Taaleem nahin tthi aasaan guzre zamaane mein…………….
Image: The Madrasa Jurist. Painting by Muḥammad Riżā ca. 1611 (Or.7535, f. 25r).
(Source: BritishLibrary archives)
During the time of Mughal Emperor Akbar, the syllabus of Madrasas all over the country was called as Dars-e-Nizami consisting of eleven subjects with books prescribed for each.
These were:
(1) Sarf (Declension of conjugation).
The books recommended were:
i. Mizan,
ii. Munshaib
iii. Sarf-e-Mir
iv. Fusul-e-Akbari
v. Zubda
vi. Panjganj
vii. Shafia
(2) Nahv (grammar of syntax).
The books recommended were:
i. Nahv Mir
ii. Sharh-e-mata
iii. Amil
iv. Hidayatum Nehv
v. Kafia
vi. Sharh-e-Jami
(3) Mantiq (Logic).
The books were
i. Shughra
ii. Sharh-e-Jahzib
iii. Qulb-e-ma
iv. Kubra Isaghoji Tahzib
v. Qulb-e-ma-Mir
vi. Sallamut Ulma
(4) Hikma (Philosophy).
The books prescribed were:
i. Shams-e-Bazi-gha
ii. Maibazi
iii. Sadra
(5) Raizi (Mathematics).
The books were:
i. Tashrihul Aflak
ii. Risala-i-qaush-ajia
iii. Sharhe
iv. Tahrir-e-uqlides Maqalai-ula
v. Babe-e-Awwal
(6) Balaghar (rhetoric).
The books were:
i. Mukhtsir Maani
ii. Mutawwal upto Maani qutlu
(7) Fiqh (Jurisprudence).
The books recommended were:
i. Hidaya Akherin
ii. Shah-e-waqaya Awwalin
(8) Usul-e-Fiqh (Principles of Jurisprudence).
The books were:
i. Taudih-i-Talwih
ii. Nurual Anwar
(9) Kalam (Dialectic).
The books were:
i. Sharh-e-Aqaid Nasafi
ii. Sharh-e-Aqaide Jalali
(10) Tafsir (Exigencies).
The books were:
i. Jalalain
ii. Baizawi
(11) Hadis (Traditions).
The book was
i. Almasahib
The other four Subjects were also added to the above syllabus:
(1) Adab (Literature) books:
a. Nathatal Yaman
b. Saba Muallaqa
c. Diwan-e-Muntannabbi
d. Mugamat_-e-Hariri
e. Harmasa
(2) Faraiz (Obligations) books:
i. Sharifia
(3) Munazara (Disputation) – no books recommended.
4) Usule Hadis (Principles of Hadis).
