Syed Syed may refer to: * Seyd, alternative for Sayyid (name) * Alternative for Sayyid, an honorific title * Ahsan Ali Syed (born 1973), Indian businessman * Ghulam Murtaza Syed (1904-1995), prominent Sindhi politician * Ibrahim Bijli Syed (born 1939) ...

Mohammed Mukhtar Ashraf (

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: , ) (born on 4 August 1916 CE; 4

Shawwal Shawwal () is the tenth month of the Islamic calendar. It comes after Ramadan and before Dhu al-Qa'da. ''Shawwāl'' stems from the Arabic verb ''shāla'' (), which means to 'lift or carry', generally to take or move things from one place to an ...

1334 AH) well known as Sarkar E Kalan (

: , ) or Makhdoon ul Mashaikh (

: , ) was an

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saint, spiritual leader,

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of Ahle Sunnah of the Ashrafi sufi order from Ashrafpur Kichhauchha,

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. He was the

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of Dargah

Ashraf Jahangir Semnani Sultan Makhdoom Ashraf Jahangir Semnani (; (1285–1386) was an Iranian Sufi saint from Semnan, Iran. He was the founder of the Ashrafi Sufi order. He is India's third most influential Sufi saint after Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti of Ajmer and Niz ...

, founder of the Ashrafi Sufi Order. Syed died on 21 November 1996 in Ashrafpur Kichhauchha and is buried near dargah of Ashraf Jahangir Semnani.

Early life

Syed was born on 4 August 1916 CE, according to Islamic calendar he was born on 4

1334 AH in Kichhauchha Sharif. He was the son of Sufi Syed Ahmed Ashraf and descendant of Ashraf Jahangir Semnani, founder of the Ashrafi Movement.

Education

He completed his primary

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at Kichhauchha Sharif after he began learning

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from Maulana Imaduddin Wasi Ahmad Sasarami, Maulana Abdur Rashid Nagpuri and Hazrat Maulana Naimuddin Muradabadi Ashrafi.

Successor

His grandfather Aala Hazrat Ashrafi Miyan nominated him as his Vali Ahad and

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at Khanqah-e-Ashrafia Hasania, Kichhauchha Sharif on the occasion of

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of his deceased son Syed Ahmed Ashraf.

Shrine and Urs

His shrine is located near the

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(dargah) of Ashraf Jahangir Semnani at Kichhauchha Sharif, Ambedkar Nagar,

, India. His

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(demise anniversary) is commemorated on 9

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1417 AH.

References

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Early life

Education

Successor

Shrine and Urs

See also

References