Mir Mukhtar Akhyar

Mir Mukhtar Akhyar (1653–1719; Urdu: میرمختار اخیار) was a Sufi scholar of the Noorbakshi orders of the Sufi in Baltistan. He was the son of Abu Saeed Sauda a Muslim scholar. He established twelve khanqahs (sufi lodges) around Baltistan. Akhyar translated the book Fiqh-i-Ahwat (the book of jurisprudence) also known as the Siraj-ul-Islam written in Arabic by his teacher Shah Syed Muhammad Nurbakhsh Qahistani. His grave is in Keris, Khaplu.

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