Shah Akbar Danapuri

Hazrat
Shah Akbar Danapuri
Naqshbandi Abulolai
Sajjadanasheen of Khanqah Sajjadiya-Abulolaiya
Succeeded byShah Mohsin Danapuri
Official nameShah Muhammad Akbar Abulolai Danapuri
Personal
Born1844
Agra
Died1914
Danapur, Bihar
Resting placeKhanqah Sajjadiya Abulolaiya, Danapur, Patna district
ReligionIslam
NationalityBritish Raj
ChildrenShah Mohsin Danapuri
Parent
  • Makhdoom Sajjad Pak (father)
EraModern era
RegionBihar
DenominationSunni
LineageHashmi
JurisprudenceHanafi
CreedMaturidi
Main interest(s)Sufism
Teachers
  • Maulana Shah Muhammad Qasim Abulolai Danapuri
  • Waheed Allahabadi
  • Makhdoom Sajjad Pak
TariqaNaqshbandi Abulolaiya
Muslim leader
Influenced by

Shah Akbar Danapuri (1844–1914) also known as Shah Muhammad Akbar Abulolai Danapuri[a][1] was an Indian Islamic scholar, writer and Sufi poet.[2] He belonged to the Naqshbandi Abulolaiya order of Sufism.[3][4] He was contemporary of Imam Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi and Waris Ali Shah.[5] He had served as the Sajjadanasheen of Khanqah Sajjadiya-Abulolaiya from 1884 to 1914.[6] He was a student of Waheed Allahabadi, a disciple of Khwaja Haidar Ali Atish.[7][8] He was the teacher of Zohra Bai.[9]

Early life and education

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Danapuri was born to Shah Sajjad Pak Danapuri on 11 September 1843 at Nai Basti, Agra district of Uttar Pradesh.[10]

He started his studies under the tutelage of his uncle, Maulana Shah Muhammad Qasim Abulolai Danapuri.[11]

He was a descendant of Imam Muhammad Taj Faqih Hashmi through his son Shaikh Abdul Aziz and grandson Sulaiman Langar Zameen and Bibi Kamal of Kako.[12]

Career

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He became the Sajjada nashin of Khanqah Sajjadiya Abulolaiya, Shah Toli, Danapur in 1884, after the death of his father Shah Sajjad Pak Danapuri.[13]

Personal life

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In 1865, Danapuri married Bibi Naeema alias Ahmadi Bibi, daughter of Maulana Shah Wilayat Hussain Azimabadi. They had two daughters and one son, Shah Mohsin Danapuri.[13]

Works

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  • Danapuri, Shah Akbar (1867). Kitab-e-Mubarak Tareekh-e-Arab (in Urdu). Agra: Matba Kayast Hitkari.
  • Danapuri, Shah Akbar (1875). Maulud-e-Ghareeb (in Urdu). Agra: Abulolai Press.
  • Danapuri, Shah Akbar (1889). Maulad-e-Fatimi (in Urdu). Agra: Abulolai Press.
  • Danapuri, Shah Akbar (1891). Idrak (in Urdu). Agra: Matba Shaukat Shahjahani.
  • Danapuri, Shah Akbar (1893). Iradah (in Urdu). Agra: Matba Dabdaba Hyderi.
  • Danapuri, Shah Akbar (1893). Sair-e-Dilli (in Urdu). Agra: Matba Riyaz-e-Hind.
  • Danapuri, Shah Akbar (1896). Tajjaliyat-e-Ishq (in Urdu). Agra: Matba Shaukat Shahjahani.
  • Danapuri, Shah Akbar (1898). Deewan-e-Akbar (in Urdu). Agra: Matba Shaukat Shahjahani.
  • Danapuri, Shah Akbar (1907). Ashraf-ut-Tawareekh (in Urdu). Agra: Agra Akhbar Press.
  • Danapuri, Shah Akbar (1915). Jazbat-e-Akbar (in Urdu).
  • Danapuri, Shah Akbar (1966). Kalam-e-Akbar Danapuri (in Urdu). Patna: The Art Press.
  • Danapuri, Shah Akbar (2023). Abulolai, Raiyan (ed.). Aal-o-Ashab (in Urdu). Danapur: Khanqah Sajjadia Abulolaiya.
  • Danapuri, Shah Akbar. Khuda Ki Qudrat (in Urdu).
  • Danapuri, Shah Akbar. Risala-e-Ghareeb Nawaz (in Urdu).
  • Danapuri, Shah Akbar. Bagh-e-Khayal-e-Akbar (in Urdu). Aagra: Abulolai Press.
  • Danapuri, Shah Akbar. Ruhani Guldasta (in Urdu). Danapur: Khanqah Sajjadia Abulolaiya.
  • Danapuri, Shah Akbar. Surma-e-Binai (in Urdu). Allahabad: Matba Sleemi Barqi.
  • Danapuri, Shah Akbar. Najat-e-Qasim Aur Nazr-e-Mahboob (in Urdu). Agra: Agra Akhbar Press.
  • Danapuri, Shah Akbar (2022). Mishra, Suman (ed.). Ashiqon Paanw Na Ukhre (in Hindi). Delhi: Rekhta Publications. ISBN 9789394494107.

Legacy

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Imam Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, founder of the Barelvi movement have mentioned Danapuri in his Qaseeda Amaal-ul-Abrar fi Lam-ul-Ashrar, which was written for people who were against Nadwa movement.[14]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ His full name is Shah Muhammad Akbar Abulolai Danapuri

References

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Citations

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  1. ^ ʻAbdulḥakīm, Muḥammad (1911). Tāriḵẖ-i Aḥsan: mʻarūf bih Muʻīnṳt̤tulabā (in Urdu). Ma̤tbaʻ-yi Majīdī. p. 14.
  2. ^ مشاهير بهار (in Urdu). خدا بخش اورينٹل پبلک لائبريرى،. 2000. p. 65.
  3. ^ Sinha, Bindeshwari Prasad (1976). Comprehensive History of Bihar. Patna: Kashi Prasad Jayaswal Research Institute. p. 493.
  4. ^ Division, Publications. Aajkal February 2024 (Urdu) (in Urdu). Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. p. 98.
  5. ^ Bayaz. Anjuman-e Farsi. 1977. p. 47.
  6. ^ Ashrafī, Vahāb (2005). تاريخ ادب اردو: ابتداء سے 2000 ء تک [History of Urdu Literature: From Starting Till 2000] (in Urdu). ايجوکيشنل پبلشنگ ہاؤس،. p. 368. ISBN 978-81-8223-226-6.
  7. ^ Barq, T̤alḥah Riz̤vī (1982). Naqd va sanjish (in Urdu). Dānish Ikaiḍamī. p. 131.
  8. ^ عاجز, كليم; عاجز, کليم احمد (2003). مجلس ادب (in Urdu). خدا بخش اورينٹل پبلک لائبريرى،. p. 12.
  9. ^ Rezvi, Ali Fraz (2022-11-15). "How Zohra Bai became the unrivalled queen of thumri". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  10. ^ Iqbāl, Muẓaffar (1980). بہار میں اردو نثر کا ارتقا: 1857 سے 1914 تک (in Urdu). Kitāb K̲h̲ānah. p. 392.
  11. ^ الحقر, فائز پهلواروى، ناذر (1964). دىوان فائز پهلواروى: سيد شاه نذىر الحق فائز پهلواروى (in Persian). پنه، دار الادب،. p. 32.
  12. ^ Abulolai, Shah Zafar Sajjad. Tazkirat-ul-Abrar (in Urdu). Danapur: Khanqah Sajjadia Abulolaiya. pp. 47–48.
  13. ^ a b Kumar 2012, p. 91.
  14. ^ Abulolai, Raiyan (2021). Anwar-e-Akbari (in Urdu). Danapur: Khanqah Sajjadia Abulolaiya. p. 54.

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