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{{Short description|Private Islamic research university}}
{{Infobox college
| name = Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah
| logo = Jamea Saifiyah Logo 2021.png
| image = Surat_Jamea_Garden.jpg
| caption = Aljamea campus, Surat
| native_name = الجامعۃ السـیفیۃ
| established = 1810
| type = [[Private university|Private]] Theological University
| endowment =
| colors =
| chancellor = [[Mohammed Burhanuddin|Dr. Mohammed Burhanuddin]]
| vice_chancellor = [[Mufaddal Saifuddin|Dr. Mufaddal Saifuddin]]
| rector = {{hlist| Aliasgar Kalimuddin<br>[[Qaidjoher Ezzuddin]]<br>[[Malik ul Ashtar Shujauddin]]<br>[[Jafar us Sadiq Imaduddin]]}}
| campus = {{hlist |[[Surat]] |[[Karachi]] |[[Nairobi]] |[[Marol]]}}
| former_names = Dars-e-Saifee
| website = {{plainlist|
* {{url|https://www.jameasaifiyah.edu}}
* {{url|http://mahadalquran.com}} {{small|(Institute of Qur'anic Sciences)}}
}}
| affiliations = {{hlist
| [[Cambridge International General Certificate of Education|Cambridge International]]<ref name="degree">{{Cite web |url=https://jameasaifiyah.edu/academics/the-three-stages-at-a-glance/ |title=The Three Stages |access-date=11 Jun 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611135222/https://jameasaifiyah.edu/academics/the-three-stages-at-a-glance/ |archive-date=11 June 2020 |website=jameasaifiyah.edu}}</ref>
| [[International General Certificate of Secondary Education|IGCSE]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Assessment Visit |url=https://jameasaifiyah.edu/news-events/assessment-visit/ |date=22 Jan 2018 |archive-date=28 June 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200628075924/https://jameasaifiyah.edu/news-events/assessment-visit/ |website=jameasaifiyah.com}}</ref>
| [[International Baccalaureate]]{{r|degree}}<ref>{{Cite news |title=People: Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin |url=https://www.islamicvoice.com/islamicvoice/IVFebruary2014.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618123659/https://www.islamicvoice.com/islamicvoice/IVFebruary2014.pdf |archive-date=18 June 2020 |date=Feb 2014 |publisher=Islamic Voice |location=[[Bangalore]] |volume=27 |number=326 |via=islamicvoice.com |page=17 |quote=Dr. Burhanuddin greatly modernized the community and its   institutions. Under his stewardship the Bohra religious school Jameatus Saifiya at Surat introduced the modern curriculum together with religious curriculum and opted for   International Baccalaureate program under IBO.}}</ref>
| [[Al-Azhar University]]{{r|timesnbi}}
| [[Aligarh Muslim University]]<ref name=timesnbi>{{Cite news |title=City's Arabic univ now opens campus in Nairobi |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200628080321/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/woman-being-buried-in-sachin-was-from-virar/articleshow/58387380.cms |date=28 Apr 2017 |website=timesofindia.com |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/woman-being-buried-in-sachin-was-from-virar/articleshow/58387380.cms |archive-date=28 June 2020 |location=[[Surat]] |publisher=[[Times of India]]}}</ref>
| [[Cairo University]]{{r|timesnbi}}
}}
| students = 2500<ref name="count">{{Cite web |url=https://jameasaifiyah.edu/current-student-count/ |title=Current Student Count - Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah |archive-date=11 June 2020 |access-date=11 Jun 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611134203/https://jameasaifiyah.edu/current-student-count/ |website=jameasaifiyah.edu}}</ref>
}}
'''Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah'''{{efn|{{langx|ar|الجامِعةُ السّـيفِيّة | lit=The Saifiyah University}}; [[Lisan al-Dawat]]: الجامعۃ السـیفیۃ; {{langx|ur| جامعۃ سـیفیۃ|Jamea Saifiyah}}.}} is an Arabic academy dedicated to Islamic learning based in India, Pakistan, and Kenya. Established in Surat as ''Dars-e Saifee'' {{circa|1810}} by [[Abdeali Saifuddin|Abde'Ali Saifuddin]], it was after extensive  renovation ({{circa|1960s}}) and expansion ({{circa|1980s}} and {{circa|2010s}}) carried out by [[Taher Saifuddin]] and [[Mohammed Burhanuddin]], the university gained prominence.<ref name="history">{{Cite web |url=https://jameasaifiyah.edu/philosophy-history/brief-history/ |title=A brief history of Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah |archive-date=11 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611122333/https://jameasaifiyah.edu/philosophy-history/brief-history/ |access-date=11 Jun 2020 |website=jameasaifiyah.edu}}</ref><ref name="thesis">{{Cite thesis |last1=Mustafa |first1=Shabbir Hussain |chapter-url=https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/34727 |institution=[[National University of Singapore]] |title=Between Community and Securalism: The Dawoodi Bohras and Agendas of 'Reform' in India, c. 1915-1985 |year=2011 |lang=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613103816/https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/34727 |archive-date=13 June 2020 |chapter=In Defense of the Community: Syedna Taher Saifuddin and Reassertion of Authority |pages=60–83}}</ref> Today, as holder of the office of [[Dāʿī al-Mutlaq]], [[Mufaddal Saifuddin]] is the sole benefactor of the institute.<ref name="home">{{Cite web |url=https://jameasaifiyah.edu/philosophy-history/realisation-of-aljamea-tus-saifiyah/ |title=Realisation of Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah |website=jameasaifiyah.ed u|language=en-US|access-date=23 June 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200623102723/https://jameasaifiyah.edu/philosophy-history/realisation-of-aljamea-tus-saifiyah/ |archive-date=23 June 2020}}</ref><ref name="timeline">{{Cite web |url=https://jameasaifiyah.edu/philosophy-history/timeline-of-key-events/ |title=Timeline of Key Events - Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611122749/https://jameasaifiyah.edu/philosophy-history/timeline-of-key-events/ |archive-date= 11 June 2020 |access-date=11 Jun 2020 |website=jameasaifiyah.edu}}</ref>
== History ==
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|quote=I have been systematically endeavoring in recent years to restructure this time-honored Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah so as to harmonize its concepts, its curricula and its general outlook and perspective with the dynamics and the demands of the new age, without, at the same time doing any damage to the essentials and fundamentals of its original objectives. It has also been my effort to improve the quality, the standard and the diversity of the knowledge imparted in this institution so as to raise it to the status of a respected academy which would attract scholars from all places and from which would radiate rays of sober wisdom and light.
|source = {{mdash}}Taher Saifuddin<ref name=jquote>{{cite web |url=https://jameasaifiyah.edu/philosophy-history/luminaries-of-aljamea-2/al-dai-al-ajal-syedna-taher-saifuddin-ra/ |title=His Holiness Dr Syedna Taher Saifuddin RA |website=jameasaifiyah.edu |access-date=20 May 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200623103301/https://jameasaifiyah.edu/philosophy-history/luminaries-of-aljamea-2/al-dai-al-ajal-syedna-taher-saifuddin-ra/ |archive-date=23 June 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>
}}
Syedna Abdeali Saifuddin established ''Dars-e Saifee'' ({{langx|ur| درسِ سيفي|lit=Saifee School}}), a [[Islamic theology|theology]] school for the [[Dawoodi Bohra]] community, in 1810.<ref>{{Cite web |title=In 1225/1810, the 43rd dāʿī, Syedna Abdeʿali Saifuddin RA, constructed an academy in Surat that consisted of designated areas for teaching, student residences and a masjid. Syedna placed this academy, which he named Darse Saifee, adjacent to his residence to signify the deep value and respect he accorded to education and its seekers. |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CCHbzWiJW6e/ |date=1 Jul 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200702143636/https://www.instagram.com/p/CCHbzWiJW6e/ |archive-date=2 July 2020 |institution=Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah |website=instagram.com}}</ref>
The 51st Dai al-Mutlaq, Taher Saifuddin introduced secular and scientific subjects in the {{decade|1960}} and gave it the present name of  Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah, and admitted its first female students. Mohammed Burhanuddin undertook a complete renovation and expansion of the campus buildings.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CYPuDQAAQBAJ |title=Ismailism and Islam in Modern South Asia |first1=Soumen |last1=Mukherjee |year=2017 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |page=180 |isbn=9781107154087 |via=books.google.com}}</ref>
In 1969, during his 57th birthday celebration, Mohammed Burhanuddin established Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah in Karachi, [[Pakistan]]. The construction of this 14-acre campus that commenced on same year was completed by Burhanuddin, and inaugurated by the President of Pakistan, [[Mohammed Zia-ul-Haq]], on 4 November 1983.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-10 |title=Prime Minister to visit Mumbai today, second time in less than a month |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/prime-minister-to-visit-mumbai-today-second-time-in-less-than-a-month-8435494/ |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
In 2011, during centennial celebrations, Mohammed Burhanuddin established Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah in Nairobi, [[Kenya]]. The construction of this 14-acre campus that commenced in 2013 was completed under the reign of Mufaddal Saifuddin, Burhanuddin's son and successor, and inaugurated by the President of Kenya, [[Uhuru Kenyatta]], on 20 April 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thedawoodibohras.com/na_ui.aspx?h=PRESIDENT-KENYATTA-INAUGURATES-NEW-ALJAMEA-CAMPUS-IN-NAIROBI&article_id=14&type=News|title=The Dawoodi Bohras - President Kenyatta inaugurates new Aljamea campus in Nairobi |website=thedawoodibohras.com|access-date=2017-04-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422135731/http://thedawoodibohras.com/na_ui.aspx?h=PRESIDENT-KENYATTA-INAUGURATES-NEW-ALJAMEA-CAMPUS-IN-NAIROBI&article_id=14&type=News |archive-date=2017-04-22 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://thedawoodibohras.com/na_ui.aspx?h=SYEDNA-ARRIVES-IN-NAIROBI-FOR-JAMEA-CAMPUS-OPENING-AND-ANNUAL-EXAM&article_id=13&type=News |title=The Dawoodi Bohras - Syedna arrives in Nairobi for Jamea campus opening and annual exam |website=thedawoodibohras.com |access-date=2017-04-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422131557/http://thedawoodibohras.com/na_ui.aspx?h=SYEDNA-ARRIVES-IN-NAIROBI-FOR-JAMEA-CAMPUS-OPENING-AND-ANNUAL-EXAM&article_id=13&type=News |archive-date=2017-04-22 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thedawoodibohras.com/na_ui.aspx?h=ARABIC-ACADEMY-OF-DAWOODI-BOHRA-COMMUNITY-INAUGURATED-IN-NAIROBI&article_id=16&type=News|title=The Dawoodi Bohras - Arabic academy of Dawoodi Bohra community inaugurated in Nairobi |website=thedawoodibohras.com |access-date=2017-04-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422132313/http://thedawoodibohras.com/na_ui.aspx?h=ARABIC-ACADEMY-OF-DAWOODI-BOHRA-COMMUNITY-INAUGURATED-IN-NAIROBI&article_id=16&type=News |archive-date=2017-04-22 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2013, during golden jubilee celebrations of his throne, Mohammed Burhanuddin established Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah at Marol in Mumbai, [[India]]. The construction of this 14-acre campus that commenced in 2015 was completed under the reign of Mufaddal Saifuddin, and was inaugurated by the Prime Minister of India, [[Narendra Modi]], on 10 February 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/pm-modi-back-in-mumbai-on-feb-10-to-open-bohri-academy-101674932234124.html|title=Modi likely to open Bohra University|date=29 January 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Deshpande |first=Abhinay |date=2023-02-10 |title='I'm your family member', says PM Modi after inaugurating Dawoodi Bohra community's Arabic Academy in Mumbai |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/im-your-family-member-says-pm-modi-after-inaugurating-dawoodi-bohra-communitys-arabic-academy-in-mumbai/article66494275.ece |access-date=2023-02-11 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
=== ''Ashara Mubaraka'' ===
In 2021, Mufaddal Saifuddin delivered Ashara Mubaraka sermons in the Nairobi campus of Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah's ''Masjid al-Zahra''. It marked the first time that Ashara Mubaraka was hosted by Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}
== Curriculum ==
Its educational focus is the [[Quran]], [[Qur'an and science|Islamic sciences]], [[Islamic Jurisprudence]], [[Arabic language]], and [[Literature]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thedawoodibohras.com/education.html|title=The Dawoodi Bohras - Education|website=www.thedawoodibohras.com|access-date=2016-07-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819133244/http://www.thedawoodibohras.com/education.html|archive-date=2016-08-19|url-status=dead}}</ref> Students are sent around the world for religious duties during the ''[[Mourning of Muharram|Ashara Mubaraka]]'' and [[Ramadan]].<ref name=tizzy>{{Cite thesis |title=Conceptual study of the Quranic education system managed under Dawoodi Bohra Spiritual leadership |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/111649/ |year=2016 |last1=Izzuddin |first1=Tasneem Saify |institution=Shri Jagdishprasad Jhabarmal Tibarewala University |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200628124801/https://sg.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/111649/10/10_chapter%203.pdf |archive-date=28 June 2020 |chapter=Chapter 3: Population and Geographical Distribution of Dawoodi Bohras |hdl=10603/111649 |chapter-url=https://sg.inflibnet.ac.in/jspui/bitstream/10603/111649/10/10_chapter%203.pdf |via=shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in}}</ref>
A 11-year course of study is divided into three phases:{{r|degree}} The first phase is four years and involves 55 courses, the second phase is five years, subdivided into three years with 75 courses and two years with 90 subjects,{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} and the final two-year phase focuses on specialization and advanced studies in Islamic and Arabic sciences.{{r|degree}}
At the end of the 11th year, the students graduate with the degree of ''al-Faqih al-Jayyid'',{{r|degree}} and are sent on ''khidmah'' ({{lit|community service}}) to [[hajj]] and other [[ziyarat|pilgrimages]] at full cost to the office of the Da'i al-Mutlaq.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Madrasa Education in India: A Study of Its Past and Present |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5CexAAAAIAAJ |orig-date=1990 |year=2007 |publisher=Centre for Research in Rural & Industrial Development |last1=Kaur |location=[[New Delhi]] |first1=Kuldip |page=54}}</ref> These graduates, as per tradition, invite the ''Da'i al-Mutlaq'' for a ''ziyafat'' ({{lit|banquet}}) as a show of gratitude.<ref name="jonah5">{{Cite book |title=Mullahs on the Mainframe: Islam and Modernity Among the Daudi Bohras |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r_FExBRnC3YC |chapter=Qasr-e Ali: The Royals |page=148 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r_FExBRnC3YC&pg=PA148 |publisher=[[University of Chicago Press]] |last1=Blank |first1=Jonah |author-link1=Jonah Blank |year= 2001 |isbn=9780226056760 |via=books.google.com}}</ref>
The al-Faqih al-Jayyid degree is equivalent to the [[Master of Arts|Masters of Arts]]{{r|degree}} from [[Aligarh Muslim University]], recognized by [[Al-Azhar University|Al Azhar]] and [[Cairo University]].{{r|timesnbi}} Four years of study at the university is equivalent to [[secondary education]] (GCSE) and seven years is equivalent to [[Higher Secondary]] (GCE A Level) post which the students qualify to test for an [[International Baccalaureate]],{{r|degree}} recognized by [[University of Oxford|Oxford University]] and others.{{r|timesnbi}}
==Campuses==
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The principal university campus is situated in Surat (India) with three sister campuses in Karachi (Pakistan), Nairobi (Kenya), and Marol (Mumbai, India).
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! {{abbr|est.|Established}} ([[Islamic year|ھـ]])
! {{abbr|ing.|Inaugurated}} ([[Islamic year|ھـ]])
! City
! Country
! Continent
! Students
|-
| 1224
| 1380
| [[Surat]]
| {{flagcountry|IND}}
| rowspan="2"|[[Asia]]
| 1,000
|-
| 1389
| 1404
| [[Karachi]]
| {{flagcountry|PAK}}
| 550
|-
| 1432
| 1438
| [[Nairobi]]
| {{flagcountry|KEN}}
| [[Africa]]
| 500
|-
| 1434
| 1444
| [[Marol]], [[Mumbai]]
| {{flagcountry|IND}}
| [[Asia]]
| 300
|}
=== Surat ===
Mohammed Burhanuddin renovated the Surat campus in {{circa|1983}}: The aesthetics of the new buildings complement their purpose: to provide an inspiring and conducive environment for learning and nurturing.<ref>{{Cite book |title=A Golden Era |publisher=Department of Statistics and Information |via=Dawat-e-Hadiyah |year=2016 |location=Mumbai |pages=18}}</ref> The academic block north houses classrooms, administrative offices, ''Iwaan'' (a large hall where annual exams are held amongst other events that involve the entire student and teaching faculties), and ''Al-Masjid al-Fatimi'' (which sits between the garden and the ''Iwaan''). Opposite to the academic block is a library that houses more than 150,000 books and subscribes to more than 100 periodicals.<ref>{{citation | title=From Gurukul to IBO Varsity | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/From-Gurukul-to-IBO-varsity/articleshow/5204269.cms |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200629092854/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/SMC-to-earn-additional-income-from-registration-of-new-buildings/articleshow/5204273.cms |archive-date=29 June 2020 |newspaper=The Times of India | date=6 November 2009 |publisher=[[Times of India]] |location=Surat}}</ref>  The ''Masakin'' (boys' hostel) and ''Rabwat'' (girls' hostel) blocks are adjacent to the academic block.
South of the campus is ''Devdi Mubarak'' ({{lit|lord's honorable house}}), the Da'i al-Mutlaq's residence, at the end of which is [[Mahad al-Zahra]]:{{when|date=June 2020}} An institute for memorization and recitation of Quran, and for Quranic arts and sciences. Further south are ''Mazar-e Saifee'' (mausoleum of seven ''Dua't Mutlaqeen'') and ''Masjid-e Moazzam'' ({{lit|The Great Mosque}}).
=== Marol ===
The [[Prime Minister of India]] [[Narendra Modi]] inaugurated Aljamea's fourth campus in [[Marol]] on February 10, 2023.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/pm-modi-to-inaugurate-dawoodi-bohra-community-s-arabic-academy-in-marol-101675274301103.html | title=PM Modi to inaugurate Dawoodi Bohra community's Arabic academy in Marol | date=February 2023 }}</ref>
==  Rectors ==
[[File:Syedna_taher_saifuddin_syedi_yusuf_najmuddin.jpg|thumb|[[Taher Saifuddin]] (left) and his son, ''Ameer al-Jamea'', Yusuf Najmuddin ({{circa|1945}}).]]
Following the death of its first rector{{efn|{{langx|ar| أمير الجامعة |Amīr al-Jamea}}.}} post-renovations, Yusuf Najmuddin in 1987 (1407 [[Islamic calendar|ھ]]), Mohammed Burhanuddin appointed four rectors in his place:{{efn|{{langx|ar|الأمراء الجامعة|Umarāʿ al-Jamea}}.}} His two brothers [[Qasim Hakimuddin]], Abbas Fakhurdddin, and his two sons [[Qaidjoher Ezzuddin]] and [[Mufaddal Saifuddin]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://jameasaifiyah.edu/timelinr/14071987-2/|title=Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah {{!}} Official Website » 1407/1987 |website=jameasaifiyah.edu |access-date=2016-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114003059/http://jameasaifiyah.edu/timelinr/14071987-2/|archive-date=2016-11-14 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Mohammed Burhanuddin instructed the newly appointed rectors that in the event that there was a difference of opinion amongst them, then Mufaddal Saifuddin's opinion should take precedence.<ref>{{cite book|title=رسالة النعي المسماة - حكمة الغيبة القدسانية الابدية|last=His Holiness|first=Syedna Aali Qadr Mufaddal Saifuddin Saheb |date=1436H |publisher=Badri Mahal |location=Mumbai, India }}</ref>
Following the death of Mohammed Burhanuddin, on 16 Rabi al-Awwal 1435 ھ (17 January 2014), and Mufaddal Saifuddin's succession as 53rd Dai al-Mutlaq, he appointed his son [[Jafar us Sadiq Imaduddin]] as ''Aljamea'''s fourth rector.<ref name=":4">{{cite book|title=شكر نعم اصحاب البركات|last=His Holiness|first=Syedna Aali Qadr Mufaddal Saifuddin Saheb|date=1437H|publisher=His Holiness Syedna Aali Qadr Mufaddal Saifuddin Saheb, Badri Mahal, Mumbai, India|page=1269}}</ref>
After the death of Abbas Fakhruddin on 14 February 2018,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thedawoodibohras.com/na_ui.aspx?type=News&article_id=104 |title=Obituary: Shahzada Abbas bhaisaheb Fakhruddin|website=The Dawoodi Bohras |access-date=2018-04-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412211914/http://www.thedawoodibohras.com/na_ui.aspx?type=News&article_id=104 |archive-date=2018-04-12 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and of Qasim Hakimuddin shortly thereafter on 5 April 2018 (in [[Surat]]),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Obituary: Mazoon al-Dawat, Syedi Qasim bhaisaheb Hakimuddin. |url=https://www.thedawoodibohras.com/2018/04/05/obituary-mazoon-al-dawat-syedi-qasim-bhaisaheb-hakimuddin/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210505111540/https://www.thedawoodibohras.com/2018/04/05/obituary-mazoon-al-dawat-syedi-qasim-bhaisaheb-hakimuddin/ |archive-date=5 May 2021 |date=5 Apr 2018 |website=thedawoodibohras.com |access-date=5 May 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref> Mufaddal Saifuddin appointed Aliasghar Kalimuddin and [[Malik-ul Ashtar Shujauddin]] as Rectors.<ref>{{Cite video |language=ur |title=Imtihan al-Sanawi |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20210505000000/https://livestream.com/accounts/15629517/events/9263802/videos/220398263/player |archive-date=5 May 2021 |url=https://livestream.com/accounts/15629517/events/9263802/videos/220398263/player |access-date=2 May 2021}} [https://archive.org/details/imtihan-al-sanawi-jamea-saifiyah Alt URL]</ref>
Aliasgar bhaisaheb Kalimuddin has also passed away in 2024,<ref>https://jameasaifiyah.edu/aljamea-tus-saifiyah-mourns-the-loss-of-its-rector-2/</ref> leaving one of the seats empty for now.
== See also ==
* [[MSB Educational Institute]]
==Notes==
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==References==
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110227052343/http://www.jameasaifiyah.edu/index1.aspx Official website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110225220535/http://mahadalquran.com/aljamea.htm Al Jamea tus Saifiyah] Url accessed on Nov 27, 2006
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100819120616/http://www.almawaid.com/ Al Mawaid]
* [http://www.wonderfulinfo.com/bohra/al_jamea_tus_saifiyah_karachi/ Al Jamea-tus-Saifiyah, Karachi - Arabic Academy]
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