = [[Moradabad]]
|state = Uttar Pradesh
|country = India
|address = Lal Bagh Chowraha, Faiz Ganj
|website = [http://madarsashahi.com/ madarsashahi.com]
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'''Madrassa Shahi''' (alternatively known as '''Jamia Qasmia''') is an [[Islamic seminary]] in [[Moradabad]], Uttar Pradesh. It was established in 1879 by the poor Muslims of Moradabad under the supervision of Islamic scholar, [[Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi]], who also established the [[Darul Uloom Deoband]]. This started as Madrasatul Ghuraba, but gained recognition as Madrasa Shahi. Its first principal was [[Ahmad Hasan Amrohi]].

==History==
Madrasa Shahi was established by the poor Muslims of [[Moradabad]] at the suggestion of [[Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi]] in 1879.<ref name="history">{{cite book |author1=[[Syed Mehboob Rizwi]] |translator=Prof. Murtaz Hussain F. Quraishi |title=History of The Dar al-Ulum Deoband|volume= 1 |publisher=Idara-e-Ehtemam |location=Darul Uloom Deoband|page=361 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Imdadul Haq Bakhtiyār|title=سید العلماء قاسم ثانی حضرت مولانا سید احمد حسن محدث امروہیؒ:حیات وخدمات |url=https://www.baseeratonline.com/122482 |access-date=20 July 2021 |work=Baseeratonline |date=16 October 2021 |language=ur}}</ref> It was thus known as "Madrasatul Ghuraba" (The School of the Poor) and [[Ahmad Hasan Amrohi]] was appointed its first principal.<ref name="fareedi">{{cite book |first1=Naseem Ahmad |last1=Fareedi |editor1-last=Deobandi |editor1-first=Nawaz |editor1-link=Nawaz Deobandi |title=Sawaneh Ulama-e-Deoband |publisher=Nawaz Publications |location=[[Deoband]]|volume = 2 |page=372 |date=January 2000 |language=ur}}</ref> He served there for seven years, and scholars such as Abdur Rahman Siddiqi Amrohi, Abdul Ghani Phalaudi, Muhammad Yahya Shahjahanpuri and Khadim Hussain Amrohi graduated in those years.<ref name="fareedi"/> Madrasa Shahi was established on the lines of [[Darul Uloom Deoband]].{{Sfn|Amini|2017|p=96}} It did not accept any aid from the government.{{Sfn|Amini|2017|p=96}}

Madrasa Shahi was initially patronized by [[Rashid Ahmad Gangohi]].<ref name="patrons" /> Later, its patrons included [[Mahmud Hasan Deobandi]], [[Hussain Ahmad Madani]], [[Syed Fakhruddin Ahmad]], [[Syed Muhammad Miyan Deobandi]], [[Zakariyya Kandhlawi]] and [[As'ad Madani]].<ref name="patrons" /> As of 2021, [[Arshad Madani]] is the patron of the institution.<ref name="patrons">{{cite web |title=PATRONS OF DARUL-ULOOM SHAHI |url=http://www.madrasashahi.com/patron.php |website=MadrasaShahi.com |access-date=2 June 2019 |archive-date=23 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923052334/http://madrasashahi.com/patron.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Courses offered==
The seminary offers courses in [[dars-e-nizami]] (the aalim course), calligraphy, Islamic jurisprudence ([[Mufti]]), Quranic memorisation, [[Qirat]], and specialisation courses in Arabic language and literature.<ref>{{cite web |title=Faculties of the Institution |url=http://www.madrasashahi.com/facult.php |website=MadrasaShahi.com |access-date=1 June 2019 |archive-date=3 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803211819/http://madrasashahi.com/facult.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Publications==
Madrasa Shahi publishes its monthly Urdu journal, ''Nidā-e-Shāhi'', since 1990.{{Sfn|Qasmi|2013|p=347}} ''Tārīkh-e-Shāhi Number'', ''Hajj-o-Ziyārat Number'' and ''Naat-un-Nabi Number'' are its few historical documentary issues.{{Sfn|Qasmi|2013|p=347}}

==Alumni==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name !! Introduction !! Ref
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| [[Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri]] || Pakistani historian and researcher ||<ref>{{cite news |title=اردو کے ممتاز محقّق اور مضمون نگار ابو سلمان شاہ جہاں پوری انتقال کرگئے |trans-title= A known researcher and writer of Urdu language, Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri passed away|url=https://urdu.arynews.tv/dr-abu-salman-shahjahanpuri-died-karachi/ |access-date=20 May 2021 |work=[[ARY News]] |date=2 February 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Athar Ali Bengali]] (1891–1976) || He was a Bangladeshi religious scholar and political activist who was involved in the independence movement of Pakistan. He was the founding president of the [[Nizam-e-Islam]] party. || <ref>{{cite Banglapedia|article=Ali, Maulana Ataher|author=Siddiqi, ABM Saiful Islam}}</ref>
|-
|[[Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad]]
|Rector of [[Darul Uloom Deoband]].
|<ref name="history1">{{cite book |author1=[[Syed Mehboob Rizwi]] |translator=Prof. Murtaz Husain F. Quraishi |title=History of The Dar al-Ulum Deoband (Volume 2) |publisher=Idara-e-Ehtemam, [[Darul Uloom Deoband|Dar al-Ulum Deoband]] |pages=37–38, 170–174|edition=1981 |url=https://archive.org/download/2VolumeBookOnTheHistoryOfDarAlUlumDeoband/HistoryOfTheDarulUloomDeoband-VolumeTwo1981.pdf |accessdate=9 May 2020}}</ref>
|-
|[[Hifzur Rahman Seoharwi]] || Indian freedom struggle activist||<ref>{{cite web |title=Maulana Hifzur Rahman and his Qasas-ul-Qur'an |url=http://www.arabnews.com/islam-perspective/maulana-hifzur-rahman-and-his-qasas-ul-qur%E2%80%99 |website=www.arabnews.com |access-date=20 May 2021}}</ref>
|-
|[[Kifayatullah Dehlawi]]
|First president of the [[Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind]].
|<ref name="oriental">{{cite book |title=Mufti Azam Hind, Maulana Kifayatyullah Shahjahanpuri Thumma Dehlawi |publisher=[[Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library]] |edition=2005}}</ref>
|-
|[[Muhammad Ismail Katki]] (1914–2005)
| He was associated with the Khatme Nabuwat movement in India, particularly in the state of [[Odisha]].
|<ref name="Zikr">{{cite book |last=Mansoorpuri |first=Muhammad Salman |title=Zikr-e-Raftagan|publisher=Al Markaz Al Ilmi Lin Nashri Wat Tahqeeq|location=Lalbagh, [[Moradabad]]|pages=16–17|date=April 2020 |chapter=Hazrat Maulana Sayed Muhammad Ismail Sahab Katki|volume=2|language=ur}}</ref>
|-
|[[Mufti Mahmud]] || Pakistani politician and former [[Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]. ||<ref>{{cite news |author1=Muḥammad Jahān Yāqub |title=مفتی محمود…ایک عہد ساز شخصیت |url=https://www.baseeratonline.com/75070 |access-date=20 May 2021 |work=Baseerat Online}}</ref>
|-
|[[Nizamuddin Asir Adrawi]] || Indian historian and author ||<ref>{{cite news |title=مشہور مؤرخ اور درجنوں کتابوں کے مصنف مولانا اسیر ادروی نہیں رہے |trans-title=Famous historian and author Mawlāna Asīr Adrawi is no more|url=https://www.baseeratonline.com/146894 |access-date=20 May 2021 |work=Baseerat Online |date=20 May 2021 |language=ur}}</ref>
|-
|[[Qazi Athar Mubarakpuri]] || Indian historian and author ||<ref>{{Cite book|author=Hassan, Mohd Amirul|year=2010 |title= Contribution Of Qazi Athar Mubarakpuri to Arabic Studies: A Critical Study. (PhD thesis) |publisher= [[Aligarh Muslim University]]|url=http://ir.amu.ac.in/6292/|page=15|access-date=20 May 2021}}</ref>
|-
|[[Saeed Ahmad Akbarabadi]] || Former Dean of [[Faculty of Theology, Aligarh Muslim University]] ||<ref>{{cite book |author1=Mufti Ubaid Anwar Shah Qaiser |title=Nida'e Darul Uloom Waqf |publisher=[[Darul Uloom Waqf, Deoband]] |pages=49–53 |edition=Rabi-ut-Thaani, 1438|chapter=Maulana Saeed Ahmad Akbarabadi: Ek Sahib-e-Qalam Shakhsiyat |language=ur}}</ref>
|}

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* {{cite book |last1=Amini |first1=Nur Alam Khalil |author1-link=Noor Alam Khalil Amini |title=Pas-e-Marg-e-Zindah |date=February 2017 |publisher=Idara Ilm-o-Adab |location=Deoband |pages=37–107 |edition=5 |language=ur |chapter=Hadhrat Mawlānā Sayyid Muḥammad Miyān Deobandi thumma al-Dehlawi}}
* {{cite book |last1= Qasmi |first1= Nayab Hasan |title=Darul Uloom Deoband Ka Sahafati ManzarNama |publisher=Idara Tehqeeq-e-Islami |location = [[Deoband]] |date = 2013 |language= ur}}
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[[Category:Deobandi madrasas]]
[[Category:Madrasas in India|Shahi]]
[[Category:Islamic universities and colleges in India]]
[[Category:Moradabad]]

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