User:Mujeeb Ata Azad

Mujeeb Ata Azad Director,Moulana Azad Arabic Persian Reserch intitute Tonk (MAAPRI) Gandhian thinker and writer,senior journalist, representative of various Gandhian institutions established by Mahatma Gandhi,working continuously for three decade's to build peace in India, made a distinct identity with many freedom fighters while doing peace-building work, Gandhi Darshan Being a close associate of freedom fighter Dr. SN Subbarao and Professor Ramji Singh, he is working as a pioneer in peace building work in the country with Gandhian ideology.Originally born in Tonk, the only Muslim princely state of Rajputana in the princely states of India. About MAAPRI,TONK Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Arabic Persian Research Institute, Tonk Rajasthan is running under the Department of Art and Culture,Government which was established on 4th December1978.The work of conservation and promotion of Arabic, Persian, Sanskrit, Urdu and handwritten manuscripts of archaeological importance is accomplished here. There is a museum preserving handwritten manuscripts in the institute. The specialty of this institute is that the world's largest Quran Sharif has been kept. For viewing.masterly calligraphed ‘Qura-an’ Sharif the biggest manuscript standing second to none in the world of 10.5x7.6 in size prestigiously prepared by Maulana Jameel Ahmed and Ghulam Ahmed another Haft-Qalam calligraphists of APRI according to the desire of Alhaj Muhammad Sher Khan- the prolific Milad Khwan and pre-eminent philanthropist of Sawa,Chittorgarh(Rajasthan) collection of 18829 manuscripts., and a large number of rare printed works and other documents and records in all numbering more than 90,000 with perhaps the richest collection of all on works related to Sufism besides history and culture of various parts Research field-Moreover, a good number of registered Ph.D. Scholars of various Universities, including Rajasthan University, Jaipur, M.D.S. University, Ajmer, M.L. Sukhadia University, Udaipur, Jamia Millia Islamia University, Delhi, Barkatullah University, Bhopal (M.P), Delhi University, Delhi, Muslim University, Aligarh (U.P), J.N. University, Delhi, Central University, Hyderabad (A.P) and Ahilya Bai University, Indore (M.P) etc. is benefitted by utilizing the source material of this Institute.More than 52scholars have already been awarded the degree of Ph.D. by the aforesaid Universities and about 13 Scholars are doing their works presently