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.

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]