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Dawood Ghaznavi
Office 1st Emir of Markazi Jamiat Ahle Hadith
Office Member of Punjab provincial Assembly
Office Member of Provincial Assembly of the Punjab



Term start 24 July 1948
Term end 16 December 1963



















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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 India and a leader of the Indian independence movement. He served as the president of 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.

In 1946, as a politician of Indian national congress, Ghaznavi had participated in 1946 Punjab Provincial Assembly election and was member of Punjab Provincial Assembly from 1946 to 1947. After four years of service in Congress Party, he joined the Muslim League in August 1946. After Independence of Pakistan, he participated in 1951 Punjab provincial election and became a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab.

Early life

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.Template:Sfn[1] 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.Template:Sfn

Ghaznavi's full name is Dawood Ghaznavi ibn Abdul Jabbar Ghaznavi ibn Abdullah Ghaznavi ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad Sharif Ghaznavi.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn

Career

Ghaznavi started his political career by joining the congress party in 1942 and participated in Quit India Movement.Template:Sfn He actively participated in the Indian independence movement. Ghaznavi was elected the president of Punjab Provincial Congress Committee in 1946.Template:Sfn[2] He was jailed for 3 years for participating in a campaign against the British and was released in 1924.Template:Sfn Ghaznavi was one of the co-founders of the Jamiat Ulema-e-HindTemplate:Sfn[3] and Majlis-e Ahrar-e Islam.Template:Sfn In 1946, being the politician of Indian national congress, he participated in assembly elections and became a member of the Punjab Provincial Assembly.[4][5] Due to indifferences with Congress party, he joined the Muslim League on 2nd August 1946.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn

After 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.[6]Template:Sfn

The 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.[7]

Ghaznavi died on 16 December 1963, and was buried in the Miani Sahib Graveyard in Lahore, Pakistan.[1]

Works

Dawood Ghaznavi has written more than 20 books including;[8]Template:Sfn

  • Eid-e-Meelad[9]
  • Qurbani ki rooh
  • Uswa-e-Hussain
  • Islami riasat ke asasi usool-w-tasawrat
  • Masla-e-touheed

References

Citations

  1. 1.0 1.1 مولانا سید محمد داؤد غزنویؒ [Maulana Syed Muhammad Daud Ghaznavi]. Daily Jang. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  2. Red jihad: Islamic communism in India 1920-1950{{#if:Rāmacandran|, Rāmacandran}. Indus Scrolls Press(2023). ISBN 978-93-90981-28-1
  3. Tareekh-e-Khilafat{{#if:Abbasi|, Abbasi}. Notion Press(2023). ISBN 9798888693322
  4. Changing homelands: Hindu politics and the partition of India{{#if:Nair|, Nair}. Harvard University Press(2011). ISBN 978-0-674-05779-1
  5. The INA trial and the Raj{{#if:Harkirat Singh|, Harkirat Singh}. Atlantic Publishers & Distributors(2003). ISBN 978-81-269-0316-0
  6. Punjab Assembly | Members - Legislative Assembly Second (Post). Punjab Provincial Assembly. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  7. The Ghaznawi family | Umm-Ul-Qura Publications. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  8. Syed Dawood Ghaznavi. kitabosunnat.com. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  9. eid-e-meelad. Rekhta. Retrieved 15 January 2025.

Works cited

  • غزنوی خاندان{{#if:Iraqi|, Iraqi}. Imam Shamsul Haque Dianwi Publishers(2003)
  • Jamī'at-i Ulamā par ek tārīk̲h̲ī tabṣirah{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}(1970)
  • تذکرۃ النبلاء فی تراجم العلماء{{#if:Iraqi|, Iraqi}. Baitul Hikmat(2004)
  • مولانا داؤد غزنوی{{#if:Ghaznavi|, Ghaznavi}. Maktab Ghaznaviya(1974)