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-HindinLucknow from 1974 to 1978.
Asīr participated in the Quit India Movement.[2] He was associated with the Indian National Congress until 1948, when he joined the Congress Socialist Party.[4] He established the Madrassa Darus Salam in Adari, Mau in 1954, and taught there for around sixteen years.[1] He served as the Officer In Charge of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind, Uttar Pradesh in Lucknow from 1974 to 1978 and thereafter taught Islamic Sciences at the Madrasa Jamia Islamia in Rewri Talab, Varanasi from 4 February 1978 till he was bedridden due to old age.[5]
Asīr was the editor of the 3 monthly Tarjumān and wrote hundreds of articles for it. He was a columnist and a writer for the Weekly Al-Jamiat and Daily al-Jamiat of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind.[6] He wrote short stories and legends including the Itnā, Do LāsheiN, Nashīb-o-Farāz and Aetirāf-e-Shikast. His legends such as the Hand bag and Aspatāl were published by the Nawai Pakistan of Lahore. He also contributed to the Kāmyāb, Delhi and the Risālā Dārul Uloom of the Darul Uloom Deoband.[4] Several of his works have been considered primary sources for various Darul Uloom Deoband related issues.[2]
Asīr died on 20 May 2021 in Adari, Mau, Uttar Pradesh.[7]Arshad Madani expressed grief at his death and said that "Asīr Adrawi's death is an irreparable loss."[3]
^ abcdSyed Inaamul Hasan (21 May 2021). "مولانا اسیر ادروی: ایک تعارف" [Mawlāna Asīr Adrawi: An Introduction]. Baseerat Online (in Urdu). Retrieved 21 May 2021.
^ abcAafi, Aaqib Anjum (September–October 2019). "مولانا نظام الدین اسیر ادروی: حیات اور کارنامے". Pasban (in Urdu). 2 (6). Azamgarh: Idara Pasban Ilm-o-Adab: 18–21.
^Asir Adrawi (November 2009). Dastan Na'tamam [An Unfinished Story] (in Urdu). Deoband: Kutub Khana Husainia. pp. 13, 21–28, 331.
^ ab"Urdu Ke Farogh Mai Ulama-e-Deoband Ka 150 Saala Kirdar" [The 150 Year Role of the Darul Uloom Deoband in the Promotion of Urdu]. Fikr-e-Inqelab (lit. Revolutionary Thought) (in Urdu). 5 (112). All India Tanzeem Ulama-e-Haque: 533. January 2017.
^Qasmi, Sana-ul-Huda (21 May 2021). "مولانا اسیر ادروی- تمام ہوئی داستان ناتمام" [Mawlānā Asīr Adrawī: The Incomplete Story is Now Complete]. Udan News (in Urdu). Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
