Nizamuddin Asir Adrawi

Mawlānā
Nizāmuddīn Asīr Adrawi
Personal
Born1926 (1926)
Died20 May 2021(2021-05-20) (aged 94–95)
ReligionIslam
RegionIndia
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
MovementDeobandi
Main interest(s)History
Notable work(s)
  • Tarikh Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind
  • Tehreek-e-Azadi aur Musalman
  • Karwan-e-Rafta
Alma mater
Organization
Founder ofMadrassa Darus Salam, Adri
Senior posting

Nizāmuddīn Asīr Adrawi (also known as Asīr Adrawi; 1926 – 20 May 2021) was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar, biographer, historian and author in the Urdu language. He established the Madrassa Darus Salam in Adari and served as the Officer In Charge of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind in Lucknow from 1974 to 1978.

Asīr was an alumnus of the Jamia Miftahul Uloom, Madrassa Ehya-ul-Uloom and the Madrasa Shahi. He taught Islamic sciences at the Madrasa Jamia Islamia in Rewri Talab, Varanasi. His works include the Maʼās̲ir-i Shaik̲h̲ulislām, Tafāsīr mai Isrā'īli Riwāyāt and the biographies of Hussain Ahmad Madani, Imamuddin Punjabi, Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi, Mahmud Hasan Deobandi and Rashid Ahmad Gangohi.