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




Early life and education


Danapuri was born to Shah Sajjad Pak Danapuri on 11 September 1843 at Nai Basti, Agra district of Uttar Pradesh.
He started his studies under the tutelage of his uncle, Maulana Shah Muhammad Qasim Abulolai Danapuri.
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.




Career


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




Personal life


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.




Works


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


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.




See also


Ameer Abulola




Notes






References






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Abulolai, Shah Mahfoozullah (2017). Halaat-e-Hazrat Shah Akbar Danapuri (in Urdu). Danapur: Khanqah Sajjadia Abulolaiya.
Barq, Talha Rizvi (1985). Shah Akbar Danapuri: Hayat Aur Shayri (in Urdu).
Kumar, Dr. Vijay (2012). Urdu Sahitya Ke Vikas Mein Bihari Vibhutiyon Ka Yogdan (in Hindi). Patna: Bihar Rajya Abhilekhagar Nideshalaya. pp. 90–94.
Kakwi, Ata. Shah Akbar Danapuri (in Urdu).




External links


Shah Akbar Danapuri on Rekhta

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