Mukhtar Ashraf

Sarkar-e-Kalan, Hazrat, Sayyid, Shaikh-ul-Mashaikh

Muhammad Mukhtar Ashraf

Ashrafi Al-Jilani
सैयद मुहम्मद मुख़्तार अशरफ़ अशरफ़ी अल-जीलानी
Custodian of Dargah of Ashraf Jahangir Semnani
Preceded bySyed Ali Hussain Ashrafi
Succeeded bySyed Muhammad Izhar Ashraf
Official nameSyed Mukhtar Ashraf
Personal
Born
Muhammad Mukhtar

4 August 1916
Died21 November 1996
NationalityIndian
DenominationSunni
LineageSayyid
JurisprudenceHanafi
CreedMaturidi
MovementBarelvi movement
Main interest(s)Sufism
TariqaAshrafiyya

Syed Muhammad Mukhtar Ashraf Ashrafi Al-Jilani (4 August 1916-21 November 1996) known as Sarkar-e-Kalaan or Makhdoom-ul-Mashaikh was an Indian Sufi saint and Islamic scholar who belonged to the family of Sadaat-e-Kichhauchha, the descendants of Ashraf Jahangir Semnani.[1][2][3][4] He was father of Syed Muhammad Izhar Ashraf, his successor as the custodian of Dargah of Ashraf Jahangir Semnani.[5]

References

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  1. Kichhauchhawi, Syed Muhammad Ashraf. "Sarkar-e-Kalan". Sarkar-e-Kalan Number: 1–299 – via Archive.org.
  2. "Sahibe Sajjada Syed Mukhtar Ashraf". geni_family_tree. 2022-04-29. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
  3. Bowen, John R. (2016-03-15). On British Islam: Religion, Law, and Everyday Practice in Shariʿa Councils. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-8105-5.
  4. At̤har, K̲h̲ālid (2003). Prominent Pakistanis in the United Kingdom. PPA Publications. p. 521. ISBN 978-969-8587-12-3.
  5. "The Sufi Sheikh and head of Ghousul Alam Mehboob e Yazdani Sayyid Sultan Makhdoom Ashraf Jehangir Simnani shrine of Kichocha Shareef has departed this life, may his mystery be sanctified :: Center for Islamic Pluralism". www.islamicpluralism.org. Archived from the original on 2024-03-15. Retrieved 2024-03-15.