Darul Musannefin Shibli Academy

Darul Musannefin Shibli Academy in collaboration with Iran Culture House New Delhi is organizing a 2 day seminar on "Allama Shibli Nomani and his Legacy". The seminar will be organised at Darul Musannefin Shibli Academy, Azamgarh India on 11-12 December 2011. Scholars from Iran, United States of America and India have confirmed their participation.

Allama Shibli Nomani was a leading scholar and theologian and served as a faculty at M.A.O. College from 1883 to 1898. He is the founder of leading seminary Darul Uloom of Nadwatul Ulema at Lucknow, Shibli National P.G. College at Azamgarh and Darul Musannefin Shibli Academy, Azamgarh India. He wrote several books including his masterpiece Al-Farooq and Seeratun Nabi. His other famous books are Al-Mamoon, Seeratun-Nomaan, Al-Ghazali, Sawaneh Maulana Room and Sherul-Ajam. A brief life sketch of Allama Shibli Nomani and his work can be found at http://shibliacademy.org

Darul Musannefin Shibli Academy had signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Iran Culture House in January 2010. The Iran Culture House is an organisation under the Embassy of Iran based in New Delhi. It is working for the promotion of mutual understanding and cultural co-operation among peoples in India and Iran in line with the principles of our cultural heritage. Their aim is to create enduring partnership between Iran and other cultures, and we do this by creating opportunities to connect with the latest skills, ideas and experience from Iran. Their activities in the field of culture is to promote mutual understanding among peoples of different cultures, to preserve and promote cultural heritage, both tangible and intangible, and to enhance the cultural activities and creativity.