Mir Mukhtar Akhyar
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About Mir Mukhtar Akhyar
Lived 1653 – 1719 (aged 65–66).
Mir Mukhtar Akhyar (1653–1719; ) was a Sufi scholar of the Noorbakshi order in Baltistan. He was the son of Abu Saeed Sauda, a Muslim scholar. He established twelve khanqahs (sufi lodges) around Baltistan. Akhyar translated the book Fiqh-i-Ahwat (the book of jurisprudence) also known as the Siraj-ul-Islam written in Arabic by his teacher Shah Syed Muhammad Nurbakhsh Qahistani. He died in 1719 or 1722. His grave is in Keris, Khaplu.
Mukhtar Akhyar helped to consolidate the Noorbakshi order in Baltistan and Ladakh by establishing several mosques and khanqahs throughout the region.
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Mir Mukhtar Akhyar was born in 1653.
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Mir Mukhtar Akhyar died in 1719.
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