Nizamuddin Sihalivi

Nizamuddin Sihalvi
Personal life
Born27 March 1677
Died8 May 1748(1748-05-08) (aged 71)
EducationFirangi Mahal
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi

Nizamuddin Sihalivi Ansari (27 March 1677 – 8 May 1748) was the founder and designer of the Dars-i Nizami curriculum used in most South Asian madrasas. He was born in Sihali a Village in Fatehpur Block in Barabanki District of Uttar Pradesh now in India, on 27 March 1677, into an Ayyubi Ansari family. Later on he then migrated to Firangi Mahal Lukhnow. His father was Mulla Qatubdeen. He was a disciple of Shah Abdul Razzaq Bansvi in silsala Qadiriyya. He was a descendant of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari.