Nizamuddin Azami (Urdu: نظام الدین اعظمی; November 1910 – 26 February 2000) was an Islamic scholar who served as the twelfth and last Grand Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband.
[4] He began his studies at Madrasa Ihyaul Uloom in Mubarakpur, Azamgarh, where he had the opportunity to learn from renowned teachers, including Shah Wasiullah.
[4] He then went to Darul Uloom Mau on the recommendation of his spiritual guide, Shah Wasiullah, and spent twenty-five years teaching and issuing fatwas (legal opinions) there.
In 1965, Nizamuddin Azami joined Darul Uloom Deoband as a Mufti (a scholar qualified to issue fatwas) and served there until his death on February 26, 2000.
[8] His students included Abdul Haq Azmi, Mujahidul Islam Qasmi, Nizamuddin Asir Adrawi and Khalid Saifullah Rahmani.