Jamiah Darul Uloom Zahedan

Jamiah Dar-ul-Uloom Zahedan (in Persian دارالعلوم زاهدان)
Type	Islamic university
Established	1971^[1]
Chancellor	Maulana Abdul Hameed
Vice-Chancellor	Maulana Abdul Ghani Badri
Academic staff	65 (Total 2011)
Administrative staff	90 (Total 2011)
Students	More than 1200 (2011)
Location	Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran
Campus	Omar Khayyam Road, Zahedan, Iran
Website	http://web.archive.org/web/20110127073528/http://english.sunnionline.us:80/Darululoom-Zahedan

Jamiah Darul Uloom Zahedan (دارالعلوم زاهدان in Persian)is the largest and highest seat of Deobandis in Iran. Maulana Abdul Azeez, son of Mojahid Shaikh Abdullah, founded the Jamiah.

The Jamiah started its education activities in 1971 for the first time along with around 60 to 80 students and only 6 teachers in the new building of Darul Uloom on Khayyam Road.^[2] A good number of students studying at Jamiah Darul Uloom Zahedan.

Education pattern

The Deobandi movement

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Darul Uloom Deoband, India
Ideology and influences
Dars-i Nizami Maturidi theology Hanafi fiqh
Founders and key figures
Haji Imdadullah Muhajir Makki Muhammad Qasim Nanotvi Rashid Ahmad Gangohi Husain A. Madani Mahmud al-Hasan Ashraf Ali Thanwi Anwar Shah Kashmiri Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlawi Shabbir Ahmad Usmani Muhammad Zakariya Kandhlawi
Notable institutions
Darul ulooms and Madrasas Deoband Mazahir Uloom Nadwatul Ulama Dabhel Hathazari Madrassah Ashrafia Karachi Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia Bury In'aamiyyah List of Deobandi universities
Centres (Markaz) of Tabligh
Nizamuddin Raiwind Dhaka Dewsbury
Associated Organizations
Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam Tablighi Jamaat
Militant Organisations
Taliban Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan Sipah-e-Sahaba Jaish-e-Mohammed Lashkar-e-Jhangvi

The Jamiah has divided its education system into seven stages. These stages are given below along with years each stage requires:

Primary Stage: two years
Junior Stage: two years
General Secondary Stage: two years
Special Courses Stage: two years
Higher Level(BA) Stage: four years
Alameya (MA) Stage: two years
Specialization in Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence): two years

The total term of study besides having primary certificate of any government school, including two-year of specialization, is 16 years.

Department and administrative divisions

The Jamiah has following departments and divisions:

Dar-ul-Iftaa, Specialization in Islamic Jurisprudence, Tafseer and Da'wah, Darulqadha and Tahkeem, Girls School, Hefz-e-Quran section, Tajweed section, Da'wat and guidance centre, Office for Students' Affairs, Central Library, Translation and Research Centre, Publication, Fiqh Academy of Ahlus-Sunnah, Institute of Arabic Language and Islamic Studies, Union of Islamic schools of Balochistan, SunniOnline Website, Medical Centre, Office for Islamic Institutes, etc.

Grand Makki Mosque in Zahedan, Iran, the largest mosque of the Sunnis in Iran situated next to the Seminary.

Publication

The Jamiah is publishing the Neday Islam Magazine.^[3] The Jamiah has also published many articles.^[4]

Dozens of Islamic books have been published by Darululoom Zahedan via Siddiqi Publicationa and its Translation & Research Centre in Persian and Arabic languages, mostly.

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