The Indian Institute of Islamic Studies is an Islamic studies institute, in New Delhi.[1] Established in 1963, by prominent Muslim leaders including Hakeem Abdul Hameed, who later founded the Jamia Hamdard university,[2] the Institute entrusted to preserve the Islamic tradition and cultureinIndia. In addition to this institute also promoting studies and research in Islam as well as comparative studies.[3] It is the repository of many collections on Islam, mostly written in Persian and Arabic languages, and also publishes a quarterly journal, Studies in Islam [4]
The institute was also instrumental in the funding of Delhi-based, India Islamic Cultural Centre (IICC) in 1984.[5]
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