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Name
  
Abdul Firangi

Died
  
1926

Maulana Abdul Bari 'Firangi Mahali (Urdu: مولانا عبدل باری ندوی فرنگی محلی‎), (b. 1878 – d.1926) is a Firangi Mahal scholar.

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History

His family moved from Sihali, Barabnaki to the Firangi Mahal around 1695. In 1915 he was residing in Barabnaki. In 1916 he was assistant professor in Pune.

Institutions

  • In his opposition to the Western education, he founded Madarssa-i-Nizamia in Lucknow.
  • He set up Anjuman-i-Khuddam-i-Kabba (1914) to prevent desecration of Muslim Holy places by the British.
  • He was the founder President of Jamiat-e-ulama-e-Hind.
  • He was the founder member of Darul Mussannefin Shibli Academy, (1915-1916).
  • He was the founder committee member of Jamia Millia Islamia, Aligarh in United Provinces, India, (1920).

    • Politics

    During First World War he asked Sultan of Turkey to support Britain or remain out of the war.

    On January 26, 1919 he presided over a protest meeting in Lucknow against the British attitude against Muslims.

    He was highly active in the Khilafat movement.

    He preached Hindu-Muslim unity and was an associate of Mahatma Gandhi.

    Books

    He authored around 111 books. Some of them are:

    References

    Abdul Bari Firangi Mahali Wikipedia
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