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	'''Muhammad Mian Mansoor Ansari''' (1884 ~~–~~ 11 January 1946~~) (~~{{~~lang-~~ur\|{{Nastaliq\|~~مولانا~~ محمد ~~میاں~~ منصور ~~انصاری~~}}}}), ~~(10 March 1884 – 11 January 1946)~~ was a leader and a political activist of the [[Indian independence movement]]. He was a grandson of [[Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi]], one of the founders of [[Darul Uloom Deoband]] in 1868.<ref name=GoogleBooks>[https://books.google.com/books?id=vgg7DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA138 Muhammad Mian Mansoor Ansari on GoogleBooks website] Retrieved 28 August 2019</ref> Along with [[Mahmud Hasan Deobandi]], he was one of the pioneer of the Silk Letter movement against British Raj.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2019-09-04\|title=Heritage Times - Silk Letter Movement : A freedom struggle woven in silk\|url=https://heritagetimes.in/silk-letter-movement-a-freedom-struggle-woven-in-silk/\|access-date=2021-08-31\|website=Heritage Times\|language=en-US}}</ref>		'''Muhammad Mian Mansoor Ansari''' (10 March 1884 – 11 January 1946; Arabic, [[Pashto]] and [[Persian language\|Persian]]: {{langx\|ur\|{{Nastaliq\|محمد میان منصور انصاري}}}}), was a leader and a political activist of the [[Indian independence movement]]. He was a grandson of [[Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi]], one of the founders of [[Darul Uloom Deoband]] in 1868.<ref name=GoogleBooks>[https://books.google.com/books?id=vgg7DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA138 Muhammad Mian Mansoor Ansari on GoogleBooks website] Retrieved 28 August 2019</ref> Along with [[Mahmud Hasan Deobandi]], he was one of the pioneer of the Silk Letter movement against British Raj.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2019-09-04\|title=Heritage Times – Silk Letter Movement : A freedom struggle woven in silk\|url=https://heritagetimes.in/silk-letter-movement-a-freedom-struggle-woven-in-silk/\|access-date=2021-08-31\|website=Heritage Times\|language=en-US}}</ref>

	== Early life ==		== Early life ==
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	==Silk letter movement==		==Silk letter movement==
	These letters were written on [[silk]] cloth, hence the name. The hero of Silk Letter Movement, Maulana Muhammad Mian Mansoor Ansari, the one who went to [[Hejaz Vilayet\|Hejaz]], [[Ottoman Empire]] with Maulana [[Mahmud al-Hasan]] in September 1915 and worked as treasurer of the Jama’at. He returned to India in April 1916 with Ghalib Nama (Silk Letter) which he showed to freedom fighters in India and the autonomous area and then took it to [[Kabul]], [[Emirate of Afghanistan\|Afghanistan]] in June 1916.<ref>[http://www.darululoom-deoband.com/urdu/books/tmp/1388990860%20Silk%20Letter%20Movement.pdf Silk Letter Movement on deoband.com website] Retrieved 28 August 2019</ref><ref name=Deoband>[http://www.darululoom-deoband.com/english/aboutdarululoom/freedom_fight.htm Fight for Freedom on deoband.com website] Retrieved 28 August 2019</ref>		These letters were written on [[silk]] cloth, hence the name. The hero of Silk Letter Movement, Maulana Muhammad Mian Mansoor Ansari, the one who went to [[Hejaz Vilayet\|Hejaz]], [[Ottoman Empire]] with Maulana [[Mahmud al-Hasan]] in September 1915 and worked as treasurer of the Jama’at. He returned to India in April 1916 with Ghalib Nama (Silk Letter) which he showed to freedom fighters in India and the autonomous area and then took it to Kabul, [[Emirate of Afghanistan\|Afghanistan]] in June 1916.<ref>[http://www.darululoom-deoband.com/urdu/books/tmp/1388990860%20Silk%20Letter%20Movement.pdf Silk Letter Movement on deoband.com website] Retrieved 28 August 2019</ref><ref name=Deoband>[http://www.darululoom-deoband.com/english/aboutdarululoom/freedom_fight.htm Fight for Freedom on deoband.com website] Retrieved 28 August 2019</ref>

	== Later years ==		== Later years ==
	Mansoor Ansari went to [[Kabul]] during the [[First ~~world war~~]] to rally the [[Emirate of Afghanistan\|Afghan]] Amir [[Habibullah Khan]].{{Citation needed\|date=August 2022}} He joined the [[Provisional Government of India]] formed in Kabul in December 1915, and remained in [[Afghanistan]] until the end of the war. He traveled to [[Russian SFSR\|Russia]] and spent two years in [[Ottoman Empire\|Turkey]], passing through many other countries.{{Citation needed\|date=August 2022}}		Mansoor Ansari went to Kabul during the [[First World War]] to rally the [[Emirate of Afghanistan\|Afghan]] Amir [[Habibullah Khan]].{{Citation needed\|date=August 2022}} He joined the [[Provisional Government of India]] formed in Kabul in December 1915, and remained in Afghanistan until the end of the war. He traveled to [[Russian SFSR\|Russia]] and spent two years in [[Ottoman Empire\|Turkey]], passing through many other countries.{{Citation needed\|date=August 2022}}

	He was one of the most active and prominent members of the faction of the [[Indian Freedom Movement]] led by Muslim ~~clergy~~ who were chiefly from the [[Darul Uloom Deoband]].<ref name=Deoband/>		He was one of the most active and prominent members of the faction of the [[Indian Freedom Movement]] led by Muslim traditional scholars' class who were chiefly from the [[Darul Uloom Deoband]].<ref name=Deoband/>

	In 1946, the [[Indian National Congress]] requested him to return to India and the [[British Government]] gave him the permission to do so. But he decided to remain at Kabul, where he began a programme teaching and translating Tafsir Sheikh Mahmudul Hassan Deobandi (known as Kabuli Tafseer).{{Citation needed\|date=August 2022}}		In 1946, the [[Indian National Congress]] requested him to return to India and the [[British Government]] gave him the permission to do so. But he decided to remain at Kabul, where he began a programme teaching and translating Tafsir Sheikh Mahmudul Hassan Deobandi (known as Kabuli Tafseer).{{Citation needed\|date=August 2022}}

	==Literary works==		==Literary works==
	Ansāri wrote following books:<ref>{{citation\|first1=Syed Mehboob \|last1=Rizwi \|authorlink1 = Syed Mehboob Rizwi\|translator = Murtaz Hussain F Quraishi\|title=History of the Dar al-Ulum Deoband \| volume = 2nd \|~~page~~=~~62-64~~}} </ref>		Ansāri wrote following books:<ref>{{citation\|first1=Syed Mehboob \|last1=Rizwi \|authorlink1 = Syed Mehboob Rizwi\|translator = Murtaz Hussain F Quraishi\|title=History of the Dar al-Ulum Deoband \| volume = 2nd \|pages=62–64}}</ref>
	* ''Hukūmat-e-Ilāhi;;''		* ''Hukūmat-e-Ilāhi;;''
	* ''Asās-Inqelāb''		* ''Asās-Inqelāb''
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	==Death and legacy==		==Death and legacy==
	In 1946, Muhammad Mian Mansoor Ansari turned seriously ill and subsequently died on 11 January 1946 at [[Jalalabad]], [[Nangarhar Province]] in [[Kingdom of Afghanistan\|Afghanistan]] and was buried there.<ref name=GoogleBooks/> His son [[Hamid al-Ansari Ghazi]] was the editor of [[Madina (Bijnor)\|Madina]].<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Qasmi \|first1=Nayab Hasan \|title=Darul Uloom Deoband Ka Sahafati Manzarnama \|publisher=Idara Tahqeeq-e-Islami \|location=[[Deoband]] \|pages=~~197-200~~ \|edition=2013 \|language=Urdu \|chapter=Mawlāna Hāmid al-Ansāri Ghāzi}}</ref>		In 1946, Muhammad Mian Mansoor Ansari turned seriously ill and subsequently died on 11 January 1946 at [[Jalalabad]], [[Nangarhar Province]] in [[Kingdom of Afghanistan\|Afghanistan]] and was buried there.<ref name=GoogleBooks/> His son [[Hamid al-Ansari Ghazi]] was the editor of [[Madina (Bijnor)\|Madina]].<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Qasmi \|first1=Nayab Hasan \|title=Darul Uloom Deoband Ka Sahafati Manzarnama \|publisher=Idara Tahqeeq-e-Islami \|location=[[Deoband]] \|pages=197–200 \|edition=2013 \|language=Urdu \|chapter=Mawlāna Hāmid al-Ansāri Ghāzi}}</ref>
			== See also ==
			* [[List of Deobandis]]

	==References==		==References==
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	[[Category:20th-century Indian Muslims]]		[[Category:20th-century Indian Muslims]]
	[[Category:Sunni Muslim scholars]]		[[Category:Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam]]
	[[Category:Students of Mahmud Hasan Deobandi]]		[[Category:Students of Mahmud Hasan Deobandi]]

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	== Early life ==		== Early life ==
	Muhammad Mian Mansoor Ansari was born into an Ansari family in Saharanpur. He grew up in the house of Abdullah Ansari. Mansoor Ansari returned to the Darul-Uloom Deoband and gradually became involved in the [[Pan-Islamic movement]]. During [[World War I]], he was among the leaders of the [[Deobandi\|Deoband School]], who, led by [[Mahmud Hasan Deobandi]], left India to seek support of the [[Central Powers]] for a Pan-Islamic revolution in India in what came to be known as the [[Silk Letter Movement]].<ref name=Deoband/>		Muhammad Mian Mansoor Ansari was born into an Ansari family in Saharanpur.{{Citation needed\|date=August 2022}} He grew up in the house of Abdullah Ansari. Mansoor Ansari returned to the Darul-Uloom Deoband and gradually became involved in the [[Pan-Islamic movement]].{{Citation needed\|date=August 2022}} During [[World War I]], he was among the leaders of the [[Deobandi\|Deoband School]], who, led by [[Mahmud Hasan Deobandi]], left India to seek support of the [[Central Powers]] for a Pan-Islamic revolution in India in what came to be known as the [[Silk Letter Movement]].<ref name=Deoband/>

	==Silk letter movement==		==Silk letter movement==
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	== Later years ==		== Later years ==
	Mansoor Ansari went to [[Kabul]] during the [[First world war]] to rally the [[Emirate of Afghanistan\|Afghan]] Amir [[Habibullah Khan]]. He joined the [[Provisional Government of India]] formed in Kabul in December 1915, and remained in [[Afghanistan]] until the end of the war. He traveled to [[Russian SFSR\|Russia]] and spent two years in [[Ottoman Empire\|Turkey]], passing through many other countries.		Mansoor Ansari went to [[Kabul]] during the [[First world war]] to rally the [[Emirate of Afghanistan\|Afghan]] Amir [[Habibullah Khan]].{{Citation needed\|date=August 2022}} He joined the [[Provisional Government of India]] formed in Kabul in December 1915, and remained in [[Afghanistan]] until the end of the war. He traveled to [[Russian SFSR\|Russia]] and spent two years in [[Ottoman Empire\|Turkey]], passing through many other countries.{{Citation needed\|date=August 2022}}

	He was one of the most active and prominent members of the faction of the [[Indian Freedom Movement]] led by Muslim clergy who were chiefly from the [[Darul Uloom Deoband]].<ref name=Deoband/>		He was one of the most active and prominent members of the faction of the [[Indian Freedom Movement]] led by Muslim clergy who were chiefly from the [[Darul Uloom Deoband]].<ref name=Deoband/>

	In 1946, the [[Indian National Congress]] requested him to return to India and the [[British Government]] gave him the permission to do so. But he decided to remain at Kabul, where he began a programme teaching and translating Tafsir Sheikh Mahmudul Hassan Deobandi (known as Kabuli Tafseer).		In 1946, the [[Indian National Congress]] requested him to return to India and the [[British Government]] gave him the permission to do so. But he decided to remain at Kabul, where he began a programme teaching and translating Tafsir Sheikh Mahmudul Hassan Deobandi (known as Kabuli Tafseer).{{Citation needed\|date=August 2022}}

	==Literary works==		==Literary works==
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	[[Category:Sunni Muslim scholars]]		[[Category:Sunni Muslim scholars]]
	[[Category:Students of Mahmud Hasan Deobandi]]		[[Category:Students of Mahmud Hasan Deobandi]]

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{{distinguish|Syed Muhammad Miyan Deobandi}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox religious biography
|religion = [[Islam]]
|name = '''Muhammad Mian Mansoor Ansari''' <br> [[:sd:مولانا منصور انصاري|مولانا منصور انصاري]]
|birth_date = 1884
|birth_place = [[Saharanpur]], [[North-Western Provinces]], [[British India]]
|era = [[British Raj]]
|image = Muhammad Mian Mansoor Ansari.tiff
|death_date = {{Death date and age |df=yes|1946|01|11|1884}}
|death_place = [[Jalalabad]], [[Nangarhar]], [[Kingdom of Afghanistan|Afghanistan]]
|movement = [[Deobandi movement]]
|children = [[Hamid al-Ansari Ghazi]]
}}

'''Muhammad Mian Mansoor Ansari''' (1884 – 11 January 1946) ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|مولانا محمد میاں منصور انصاری}}}}), (10 March 1884 – 11 January 1946) was a leader and a political activist of the [[Indian independence movement]]. He was a grandson of [[Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi]], one of the founders of [[Darul Uloom Deoband]] in 1868.<ref name=GoogleBooks>[https://books.google.com/books?id=vgg7DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA138 Muhammad Mian Mansoor Ansari on GoogleBooks website] Retrieved 28 August 2019</ref> Along with [[Mahmud Hasan Deobandi]], he was one of the pioneer of the Silk Letter movement against British Raj.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-09-04|title=Heritage Times - Silk Letter Movement : A freedom struggle woven in silk|url=https://heritagetimes.in/silk-letter-movement-a-freedom-struggle-woven-in-silk/|access-date=2021-08-31|website=Heritage Times|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Muhammad Mian Mansoor Ansari was born into an Ansari family in Saharanpur. He grew up in the house of Abdullah Ansari. Mansoor Ansari returned to the Darul-Uloom Deoband and gradually became involved in the [[Pan-Islamic movement]]. During [[World War I]], he was among the leaders of the [[Deobandi|Deoband School]], who, led by [[Mahmud Hasan Deobandi]], left India to seek support of the [[Central Powers]] for a Pan-Islamic revolution in India in what came to be known as the [[Silk Letter Movement]].<ref name=Deoband/>

==Silk letter movement==
These letters were written on [[silk]] cloth, hence the name. The hero of Silk Letter Movement, Maulana Muhammad Mian Mansoor Ansari, the one who went to [[Hejaz Vilayet|Hejaz]], [[Ottoman Empire]] with Maulana [[Mahmud al-Hasan]] in September 1915 and worked as treasurer of the Jama’at. He returned to India in April 1916 with Ghalib Nama (Silk Letter) which he showed to freedom fighters in India and the autonomous area and then took it to [[Kabul]], [[Emirate of Afghanistan|Afghanistan]] in June 1916.<ref>[http://www.darululoom-deoband.com/urdu/books/tmp/1388990860%20Silk%20Letter%20Movement.pdf Silk Letter Movement on deoband.com website] Retrieved 28 August 2019</ref><ref name=Deoband>[http://www.darululoom-deoband.com/english/aboutdarululoom/freedom_fight.htm Fight for Freedom on deoband.com website] Retrieved 28 August 2019</ref>

== Later years ==
Mansoor Ansari went to [[Kabul]] during the [[First world war]] to rally the [[Emirate of Afghanistan|Afghan]] Amir [[Habibullah Khan]]. He joined the [[Provisional Government of India]] formed in Kabul in December 1915, and remained in [[Afghanistan]] until the end of the war. He traveled to [[Russian SFSR|Russia]] and spent two years in [[Ottoman Empire|Turkey]], passing through many other countries.

He was one of the most active and prominent members of the faction of the [[Indian Freedom Movement]] led by Muslim clergy who were chiefly from the [[Darul Uloom Deoband]].<ref name=Deoband/>

In 1946, the [[Indian National Congress]] requested him to return to India and the [[British Government]] gave him the permission to do so. But he decided to remain at Kabul, where he began a programme teaching and translating Tafsir Sheikh Mahmudul Hassan Deobandi (known as Kabuli Tafseer).

==Literary works==
Ansāri wrote following books:<ref>{{citation|first1=Syed Mehboob |last1=Rizwi |authorlink1 = Syed Mehboob Rizwi|translator = Murtaz Hussain F Quraishi|title=History of the Dar al-Ulum Deoband | volume = 2nd |page=62-64}} </ref>
* ''Hukūmat-e-Ilāhi;;''
* ''Asās-Inqelāb''
* ''Dastoor-e-Imāmat''

==Death and legacy==
In 1946, Muhammad Mian Mansoor Ansari turned seriously ill and subsequently died on 11 January 1946 at [[Jalalabad]], [[Nangarhar Province]] in [[Kingdom of Afghanistan|Afghanistan]] and was buried there.<ref name=GoogleBooks/> His son [[Hamid al-Ansari Ghazi]] was the editor of [[Madina (Bijnor)|Madina]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Qasmi |first1=Nayab Hasan |title=Darul Uloom Deoband Ka Sahafati Manzarnama |publisher=Idara Tahqeeq-e-Islami |location=[[Deoband]] |pages=197-200 |edition=2013 |language=Urdu |chapter=Mawlāna Hāmid al-Ansāri Ghāzi}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Hindu-German Conspiracy}}

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