Nizamuddin Sihalivi

Nizamuddin Sihalivi Ansari (27 March 1677 – 8 May 1748) was the founder and designer of the Dars-i Nizami curriculum used in most South Asian madrasas. He was born in Sihali a Village in Fatehpur Block in Barabanki District of Uttar Pradesh now in India, on 27 March 1677 then migrated to Firangi Mahal Lukhnow. His father was Mulla Qatubdeen. He was a disciple of Shah Abdul Razzaq Bansvi in silsala Qadiriyya. He was a descendant of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari.

Notable work
He designed and introduced teaching course Dars-i-Nizami in 1748
 * Dars-i Nizami