What is Mukhtar Ashraf?
{{Infobox religious biography|honorific prefix=Sarkar-e-Kalan, Hazrat, Sayyid, Shaikh-ul-Mashaikh|name=Muhammad Mukhtar Ashraf|honorific suffix=Ashrafi Al-Jilani|native_name=सैयद मुहम्मद मुख़्तार अशरफ़ अशरफ़ी अल-जीलानी|native_name_lang=hi|office1=Custodian of Dargah of Ashraf Jahangir Semnani|predecessor1=[[Syed Ali Hussain Ashrafi]]|successor1=[[Syed Muhammad Izhar Ashraf]]|official_name=Syed Mukhtar Ashraf|birth_place=[[Ashrafpur Kichhauchha]]|nationality=Indian|birthname=Muhammad Mukhtar|birth_date=4 August 1916|denomination=Sunni|jurisprudence=Hanafi|lineage=Sayyid|creed=Maturidi|movement=[[Barelvi movement]]|main interests=Sufism|Sufi_order=Ashrafiyya|death_date=21 November 1996|death_place=[[Ashrafpur Kichhauchha]]|image=Syed Mohammed Mukhtar Ashraf.jpg}} '''Syed Muhammad Mukhtar Ashraf Ashrafi Al-Jilani''' (4 August 1916-21 November 1996) known as '''Sarkar-e-Kalaan''' or '''Makhdoom-ul-Mashaikh''' was an Indian Sufi saint and Islamic scholar who belonged to the family of [[Sadaat-e-Kichhauchha]], the descendants of [[Ashraf Jahangir Semnani]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kichhauchhawi|first=Syed Muhammad Ashraf|author-link=Syed Muhammad Ashraf|title=Sarkar-e-Kalan|url=https://archive.org/details/SarkarKalanSyedMukhtarAshrafAshrafiKichhauchhawiNumbar|journal=Sarkar-e-Kalan Number|pages=1–299|via=Archive.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-04-29|title=Sahibe Sajjada Syed Mukhtar Ashraf|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Sahibe-Sajjada-Syed-Mukhtar-Ashraf/6000000003804958473|access-date=2024-03-15|website=geni_family_tree|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xDDFCgAAQBAJ&dq=mukhtar+ashraf&pg=PA243|title=On British Islam: Religion, Law, and Everyday Practice in Shariʿa Councils|last=Bowen|first=John R.|date=2016-03-15|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-1-4008-8105-5|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wjlnAAAAMAAJ&q=mukhtar+ashraf|title=Prominent Pakistanis in the United Kingdom|last=At̤har|first=K̲h̲ālid|date=2003|publisher=P