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{{Short description|Indian Sufi spiritual leader (1916–1996)}}
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{{Infobox religious biography
| religion = [[Islam]]
| honorific_prefix =
| name = Syed Mohammed Mukhtar Ashraf سید محمّد مختار اشرف
| image = File:Syed Mohammed Mukhtar Ashraf.jpg
| caption = Sufi Syed Mohammed Mukhtar Ashraf.
| title = Sarkar E Kalan Shaikh ul Mashaikh
| birth_name = Mukhtar Ashraf
| birth_date = 4 August 1916
| birth_place = [[Ashrafpur Kichhauchha]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
| death_date = 21 November 1996
| death_place =
| children = [[Syed Mohammad Izhar Ashraf]]
| other_names = Muhammad Miya
| era =
| region = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| occupation = [[Islamic Scholar]]
| denomination = [[Ashraf]] [[Sunni]]
| jurisprudence = [[Hanafi]]
| creed =
| main_interests = [[Sufism]]
| notable_ideas =
| notable_works =
| alma_mater =
| Sufi_order = Ashrafi Chistiya Quadriya
| nationality = [[India]]n
| disciple_of = Syed Mohammed Ahmad Ashraf
| influences = "Aala Hazrat" Ashrafi Miyan
| influenced = [[Syed Mohammad Izhar Ashraf]] [[Muhammad Madni Ashraf Ashrafi Al-Jilani]]
| awards =
| module = {{infobox person|child=yes||father=Syed Mohammed Ahmad Ashraf|children= * [[Syed Mohammad Izhar Ashraf]]
* Syed Mohammad Anwar Ashraf |family= Ashraf}}
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[[Sayyid|Syed]]''' Mohammed Mukhtar Ashraf '''([[Urdu]]: {{Nastaliq |سید محمد مختاراشرف}}, {{langx |hi|सैयद मोहम्मद मुख्तार अशरफ़}}) (born on 4 August 1916 [[Common Era|CE]]; 4 [[Shawwal]] 1334 [[Islamic calendar|AH]]) well known as '''Sarkar E Kalan''' ([[Urdu]]: {{Nastaliq | سرکار کلاں}}, {{langx |hi| सरकार ए कला}}) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/SarkarKalanSyedMukhtarAshrafAshrafiKichhauchhawiNumbar|title=Sarkar Kalan Syed Mukhtar Ashraf Ashrafi Kichhauchhawi Numbar|website=www.archive.org|date=22 April 2017}}</ref> or '''Makhdoom''' '''ul Mashaikh''' ([[Urdu]]: {{Nastaliq |مخدوم المشائخ}}, {{langx |hi| शैखुल मशाईख }}) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[Sufi]] saint, spiritual leader, [[Islamic Scholar]] of [[Sunnah|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Syed-Mukhtar-Ashraf/6000000003804958473|title=Syed Mukhtar Ashraf|website=www.geni.com|date=29 April 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.islamicpluralism.org/2001/the-sufi-sheikh-and-head-of-ghousul-alam-mehboob|title=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|website=www.islamicpluralism.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iecbolton.co.uk/|title=IEC BOLTON|website= www.iecbolton }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.invidiou.sh/channel/UC2bp5NEnTp6iS2CKPZgm5KA|title=Faizan e Syed Mukhtar Ashraf Sarkar e Kala|website=www.invidiou.sh|access-date=2020-06-30|archive-date=2020-06-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630140515/https://www.invidiou.sh/channel/UC2bp5NEnTp6iS2CKPZgm5KA|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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 [[Common Era|CE]], according to Islamic calendar he was born on 4 [[Shawwal]] 1334 [[Islamic calendar|AH]] in [[Ashrafpur Kichhauchha|Kichhauchha Sharif]]. He was the son of Sufi Syed Ahmed Ashraf and descendant of Ashraf Jahangir Semnani, founder of the Ashrafi Movement.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}

==Education==
He completed his primary [[Islamic studies|Islamic education]] at Kichhauchha Sharif after he began learning [[Dars-i Nizami]] from Maulana Imaduddin Wasi Ahmad Sasarami, Maulana Abdur Rashid Nagpuri and Hazrat Maulana Naimuddin Muradabadi Ashrafi.

==Successor ==
His grandfather [[Ali Hussain Ashrafi|Aala Hazrat Ashrafi Miyan]] nominated him as his [[Vali Ahad]] and [[Spiritual successor]] at Khanqah-e-Ashrafia Hasania, Kichhauchha Sharif on the occasion of [[Arbaʽeen]] of his deceased son Syed Ahmed Ashraf.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.islamicpluralism.org/2001/the-sufi-sheikh-and-head-of-ghousul-alam-mehboob|title=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|website=www.islamicpluralism.org}}</ref>

== Shrine and Urs==
His shrine is located near the [[tomb]] (dargah) of Ashraf Jahangir Semnani at [[Kichhauchha Sharif]], [[Ambedkar Nagar]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India. His [[Urs]] (demise anniversary) is commemorated on 9 [[Rajab]] [[1417 AH]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://usmanimosque.com/important-dates/|title=Important Dates – Usmani Mosque}}</ref>

== See also==
* [[Hashmi Miya]]

==References==
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