Majduddin

Majduddin
Baḥr al-ʿUlūm
ملّا مجد الدین
Head Preceptor of the Calcutta Mohammedan College
In office
1781–1791
Preceded byPost established
Succeeded byMuhammad Ismail
Personal life
Born
Died1813
Flourished18th-century
Known forFirst Alia Madrasa principal
Other namesMadan Shahjahanpuri
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
Muslim leader
TeacherWahhaj ad-Din Gupamawi
Qazi Mubarak
Shah Waliullah
Based inBareilly
Calcutta
Students
  • Salamat Ullah Kashfi

Majd ad-Dīn al-Madanī (Arabic: مجد الدین المدنی; d. 1813), also known as Madan Shāhjahānpūrī (Arabic: مدن شاہجہانپوری), was an 18th-century Indian Muslim theologian. He served as the first principal of the Calcutta Madrasa, the first Alia Madrasa of Bengal.