Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari

Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari
President of Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam
In office
29 December 1929 – 1930
In office
1946–1948
1st Emir of Aalmi Majlis Tahaffuz Khatm-e-Nubuwwat
In office
1949–1961
Preceded byNone (office created)
Succeeded byQazi Ahsan Ahmed Shuja Abadi
Personal
Born
Syed Ata Ullah Shah

23 November 1892
Died21 August 1961(1961-08-21) (aged 68)
Resting placeMultan, Punjab, Pakistan
ChildrenSyed Abuzar Bukhari
Syed Ata-ul-Mohsin Bukhari
Syed Ata-ul-Muhaimin Bukhari
Syed Ata-ul-Momin Bukhari
Citizenship British Indian (1892–1947)
 Pakistani (1947–1961)
DenominationSunni
MovementDeobandi
Political partyMajlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam
Other namesShah jee
Occupation
  • Khatabat
  • orator
  • poet
  • political activist
  • historian
  • Islamic scholar

Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari (Urdu سید عطاء اللہ شاہ بخاری)[1] (23 September 1892 – 21 August 1961), was a Muslim Hanafi scholar, religious and political leader[2] from the Indian subcontinent. He was one of the Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam's founding members. His biographer, Agha Shorish Kashmiri, states that Bukhari's greatest contribution had been his germination of strong anti-British feelings among the Indian Muslims.[3] He is one of the most notable leaders of the Ahrar movement which was associated with opposition to Muhammad Ali Jinnah and opposition to the establishment of an independent Pakistan, as well as opposition to the Ahmadiyya Movement.[4] He is considered as a legendary rhetoric, which made him famous among the Muslims.[citation needed][5]

  1. ^ Sayyidah Umm-e-Kafeel Bukhari. Sayyidi wa Abi (PDF) (in Urdu). Multan: Bukhari Academy. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  2. ^ Chaudhry Afzal Haq, Tarikh-e-Ahrar, (Lahore:Maktabah Majlis-e-Ahrar, 1940) P.47
  3. ^ Samina Awan, Political islam in colonial Punjab Majlis-e-Ahrar 1929–1949, P.153, Politics of Islamic symbolism, The MAI: Politics of Personalities, Oxford University Press
  4. ^ Bahadur, Kalim (1998). Democracy in Pakistan: crises and conflicts. Har Anand Publications. p. 176.
  5. ^ Parveen, Dr Kausar; Awan, Prof Dr Samina (30 September 2021). "ATA'ULLAH SHAH BUKHARI: 20TH CENTURY MUSLIM FIREBRAND AND ORATOR OF FREEDOM MOVEMENT IN SOUTH ASIA". Quarterly Journal of the Pakistan Historical Society. 69 (3). ISSN 0030-9796.