Zayn al-Abidin Sajjad Meerthi
{{Short description|Indian Islamic scholar (1910–1991)}}
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|birth_date = 1910
|birth_place = Meerut, United Provinces of British India
|death_date={{death date and age|df=yes|1991|1910}}
|death_place= Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
|notable_works = Tarikh-e-Millat
|alma_mater = Darul Uloom Deoband
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|religion = Islam
|jurisprudence = Hanafi
|disciple_of = Abdul Mumin Deobandi
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Zayn al-Abidin Sajjad Meerthi (also written as Qazi Zainul Abideen Sajjad Meerthi) (1910–1991) was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar and historian and head of the Islamic studies department of Jamia Millia Islamia. His book Tarikh-e-Millat is required reading in the syllabus of Darul Uloom Deoband and in madrasas affiliated with it.{{cite book |author1=Nayab Hasan Qasmi |title=Darul Uloom Deoband Ka Sahafati ManzarNama |publisher=Idara Tehqeeq-e-Islami |location=Deoband |pages=195–197 |chapter=Mawlana Qazi Zayn al-Abidin Sajjad Meerthi}}
Biography
Zayn al-Abidin Sajjad Meerthi was born in 1910 in Meerut, United Provinces of British India. He was schooled at Darul Uloom Meerut and Madrasa Imdad al-Islam in Meerut. He graduated in Arabic literature from Allahabad University and specialized in ahadith at Darul Uloom Deoband under Anwar Shah Kashmiri and Hussain Ahmad Madani in 1346
AH.{{cite book |author1=Asir Adrawi |author-link1=Asir Adrawi |title=Karwan-e-Rafta |publisher=Darul Muallifeen |location=Deoband |page=105 |edition=1st, 1994 |language=ur |chapter=Qazi Zayn al-Abidin Meerthi}}{{cite book |author1=Syed Mehboob Rizwi |author-link1=Syed Mehboob Rizwi |title=History of the Dar al-Ulum, Deoband |publisher=Darul Uloom Deoband|volume=2 |pages=36, 114–116 |edition=1st |date= 1981}} He was a disciple of Abdul Mumin Deobandi, who was Mahmud Hasan Deobandi's brother-in-law.
At Tajwar Najibabadi's request, Meerthi became joint editor of Najibabadi's journal Adabi Dunya. He later joined Nadwatul Musannifeen, a publishing house established by Atiqur Rahman Usmani along with Saeed Ahmad Akbarabadi and Hifzur Rehman Seoharwi in Delhi in 1938. Meerthi joined Jamia Millia Islamia as a professor of History and exegesis at the request of its former Vice Chancellor, Mohammad Mujeeb. He was a member of the executive council of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind, the administrative council of Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow and Aligarh Muslim University's Theology faculty. He published Al-Haram, a monthly journal from Meerut, from 1957 to 1964.{{cite book |author1=Javed Ashraf Qasmi |title=Faizan Darul Uloom Deoband |publisher=Madrasa Ubay ibn Kab |location=Mewat |page=189 |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/faizan-e-darul-uloom-deoband-javed-ashraf-qasmi-ebooks?lang=ur |access-date=5 April 2020 |language=ur |chapter=Islami Sahafat Mai Hissa}} He was a member of the governing body of Darul Uloom Deoband from 1962 until his death. Meerthi died in 1991 in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh.
Literary works
- Tarikh-e-Millat, 3 volumes namely Nabi al-Arabi, Khilafat-e-Rashida and Khilafat Banu Umayyah{{cite book |last1=Khan |first1=Abdul Waris |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebook-detail/islami-uloom-mein-nadwat-ul-musannifin-ki-khidmaat-ek-mutala-abdul-waris-khan-ebooks |title=Islāmi Uloom mai Nadwatul Musannifeen ki Khidmāt: Ek mutāla |date=1999 |publisher=Islamic Book Foundation |location=New Delhi |pages=106–123 |trans-title=The contribution of Nadwatul Musannifeen in Islamic studies: A study}}
- Bayan al-Lisan
- Qamoos al-Quran {{Cite book |last=Adrawi |first=Asir |url=https://archive.org/download/Maktaba-Maulana-Nizamuddin-Aseer-Adravi-Sahib/Dabistan-i-Deoband-Ki-Ilmi-Khidmaat.pdf |title=Dabistan-i Deoband ki Ilmi Khidmaat |publisher=Darulmuaallifeen |year=1995 |location=Deoband, UP, India |pages=51–53 |language=ur |oclc=47964786 |author-link=Nizamuddin Asir Adrawi}}
- Intikhab-e-Sihah Sitta
- Sirat-e-Tayyibah
- Shaheed-e-Karbala
- Arabi Bol Chaal
- Nabi arabi{{Cite thesis |last=Ahmad |first=Ishtiaque |author-link=Ishtiaque Ahmad Qasmi |title=Ulama E Deoband Ki Swaneh Umriyon Ka Tanqeedi Tajziya Azadi Se Qabl |publisher=Department of Urdu, Maulana Azad National Urdu University |year=2020 |location=India |language=ur |hdl=10603/338413 |degree=PhD |pages=85–86}}
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Category:University of Allahabad alumni
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Category:Indian Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam
Category:Darul Uloom Deoband alumni
Category:Students of Anwar Shah Kashmiri
Category:Members of the Majlis-e-Shura of Darul Uloom Deoband