Idara

Idara-e-adabiyat-e-Urdu was a literary and pedagogical institution started by Syed Mohiuddin Qadri Zor in 1931. It worked towards promoting Urdu literacy and literature. Idara fostered publication of much work on Urdu literature, specifically the Deccan. In its heyday idara organized Urdu conferences and mushairas which hosted scholars from across the sub-continent.  Idara published Urdu literature across a wide range of ideologies. Maqdoom Mohiuddin’s first book was published by the Idara. 

In the Asaf Jahi era, Idara used to conduct bridge exams between Madarasas and the Osmania University. In the post-colonial period, Idara conducted exams to test the proficiency of Urdu. Idara currently holds about forty thousand valuable books and manuscripts, from the curated collection of Dr. Zor. It also houses a museum, with some valuable objects of the region. The current building where idara resides, Aiwan-e-Urdu, was built on the land gifted by Tahniyathunnisa Begum, a poet, wife of Dr. Zor.