page_title: Shah Akbar Danapuri
section_title: Circle of contemporaries, believers and disciples
hierarchical_section_title: Shah Akbar Danapuri / Circle of contemporaries, believers and disciples
caption_attribution_description: English: Shah Akbar Danapuri portrait by great artist of Agra Shamsuddin Mohsini
context_page_description: Shah Akbar Danapuri, was a prominent Sufi poet, author, linguist, orator & Islamic scholar hailing from the Indian state of Bihar. He was one of the greatest Sufi poet of 19th century possesing extensive knowledge in Art & Literature. He wrote many books & verse forms including Hamd, Naat, Manqabat, Ghazal, Shayri, Masnavi, Qat'aa, Ruba'ee, Qawwali in Urdu & Persian language.
  Shah Akbar Danapuri was the famous Sheikh of Naqshbandiyah-Abulolaiya Sufi chain order. He was the shining beacon of Syedna Ameer Abulola and got spiritual blessing from him. He spread this Sufi order chain in entire sub-continent. Shah Akbar's sufiyana qawwali is popular in India, Pakistan & Bangladesh. His poetry was not limited to only Sufism but his love for the country & nation building is prominent theme in his poetry. His aim of life was to spread love, humanity & brotherhood for social welfare as well as the entire mankind through his literary works which is in sync with the true character of Sufism.
context_section_description: Shah Akbar Danapuri's circle of disciples included great poets as he was one of the greatest Sufi poet of his time. Listening to this fame, Waris Ali Shah disciple and famous poet Bedam Warsi came to Agra and take corrective words from Akbar Danapuri, a few months later, Shah Akbar handed over Bedam Warsi to his disciple Nisar Akbarabadi. Shah Akbar's few famous Caliph & disciples are here:
  Maulana Shah Mohsin Abulolai Danapuri ( Son & Successor of Shah Akbar Danapuri).
  Maulana Syed Nisaar Ali Abulolai Akbrabadi (died in 1921).
  Haji Shah Abdullah Akbari (Khanquah Abulolaiya, Allahabad),
  Professor Abdul Majeed Khan Afghani (H.O.D Arabic Department Of Islamia College University, Peshawar).
  Maulana Syed Fasahat Hussain Akbari (Telhada)
  Shah Mohammad Zafar Abulolai (Kara, Manikpur UP)
  Hakim Syed Shah Nazir Ahsan Akbari As "Nasim Hilsavi" (Famous student & Successor of Daagh Dehlvi) & many more.
  Makhdoom Shah Sajjad Pak and Shah Akbar's has many disciples and followers in Mecca, Medina & London. They were particularly numerous in Agra, Ajmer, Allahabad, Ranchi, Hyderabad, Delhi, Lahore and Karachi etc. Shah Akbar Danapuri also used to visit these places annually he always attended the Urs of Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti and the Urs of Syedna Ameer Abulola. Besides, he also had great affection with Syed Hassan Zanjani Mashhadi (Lahore), Fariduddin Ganjshakar , Nizamuddin Auliya, Bu Ali Shah Qalandar, Makhdoom Sharfuddin Ahmed Yahya Maneri, Abu Muhammad Saleh Baqir Ali Shah (Damoh) and Makhdoom Shah Muhammad Munim Pak. He also used to visit there shrines to pay his homage.
  Shah Akbar's contemporaries list is upgraded with honourable & famous personalities of saint, author & poets. Few names are mentioned here:
  Imam Ahmad Raza Khan, Akbar Allahabadi, Daagh Dehlvi, Khuda Bakhsh Khan (founder of Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library,) Waris Ali Shah, Pir Mehar Ali Shah, Maulana Fazle Haque Azad, Shah Ameen Ahmad Firdausi (Khanquah Moazzam Makhdoom-e-Jahan), Shah Yahya Azimabadi, Maulana Abdul Qadir Badayuni, Munshi ZakaUllah Dehlvi, Mahboob Ali Khan, Kalb Ali Khan, Abdur Rahman Khan, Osman Nuri Pasha, Qazi Syed Raza Hussain, Imdad Imam Asar.
caption: Sketch painting of Shah Akbar Danapuri  by artist of Agra Shamsuddin Mohsini.
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