Pakistani (1947-1971) Muhammad Sulṭān Zauq Nadwī (born 1939)[1] is a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar,[2] author and the founder of Jamiah Darul Ma'arif Al-Islamia.
[6] He returned to education in the 1980s, completing an Alamiyat degree at the Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama in Lucknow, India, from which he gained the title of Nadvi.
That year, he devoted himself as a teacher at Al-Jamiatul Islamiah Azizul Uloom Babunagar in response to the call of Allama Harun Babunagari.
In 1986, Nadvi was appointed to the trustee board of Rabeta Al-Adab al-Aslami (Universal League of Islamic Literature), and was declared chairman of the Bangladesh regional office of the organization.
In 1985, Allama Zauq Nadwi left Al-Jamiah Al-Islamiah Patiya for the second time and established Jamia Darul Ma'arif Al-Islamia.
At his initiative, an international literary seminar, Islamic Influences in the Languages and Literature of the Eastern Nations, was held in 1994, chaired by Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi in Jamia Darul Ma'arif Al-Islamia under the management of Rabita al-Adab al-Islami.