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{{Short description|Indian Islamic scholar and political figure (d. 1948)}}
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{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix = Abu al-Barakat
| name = Abdur Rauf Danapuri
| birth_date = {{Circa}} 1874
| birth_place = [[Danapur]], Patna district, Bengal, British India
| death_date = {{death date and age|1948|02|20|1874|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Kolkata]], India
| resting_place = Peshawari Cemetery, [[Maniktala]]
| occupation = Islamic scholar, physician, writer, political figure
| notable_works = ''Asaḥḥu as-Siyar''
| organizations = [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind]], [[Muslim League (1947–1958)|Muslim League]], [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam]]
| known_for = Religious scholarship, political activism, medical practice
}}

'''Abu al-Barakat Abdur Rauf Danapuri ''' ({{Circa}} 1874 – 20 February 1948) was an Islamic scholar, writer, physician, and political figure from British India. He was involved in religious scholarship, social work, and the Indian independence movement.

== Early life and education ==
Abdur Rauf Danapuri was born in {{circa}} 1874{{Sfn|Ram|2011|p=12}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Qureshi |first=M. Naeem |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=czKYZPyoyx0C&dq=abdur+rauf+danapuri&pg=PA187 |title=Pan-Islam in British Indian Politics: A Study of the Khilafat Movement, 1918-1924 |date=1999 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-11371-8 |page=187 |language=en}}</ref> in [[Danapur]], near [[Patna]], Bihar.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ram |first=Malik |author-link=Malik Ram |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/tazkara-e-maah-o-saal-malik-ram-ebooks |title=Tazkira-e-Maah-o-Saal |publisher=Maktaba Jamia |year=2011 |location=[[New Delhi]] |page=12 |language=ur}}</ref> His early education took place in Danapur and Agra, followed by higher studies in Lucknow and Hyderabad. His father, Abdul Qadir, was known as a scholar.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Shamsi |first=Abul Kalam Qasmi |author-link=Abul Kalam Qasmi Shamsi |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/tazkira-ulama-e-bihar-volume-001-abul-kalam-qasmi-shamsi-ebooks |title=Tazkira-e-Ulama-e-Bihar |publisher=Department of Publishing and Publications, Jamia Islamia Qasmia |year=1995 |edition=1st |volume=1 |location=Balasath, [[Sitamarhi district|Sitamarhi]] |pages=164–165 |language=ur |trans-title=Biographical Dictionary of the Scholars of Bihar}}</ref>

== Career ==
=== Religious and scholarly contributions ===
Danapuri was involved in religious debates and legal interpretations. He participated in discussions on Islamic jurisprudence, including issues related to marriage laws.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Nadvi |first=Sulaiman |author-link=Sulaiman Nadvi |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/yaad-e-raftagan-syed-sulaiman-nadvi-ebooks-1 |title=Yaad-e-Raftagan |date=January 1955 |publisher=Maktabah Al-Sharq |edition=1st |location=[[Aram Bagh, Karachi]] |page=411 |language=ur |trans-title=Remembrance of the Departed}}</ref> His major works included ''Asaḥḥu as-Siyar'', a two-volume book on Islamic history and biography,{{Sfn|Shamsi|1995|p=165}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=K̲h̲ālid |first=Anvar Maḥmūd |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nls1AAAAIAAJ&q=%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A4%D9%81+%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7+%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C |title=Urdū naṣr men̲ sīrat-i Rasūl |date=1989 |publisher=Iqbāl Akādmī |page=630 |language=ur}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Zabeeh |first=Muhammad Ismail |author-link=Muhammad Ismail Zabeeh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eacyAAAAIAAJ&q=%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A4%D9%81+%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7+%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C |title=Kamāl-i Muṣt̤afā, yaʻnī, ʻAẓmat-i Rasūl |date=1987 |publisher=Dādā Bhāʼī Fāʼūnḍeshan |pages=20 |language=ur}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Asma |first1=Hafiza |last2=Habib |first2=Bushra |date=April–June 2023 |title=Asahh as-Siyar ka Tahqīqi Jaiza |trans-title=Research Study of Asah al-Seer |url=https://ojs.cer.edu.pk/index.php/mtt/article/view/280/143 |journal=Majallah-yi Talim O Tahqiq |location=[[Islamabad]] |publisher=Markaz Talim o Tahqiq |volume=5 |issue=2 |pages=24–25}}</ref> and ''Sīrat-e-Nabawī''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Farogh |first=Muhammad Basharat Ali Khan |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/wafyat-e-mashaheer-e-urdu-part-001-basharat-farogh-ebooks |title=Wafiyāt-e-Mashāhir-e-Urdu |publisher=[[Urdu Academy, Uttar Pradesh]] |year=2000 |volume=1 |page=420 |language=ur |trans-title=Obituaries of Eminent Urdu Personalities}}</ref>

=== Political involvement ===
Danapuri was involved in [[Indian independence movement|India's independence movement]] and opposed [[British rule]]. In 1921, he was arrested along with [[Maulana Azad]] and [[Subhas Chandra Bose]] and was imprisoned for six months.{{Sfn|Shamsi|1995|p=165}} He was initially associated with [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind]] but later joined the [[Muslim League (1947–1958)|Muslim League]] and [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam]].{{Sfn|Nadvi|1955|p=412}}

=== Medical Practice and Social Work ===
Danapuri was elected president of Anjuman-e-Atibba in [[Kolkata]]. His efforts contributed to the recognition of the association's Board of Faculty by the Bengal government. He was offered the position of principal at a newly established medical college in Bihar, which he declined.{{Sfn|Shamsi|1995|p=165}}

== Death and legacy ==
Danapuri died on 20 February 1948 in Kolkata at the age of 74.{{Sfn|Ram|2011|p=12}} He was buried at Peshawari Cemetery, [[Maniktala]].{{Sfn|Shamsi|1995|p=165}}

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* {{Cite book |last=Haqqani |first=Abdur Raqeeb |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lr7XAAAAMAAJ&q=%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%AA+%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7+%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C |title=Arz-e-Bihār aur Musalmān |date=2004 |publisher=Ilmi Academy Foundation |location=[[Karachi]] |page=333 |language=ur |trans-title=The Land of Bihar and Muslims}}
* {{Cite book |last=Saʻīd |first=Aḥmad |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BGZuAAAAMAAJ&q=abdur+rauf+danapuri |title=Muslim India, 1857-1947: A Biographical Dictionary |date=1997 |publisher=Institute of Pakistan Historical Research |page=48 |language=en}}

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[[Category:People from Patna district]]
[[Category:Indian Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam]]
[[Category:Indian Islamic religious leaders]]
[[Category:Indian Islamic studies scholars]]
[[Category:Urdu-language writers from British India]]
[[Category:Indian independence activists]]
[[Category:Indian social reformers]]
[[Category:People from British India]]
[[Category:People from Kolkata]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian scholars]]

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