Mukhtar Ashraf

Syed Mohammed Mukhtar Ashraf
سید محمّد مختار اشرف
Sufi Syed Mohammed Mukhtar Ashraf.
TitleSarkar E Kalan
Shaikh ul Mashaikh
Personal life
Born
Mukhtar Ashraf

4 August 1916
Died21 November 1996
NationalityIndian
ChildrenSyed Mohammad Izhar Ashraf
RegionUttar Pradesh
Main interest(s)Sufism
Other namesMuhammad Miya
OccupationIslamic Scholar
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationAshraf
Sunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
TariqaAshrafi
Chistiya
Quadriya
Muslim leader
Disciple ofSyed Mohammed Ahmad Ashraf
Influenced by
  • "Aala Hazrat" Ashrafi Miyan
Children
FatherSyed Mohammed Ahmad Ashraf
FamilyAshraf

Syed Mohammed Mukhtar Ashraf (Urdu: سید محمد مختاراشرف, Hindi: सैयद मोहम्मद मुख्तार अशरफ़) (born on 4 August 1916 CE; 4 Shawwal 1334 AH) well known as Sarkar E Kalan (Urdu: سرکار کلاں, Hindi: सरकार ए कला) or Makhdoon ul Mashaikh (Urdu: مخدوم المشائخ, Hindi: शैखुल मशाईख) was an Indian Sufi saint, spiritual leader, Islamic Scholar of Ahle Sunnah of the Ashrafi sufi order from Ashrafpur Kichhauchha, Uttar Pradesh, India. He was the Sajjada nashin of Dargah Ashraf Jahangir Semnani, founder of the Ashrafi Sufi Order. Syed died on 21 November 1996 in Ashrafpur Kichhauchha and is buried near dargah of Ashraf Jahangir Semnani.