Syed Muhammad Ameen Mian Qadri is the Sajjada Nashin of the Khanqah-e-Barkatiya

Marehra Shareef Marehra, is a city and a municipal board in Etah district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Marehra is famous worldwide foSufi Syed Shah Barkatullah Marehra is also famous for the temple of Lord Hanuman, where the statue of Hanuman is the h ...

of Qadri Order, a subgroup of the Indian

Sufi Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ...

Barelvi movement The Barelvi movement ( ur, بَریلوِی, , ), also known as Ahl al-Sunnah wa'l-Jamaah (People of the Prophet's Way and the Community) is a Sunni revivalist movement following the Hanafi and Shafi'i school of jurisprudence, with strong Suf ...

and founder of

Jamia Al Barkaat Aligarh Jamia Al-Barkaat is an Indian Islamic seminary of Barelvi movement of Sunni Muslims in Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh. It was established under the Al-Barkaat Educational Society run by Khanquah-e-Barkaatiya by Syed Ameen Mian Quadri in the ...

with 50,000,000 adherents.The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre: "The 500 Most Influential Muslims in the World" - #44 Professor Sayid Ameen Mian Qaudri – Barelwi Leader and Spiritual Guide
2009 He was senior professor and Chairman Department of Urdu at India's prestigious

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. He has been ranked 44th in the list of 500 Most Influential Muslims of the world by the Amman, Jordan-based Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre in collaboration with the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at the

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, Washington DC.

Present

On 6 August 2006, the English-language daily ''

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'', described Ameen Mian Qaudri as the main leader of the Ahle Sunnah. His

silsila Silsila ( ar, سِلْسِلَة) is an Arabic word meaning ''chain'', ''link'', ''connection'' often used in various senses of lineage. In particular, it may be translated as "spiritual genealogy" where one Sufi Master transfers his ''khil ...

is known as Barkatiya which has a lineage from Qadiriyya silsila of

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. It is said that his silsila has a following of around two million people in India and abroad. He has presided over many large gatherings in India and abroad. He has worked for the educational uplift of Muslims of India, and started a chain of educational institutions in India with the prefix ''Al-Barkaat'', including Al Barkaat Institute of Management Studies and Research, Al Barkaat Public School Boys, Al Barkaat Public School Girls, Al Barkaat department of Education, Al Barkaat institute of Graduate Studies, Al Barkaat Vocational Studies college, Al Barkaat Play and Learn Centre, Jamia Ahsanul Barkaat.

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