Background
Born in Patna, British India, in 1892, he received his early religious education in Gujrat, Pakistan and learned the Qur"an by heart from his father Hafiz Syed Ziauddin.
Born in Patna, British India, in 1892, he received his early religious education in Gujrat, Pakistan and learned the Qur"an by heart from his father Hafiz Syed Ziauddin.
He migrated to Amritsar in 1914 when he was 22 years old. Bukhari began his career as a religious preacher in a small mosque in Amritsar, and taught the Quran for the next 40 years. He shared friendship with a section of socialists and communists but did not accept their ideology completely.
He studied the Sahih Bukhari in jail when he was imprisoned for an anti-government religious speech.
He started his religious and political career in 1916. He has spent a considerable part of his life preaching sedition.
Later on the prominent Brelvi orater syed faiz ul hasan shah also joined them to He became known for his oratory.
He was also a poet and most of his poetry was in Persian.
Bukhari died on 21 August 1961. He is buried in Multan, Pakistan.
As the first step of his political career, he began to participate in the movements of the Indian National Congress in 1921 from Kolkata where he delivered a loaded speech and was arrested on 27 March 1921 because of that speech. He became an eyesore to the administration, and an official view about him said: Ata Ullah Shah is a man, who it is better to lock up in jail, away from Congress leaders than to parley with.
He is an amusing speaker, who can influence a crowd.