Syed Zeeshan Haider Jawadi (also known as
Allama Jawadi) was born in Allahabad on 17 September 1938 in town Karari, Dist. Allahabad (now Karari, Dist. Kaushambi, Uttar Pradesh, India.) . He started his primary education at Jamia Amjadia Karari, Allahabad and continued his Islamic education at
Jamia Nazmia in Lucknow and after finishing his studies there, Allama Jawadi moved to
Najaf-e-Ashraf (
Iraq) for higher studies, as Najaf was the best Islamic learning center of that time and he stayed under the patronage of his brother Maulana Syed Ali Abid Rizvi until 1961.
Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr taught him Islamic philosophy and other Islamic sciences. He was dean of the India Shi'ite elementary and theological schools, which numbered 40 in 1993. He died at the age of 62 on 15 April 2000. ==Personal life==