Syed Mohammad Izhar Ashraf

Syed Mohammed Izhar Ashraf was a Sunni Alim from India. He was the descendant of Syed Ashraf Jahangir Semnani and was the Sajjada Nashin and Janasheen of the Ashraf Jahangir Semnani. He was Chief Patron of All India Ulema and Mashaikh Board. He died on February 22, 2012 at age 78 while receiving treatment at the Ismailia Hospital. The Ashrafi Sayyids are the spritiual descendants of the Sufi saint and scholar, Sayyid Ashraf Jahangir Semnani (d.1386), who had settled in Kichhauchha, U.P., India, after relinquishing his throne in Semnan (Iran). The Ashrafi Family is one of the most revered and authentic families of Hashemite Sayyids residing in India, they trace their lineage to Shaykh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, the founder of the Qadiri tariqa.

Syed Mohammed Izhar Ashraf
TitleShaikh-E-Azam , Sajjada Nashin of Aastane Ashrafia Hasania Sarkar e Kalan Kichaucha Shareef
Personal
Born6th of Muharram 1935
Ashrafpur Kichhauchha, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died22nd February 2012
Mumbai, India
Resting placeDargah, Ashrafpur Kichhauchha, Uttar Pradesh, India
ReligionIslam
NationalityIndian
RegionSouth Asia
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
MovementAll India Ulema and Mashaikh Board
Main interest(s)Sufism
Alma materAl Jamiatul Ashrafia
TariqaAshrafi

Chistiya

Quadriya
Muslim leader
Disciple ofSyed Mohammed Mukhtar Ashraf
ChildrenSyed Mehmood Ashraf

Syed Mohammad Ashraf Syed Hammad Ashraf

Bibi Zubaida.
Parent(s)
Family38th descendant of Muhammed

Sayyid Ashraf's father was Sultan Ibrahim Noorbakshi, who the King of Semnan. He traces his lineage to Muhammad through his younger grandson, Imam Husayn. His mother Bibi Khadija was a descendant of the Turkish Sufi saint Khawaja Ahmed Yasawi.

He completed his primary education at Kichhauchha Sharif. After that he went to Al Jamiatul Ashrafia Mubarakpur for Dars-i Nizami. He completed his Fazilat course in 1959. He established many madrasas all over India. Ashrafia Izhar-uloloom Machipur is a famous Madras founded by him.[1][2][3]

References
  1. Obituary: Hazrat Syed Mohd. Izmir Ashraf (1934-2012) 27 February 2012 | twocircles.net
  2. Hazrat Syed Mohammad Izhar Ashraf (1934-2012) The Milli Gazette |Mar 13, 2012
  3. http://www.ashrafjahangir.com/personality_HSIA.asp
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