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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|British Indian Islamic Scholar (1895–1963)}}<br />
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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Dawood Ghaznavi<br />
| office1 = Member of [[Punjab Provincial Assembly (British India)|Punjab provincial Assembly]]<br />
| term_start1 = 1946<br />
| term_end1 = 1947<br />
| office2 = Member of [[1951 Punjab provincial election|Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]]<br />
| term_start2 = 7 May 1951<br />
| term_end2 = 14 October 1955<br />
| office = 1st [[Emir]] of [[Markazi Jamiat Ahle Hadith]]<br />
| term_start = 24 July 1948<br />
| term_end = 16 December 1963<br />
| preceded = ''position established''<br />
| succeeded = [[Muhammad Ismail Salafi]]<br />
}}<br />
{{Infobox religious biography<br />
| honorific prefix = [[Mawlana]], [[Shaykh]]<br />
| name = Dawood Ghaznavi<br > داؤد غزنوی<br />
| title = <br />
| religion = [[Islam]]<br />
| denomination = [[Sunni]]<br />
| jurisprudence = [[Non-denominational Muslim|Ghayr muqallid]]<br />
| movement = [[Ahl-i Hadith]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date text|1895}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Amritsar]], British India<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1963|1895}}<br />
| death_place = [[Lahore]], Pakistan<br />
| resting_place = [[Miani Sahib Graveyard]], Lahore<br />
| education = <br />
| main_interests = [[Ilm al-Hadith]], [[Aqeeda]], [[Fiqh]]<br />
| notable_ideas = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Muhammad Daud Ghaznavi''' (better known as '''Dawood Ghaznavi''' or '''Daud Ghaznavi'''; 1895 – 16 December 1963), was an Islamic scholar, journalist, teacher, writer and politician in [[British Raj|British India]] and a leader of the [[Indian independence movement]]. He served as the president of [[Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee|Punjab Provincial Congress Committee]], and co-founded [[Majlis-e Ahrar-e Islam]], the [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind]] and [[Markazi Jamiat Ahle Hadith]]. He was member of [[Punjab Provincial Assembly (British India)|Punjab Provincial Assembly]].<br />
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In 1946, as a politician of [[Indian National Congress|Indian national congress]], Ghaznavi had participated in [[1946 Punjab Provincial Assembly election]] and was member of [[Punjab Provincial Assembly (British India)|Punjab Provincial Assembly]] from 1946 to 1947. After four years of service in [[Indian National Congress|Congress Party]], he joined the [[All-India Muslim League|Muslim League]] in August 1946. After [[Pakistan Movement|Independence of Pakistan]], he participated in [[1951 Punjab provincial election]] and became a member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]].<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Dawood Ghaznavi was born in 1895 in [[Amritsar]]. He received Islamic education from his father Syed Abdul Jabbar Ghaznavi and his cousin Syed Abdul Awal Ghaznavi.{{Sfn|Iraqi|2003|p=98}}<ref name="jang">{{Cite web |title=مولانا سید محمد داؤد غزنویؒ [Maulana Syed Muhammad Daud Ghaznavi] |url=https://jang.com.pk/news/1048762 |access-date=14 January 2025 |website=[[Daily Jang]] |language=ur}}</ref> He moved to [[Delhi]] for higher education, where he studied hadith under the tutelage of Abdullah Ghazipuri, who was one of the students of [[Syed Nazeer Husain]].{{Sfn|Iraqi|2003|p=98}}<br />
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Ghaznavi's full name is '''Dawood Ghaznavi ibn [[Abdul Jabbar Ghaznavi]] ibn [[Abdullah Ghaznavi]] ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad Sharif Ghaznavi'''.{{Sfn|Iraqi|2003|p=31}}{{Sfn|Iraqi|2003|p=98}}<br />
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== Career ==<br />
Ghaznavi started his political career by joining the congress party in 1942 and participated in [[Quit India Movement]].{{Sfn|Iraqi|2003|p=103}} He actively participated in the [[Indian independence movement]]. Ghaznavi was elected the president of [[Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee|Punjab Provincial Congress Committee]] in 1946.{{Sfn|Iraqi|2003|p=132}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rāmacandran |title=Red jihad: Islamic communism in India 1920-1950 |publisher=Indus Scrolls Press |year=2023 |isbn=978-93-90981-28-1 |location=New Delhi |pages=281}}</ref> He was jailed for 3 years for participating in a campaign against the British and was released in 1924.{{Sfn|Iraqi|2004|p=139}} Ghaznavi was one of the co-founders of the [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind]]{{Sfn|Wasif Dehlavi|1970|p=44}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Abbasi |first=Qazi Mohammad Adeel |title=Tareekh-e-Khilafat |publisher=[[Notion Press]] |year=2023 |isbn=9798888693322 |location=Chennai |pages=39–40 |language=Urdu |translator-last=Ansari |translator-first=Arif |trans-title=The Khilafat Movement}}</ref> and [[Majlis-e Ahrar-e Islam]].{{Sfn|Iraqi|2004|p=139}} In 1946, being the politician of [[Indian National Congress|Indian national congress]], he participated in [[1946 Punjab Provincial Assembly election|assembly elections]] and became a member of the [[Punjab Provincial Assembly (British India)|Punjab Provincial Assembly]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Nair |first=Neeti |title=Changing homelands: Hindu politics and the partition of India |publisher=[[Harvard University Press]] |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-674-05779-1 |location=Cambridge, Mass |pages=186}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Harkirat Singh |title=The INA trial and the Raj |date=2003 |publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Distributors |isbn=978-81-269-0316-0 |location=New Delhi |pages=91}}</ref> Due to indifferences with [[Indian National Congress|Congress party]], he joined the [[All-India Muslim League|Muslim League]] on 2nd August 1946.{{Sfn|Iraqi|2003|p=103}}{{Sfn|Ghaznavi|1974|p=247}}<br />
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After [[Pakistan Movement|Independence of Pakistan]], as a member of Muslim League, he participated in [[1951 Punjab provincial election]] and became a member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Punjab Assembly {{!}} Members - Legislative Assembly Second (Post) |url=https://www.pap.gov.pk/en/members/past-members/punjab-legislative-assembly-1947-to-1955/legislative-assembly-second-post |access-date=17 January 2025 |website=[[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab|Punjab Provincial Assembly]]}}</ref>{{Sfn|Iraqi|2003|p=105}}<br />
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The [[Markazi Jamiat Ahle Hadith|Markazi Jamiat Ahle Hadith Maghribi Pakistan]] was founded in a historic meeting on 24 July 1948 at the Darul Uloom Taqwiyatul Islam in [[Lahore]] by a number of [[Salafi]] Islamic scholars, including [[Ibrahim Mir]], [[Abdullah Ropari]], [[Muhammad Ishaq Bhatti]], Dawood Ghaznavi and others. Ghaznavi was elected as the first [[emir]] of the Markazi Jamiat Ahle Hadith. He served [[emir]] from 1948 until his death in 1963.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Ghaznawi family {{!}} Umm-Ul-Qura Publications |url=https://umm-ul-qura.org/2015/08/18/hafiz-abdullah-ghaznawi/ |access-date=2025-07-27 |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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Ghaznavi died on 16 December 1963, and was buried in the [[Miani Sahib Graveyard]] in [[Lahore]], Pakistan.<ref name="jang"/><br />
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== Works ==<br />
Dawood Ghaznavi has written more than 20 books including;<ref>{{Cite web |title= Syed Dawood Ghaznavi |url=https://kitabosunnat.com/musannifeen/syed-daoud-ghaznavi |access-date=16 January 2025 |website=kitabosunnat.com |language=ur}}</ref>{{Sfn|Iraqi|2003|p=126}}<br />
* ''Eid-e-Meelad''<ref>{{Cite web |title=eid-e-meelad |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/eid-e-meelad-maulana-mohammad-daud-ghaznavi-ebooks |access-date=15 January 2025 |website=[[Rekhta (website)|Rekhta]] |language=en}}</ref><br />
* ''Qurbani ki rooh''<br />
* ''Uswa-e-Hussain''<br />
* ''Islami riasat ke asasi usool-w-tasawrat''<br />
* ''Masla-e-touheed''<br />
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== References ==<br />
===Citations===<br />
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=== Works cited ===<br />
* {{Cite book|last=Iraqi|first=Abdul Rasheed|url=https://kitabosunnat.com/kutub-library/ghaznawi-khandan|title=غزنوی خاندان|publisher=Imam Shamsul Haque Dianwi Publishers|year=2003|edition=1st|location=Karachi|pages=98–147|language=Urdu|trans-title=The Ghaznavi family|access-date=18 January 2025}}<br />
* {{cite book |last1=Wasif Dehlavi |first1=Hafizur Rahman |author1-link=Hafizur Rahman Wasif Dehlavi |title=Jamī'at-i Ulamā par ek tārīk̲h̲ī tabṣirah |trans-title= A Historical Review the Jamiat Ulama|date=1970 |language=ur|oclc=16907808}}<br />
* {{Cite book|last=Iraqi|first=Abdul Rasheed|url=https://kitabosunnat.com/kutub-library/tazkara-tu-al-nubala-fi-trajim-al-ulama|title=تذکرۃ النبلاء فی تراجم العلماء|publisher=Baitul Hikmat|year=2004|edition=1st|location=Lahore, Pakistan|pages=137–140|language=Urdu|trans-title=Tazkirat al-Nabula; translations of scholars|access-date=18 January 2025}}<br />
* {{Cite book|last=Ghaznavi|first=Abu Bakr|url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/maulana-daud-ghaznvi-ebooks?lang=ur|title=مولانا داؤد غزنوی|publisher=Maktab Ghaznaviya|year=1974|edition=1st|location=Lahore, Pakistan|language=Urdu|trans-title=Maulana Dawood Ghaznavi|access-date=18 January 2025}}<br />
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