Madinatul Uloom Bagbari

The Madinatul Uloom Bagbari Najibia Alia Madrasa (Arabic: مدينة العلوم باغباري النجيبية العالية‎) or Madinatul Uloom Bagbari (also known as the Darul Uloom Bagbari[2]), is a madrasa located in Assam, India. It is the oldest Islamic educational institution in the South Assam-Greater Sylhet region.

Madinatul Uloom Bagbari
Other names
Darul Uloom Bagbari
TypeMadrasa and Islamic university
Established1 February 1873 (1873-02-01)
FounderNajib Ali Choudhury
Religious affiliation
Islam
PrincipalMaulana Abdul Mannan[1]
Location
Bagbari
,
Karimganj district, Assam
,
India

It was founded in 1873 by the eminent Islamic scholar Najib Ali Choudhury. Tradition states that while living in Mecca, Choudhury was visited in a dream by the Islamic prophet Muhammad, who instructed him to return to his homeland and spread religious education. The madrasa was established in Choudhury's own home, in the village of Bagbari near Karimganj, and was officially named in his honour. It remained in this location for nearly a century, shifting to its present site in 1969 under the tenure of the then muhtamim (principal), Maulana Ashab Uddin.[3]

Modelled after the famous Darul Uloom Deoband (which had been established only a few years earlier), the Madinatul Uloom Bagbari was the first true madrasa in the region, having offered a standardised education in contrast to the informal institutions which had existed previously.[2] It initially provided courses up to "Shar-e-Jami", with the degree-level "Dawra-e-Hadith" course also being introduced after 1992.[4][note 1]

Over the course of its history, the Madinatul Uloom Bagbari came to play a very prominent role in producing Arabic language scholars in the Greater Sylhet region, a reputation it maintains to the present-day.[3]

Notes
  1. The names of the courses refer to the main texts then studied by students, with the latter also being known as the al-Sihah al-Sittah.[5]

References
  1. "মদিনাতুল উলুম বাগবাড়ি মাদ্রাসার ১৪৬ তম বার্ষিক অনুষ্ঠান আগামী ১ফেব্রুয়ারি". Taranga Barta (in Bengali). 29 January 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  2. Khan, Bazlur Rahman (25 May 2012). "Madrasa Education System in South Assam". The Milli Gazette. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  3. Rahman, Md. Matiur; Bhuiya, Abdul Musabbir (2009). Teaching of Arabic language in Barak Valley: a historical study (14th to 20th century) (PDF). Silchar: Assam University. pp. 59–60, 101.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  4. Rahman & Bhuiya (2009, pp. 60, 74)
  5. Riaz, Ali (2008). Faithful Education: Madrassahs in South Asia. Rutgers University Press. pp. 122, 245. ISBN 978-0-8135-4562-2.
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