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Mazahir Uloom

Saharanpur, Italy

Mazahir Uloom

Mazahir Uloom (also known as Mazahir Uloom Waqf Qadeem) is an Islamic seminary located in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Started in November 1866 by Saadat Ali Faqih, and developed further by Mazhar Nanautawi and Ahmad Ali Saharanpuri; it is regarded as the second most influential and major Deobandi sem

inary in India. The earliest graduates of the seminary include famous Hadīth scholar Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri. In 1988, the seminary split into two with the establishment of Mazahir Uloom Jadeed as a new independent seminary. Since then the seminary has been named as Mazahir Uloom Waqf Qadeem. Sa'ādat Ali Saharanpuri served as the seminary's first rector. Islam-ul-Haq As'adi was appointed as the acting rector after Muhammad Saeedi's death on 4 June 2025.

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