# Sultanul Madaris

The Sultan ul Madaris Urdu: سُلطان المدارس; is a Shia Islamic Madrasa (religious school) for higher religious education in Lucknow, India. Major course of studies include Jurisprudence, Theology and Islamic Literature.

## About

It was founded in the year 1892 by Ayatullah Syed Muhammad Abul Hasan. The extensive madrasa buildings were erected under the supervision of the Nawab Mehdi Hasan Khan, a philanthropist of Awadh. The foundation stone was laid down in 1911 and the central hall was inaugurated by the then Lieutenant-Governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh Sir John Prescott Hewett. Sultanul Madaris is the second Shia religious school in Lucknow. The first one was Madrasatul Imamia - Which was closed down by the Britishers and the third being Jamia Nazmia.

## Courses

The following courses are offered by the Madrasa:
* Darjat Tahtaniya
* Darjat Fokaania
* Darjat-e-Aalia
* Darj-e-Sannad-ul-Afazil (Duration 3 Years)
* Darj-e-Sadar-ul-Afazil
The first two courses Darjat Tahtaniya and Darjat Fokaania consisting of seven Darjas (levels/stages) is the primary course.

## Alumni

Major personalities who have received education from Sultanul Madaris include, but are not limited to:
* Moulana Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari
* Ayatullah Sayyid Ali Naqi Naqvi
* Ayatullah Al-Udhma Syed Rahat Hussain Rizvi Gopalpuri
* Ayatullah Syed Mohsin Nawab Rizvi Mujtahid,
* Hujat Ul Islam Aga Syed Mohammad Taqi Mousavi Kashmiri
* Maulana Syed Ibne Hasan Nonaharvi, Principal, Madrasatul Waizeen.
* Prof. Syed Shabihul Hasan Nonaharvi, Lucknow University., was professor and chairman of Urdu Department at Lucknow University,
* Ziya'ul Millat Maulana Mujtahid Syed Wasi Mohammad Abidi, Principal, Wasiqa Arabic College, Faizabad.
* Maulana Hafiz Kifayat Hussain.
* Hujjatul Islam Hakeem Maulana Syed Mazahir Hussain Rizvi Kararvi, Former Leader of Friday Prayers, Sultanate of Mahmudabad, Sitapur, Awadh
* Baba-e-Mantiq Maulana Syed Abdul Hussain.
* Allama Syed Ali Haider ( Sahib e Nafse Rasool)
* Maulana Ibne Hasan Karbalai, Karachi.
* Prof. Saiyid Nurul Hasan, Former Governor of West Bengal.
* Prof. Syed Suleman Abbas Rizvi, B.H.U.
* "Aqa-e-Shariat" Maulana Syed Kalbe Abid.
* Maulana Syed Hasan Rizvi, Karbala-e-Moalla, Iraq.
* Maulana Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari, President All Jammu & Kashmir Shia Association
* Maulana Murtuza Husain "Fazil Lakhnavi", Lahore.
* Dr. Syed Kalbe Sadiq
* Maulana Syed Litafat Hussain Gopalpuri
* Maulana Syed Hasan Naqvi, Lucknow
* Prof. Imran Raza Rizvi.
* Maulana Syed Mohammad Mehdi Zayadpuri.
* Maulana Muhammad Mustafa Jauhar, Adeeb, Karachi.
* Maulana Ariful Millat Mufti Syed Arif Husain Rizvi Mujtahid. Ex-Principal, Sultanul Madaris, Khairpur.
* Maulana Syed Muhammad Adil Rizvi (Rizvia Karachi)
* Maulana Syed Asad Raza Rizvi Gopalpuri
* Maulana Syed Mohammad, Ex-Principal, Sultanul Madaris.
* Maulana Syed Ali, Ex-Principal, Sultanul Madaris.
* Maulana Syed Hussain, Prof. Faqihat, Jamia Sultania.
* Maulana Syed Ali Hussain, Lecturer, Faqihat, Jamia Sultania.
* Maulana Altaf Haider, Lecturer, Faqihat, Jamia Sultania.
** Ex Principal, Madarse Aliya (Oriental College), Rampur (UP);
** Ex Principal, Jamey Imaniya Nasirya, Jaunpur (UP);
** Vice Principal, Sulatanul Madaris, Lucknow (UP)
* Khateeb-e-Akbar Allama Mirza Mohammed Athar (Former Principal, Shia College, Lucknow)
* Maulana Syed Abu Iftikhar Zaidi, Imam-e-Juma, Burundi.
* Maulana Aalim Husain, Shair Arabi
* Maulana Khadem Husain
* Maulana Syed Riyaz Akbar Aabedi Barahvi, Mombasa
* Maulana Mohammad Hasan Maroofi, Imam-e-Juma, Hussaini Mission, Hounslow, London
* Molana Mohammad Jafar waiz Ansari, Bani Madars e Jafarul uloom, Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh
* Syed Sadar Uddin Mosavi [Pissan Nagar, Gilgit-Baltistan]