দারুল_উলুম_দেওবন্দের_ভবন
ভবন
Besides being the starting point of the buildings of the Dar al - Ulum, the Dar al - Hadith , by reason of its loftiness , extensiveness and grandeur , commands a distinctive position among all the buildings of the Dar al Ulum. It was firstly begun under the name Nav - darah in 1993/1876. The two - storeyed building of the Nav - darah faces the east ; its ground floor contains three halls, each 36 by 25 sq. ft. , and in front of which there is a long 9 - doored verandah. On the upper storey there is a wide hall the area. of which is 68 by 35 sq. ft. The lessons of Daura - e Hadith are given here and hence it is known as Fauqani Dar al Hadith Its upper storey was constructed in 1352/1933. Behind the back of the Nav - darah, towards the west , is the grand and monumental building of the Dar al - Hadith. Bearing the name of Dar al Hadith, it is the first building of its kind on the land of the subcontinent. The length of the hall of the Dar al - Hadith is 68 ft. and its width is 35 ft. There are thirteen rooms around it which are used as class - rooms The Nav darah faces east and the Dar al - Hadith, west. In this direction there is a verandah of stone pillars. In front of the Dar al - Hadith there is a wide ground on which has been laid out a garden. This building was completed in 1349/1930. Above the Dar al - Hadith is the hall of the Dar al - Tafsir which is 30 by 30 sq.ft. Its dame is visible from miles and it looks as if a crown has been laid on the head of the Dar al - Ulum. This building was constructed in 1358/1939. There is a quadrangular courtyard in front of the Nav - darah ; it is known as lhata - e Maulsari ( the Maulsari Compound ). The famous historical well of the Dar al - Ulum is situated in this very compound. The office of the Preach ing Department is also here. Around the courtyard of the Nav - darah there are some class - rooms and students ' lodgings also. At the end of the courtyard, towards the east , there is a gate which is known as Bab - e Qasim. The building of the Dar al - Intemam is situated above this gate. Administratively the Dar al - Ihtemam is the central point the core - of the Dar al - Ulum. The sessions of the Majlis - e Shura and the Executive Council are held here only. This building had been built in 1315/1897. Its chronogram is " Ja - e ' Ajeeb - o Ghareeb " ( A.H. 1315 ). To the east of the Dar al - Ihtemam is the office of the management and to the latter's north is the office of the Dar al - Ulum " magazine, and the office of the Dar al - Iqama ( Hostel ) is also here . In the south is the Record . Office , in which records of the Dar al - Ulum of more than a century have been preserved . This two - storeyed building was built in 1355/1936 Towards the east of the Record Office , that is , exactly opposite the office of the management , to the south is the Accounts Office . This build ing was built in 1317/1899 . This office is responsible for all the income and expenditure of the Dar al - Ulum . The treasury of the Dar al - Ulum is kept in a strong room of the same building Between the Accounts Office and the Office of the Management there is an expansive courtyard the gate of which opens on the road . In the lower storey of bath these offices are located the office of the Electrical Division and the Department of Construction , and the office of the External Affairs is situated above them , and nearby is the office of the Majlis - e Ma'arif al - Quran accommodated in a spacious hall. Towards the north - east of the office of management is the beautiful and attractive two - storeyed mosque of the Dar al - Uium the facade, pillars and minarets of which have been built with almond - coloured stones containing lovely and exquisite anastatic ball - flowers. This mosque was constructed in 1327/1909 and it is a masterpiece of the fine art of stone carving. At the end of the courtyard of the mosque is the cistern of water. The area of the mosque proper is 42 by 33 sq.ft. , the courtyard is 50 feet wide and 118. feet long. To the north and south of the mosque are hostel - rooms of the students In the eastern direction of the courtyard of the mosque, just above the fountain of water , is situated the building of the Dar al - Ifta. This large and spacious building consists of three halls in front of which there is a veran dah. This is the largest Dar al - Ifta in the continent of Asia from which hundreds of thousands of Muslims in and outside India acquire guidance in religio - legal ( shara'i ) matters through correspondence. It was built in 1367/1948. The post office is just near the Dar al - ifta and is known as " Dar al - Ulum Post Office ". There are 107 rooms of the New Hostel around the ground of the Dar al - Hadith. In front of these rooms there are long verandahs of high arches. The area of each room of the hostel is 19 by 18 ft. and the area of this whole compound is 500 by 361 sq. ft. Its construction began in 1338/1919 and was completed in 1364/1945. Now rooms have been built on its first floor. On each room of the hostel the name of the donor with whose money it has been built has been inscribed on a marble slab. There are two roads in the compound of the hostel crossing each other and dividing the compound into four plots. These plots have been laid with gardens. To the north, south and west of the hostel there are three large gates. The western gate is known as Bab al - Zahir, which is a memorial of the journey to Afghanistan of Hazrat Maulana Qari Muhammad Tayyib , vice chancellor of the Dar al - Ulum , Deoband , and the monetary gift of the ex king of Afghanistan , Muhammad Zahir Shah. It was built in 1359/1940. Its area is 54 by 42 sq. ft. There are three auditoriums of chirography in it. Facing the Bal al - Zahir there is a concrete road which the Municipal Board of Deoband has named Dar al - Ulum Road. This road connects the Dar al Ulum with the railway station. At some distance from the Dar al - Hadith, in the south - east , there are five auditoriums of the Dar al - Quran , built in 1368/1949. The area of each one of them is 25 by 21 sq.ft. The Kitchen building, which is near the Dar al - Quran , consists of several parts. Office, godown of raw materials , godown of fuel , halls for cooking , hall for distribution of food ; the collective name of all these buildinds is Kitchen in which food for one thousand students is cooked daily for both the times. Near the Kitchen, on the first floor of the Dar - e Jadid , two new auditoriums have been built. While entering the campus of the university through the eastern gate, comes the office of the Electrical Division in the lower storey on the left side. The Accounts Office which has been mentioned in the foregone is just above this office. A passage parallel to this electrical office goes to the compound of the library. Here on the ground floor, besides the Dar al - Sana'e , there is also the office of Awqaf , and on the upper floor there is the long building of the library. The library building consists of three large halls and eight rooms. There is here a stock of more than 100,000 books details of which have been mentioned in Chapter VIII. The construction of the library building began in 1325/1907, its third hall has been constructed recently , 1.e. , in A.H. 1396. This library is the very soul of the Dar al - Ulum and a matchless wealth of the generosity of the Muslims of the subcontinent. There is such a large stock of text - books here that it may be hardly present elsewhere. On the lower storey of the library itself is located, in the south , the office of Organisation and Progress. This department provides finances for the Dar al - Ulum. There is a blooming garden in its courtyard. The upper storey belongs to the library. Behind this Office of Organisation and Progress is the Chhatta Mosque. It is the same old mosque in the courtyard of which, under the pomegra nate tree , the Dar al - Ulum had been inaugurated in 1283/1866. The area of this mosque is 84 by 40 sq.ft. If you enter the Dar al - Ulum through its eastern gate, outside the compound of the Dar al - Ulum , just opposite the Mosque of the Dar al Ulum , to the east of the public thoroughfare , you will see a palatial two storeyed building. This is the Guest House of the Dar al - Ulum which was built in 1377/1958. On the lower storey there are residential quarters for teachers and above them is the spacious building of the Guest House, consisting of several rooms and a number of verandahs. Its area is 115 by 80 sq.ft. Beside the Guest House, to the east , there is another dignified two - storeyed building , having six houses ; the office of the Centenary Celebrations is located in one of these houses. The buildings of the Jamia - e Tibbia of the Dar al - Ulum are situated to the north of the Dar al - Talaba ( Hostel ) and Bab al - Zahir, at some distance from them. There are several hails and verandahs in the Jamia - e Tibbia, and two general wards for indoor patients. Behind the back of the Jamia - e Tibbia is the building of the Afriqui Manzil, which is still under construction ; when completed , it will be one of the excellent buildings of the Dar al - Ulum. A new hostel has been built for students behind the Kitchen also. As regards the buildings of the Dar al - Ulum it should be particularly kept in mind that these buildings have not been constructed simultaneously according to a preplanned map, as it is evident from the years of their construction. On the contrary, as the Dar al - Ulum progressed the buildings too came up as per requirements ; this process still continues and , God willing , it is expected to continue in the future also.