Saif Ud Din Qari

Qari Saifuddin (1 January 1920 – 28 June 2008), also known as Saif Ud Din Qari, was a Kashmir-based Indian politician and one of the founding members of Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir. He served as a member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly from the Khanyar constituency after being elected in 1972 assembly election. He was affiliated with the Jamaat-e-Islami political party.

Biography Saifuddin was born on 1 January 1920 in north Kashmir, then part of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. He completed his education at the University of the Punjab in Lahore, Pakistan and later joined government service as a teacher in 1945. He resigned from government service in 1957 and became a full-time worker of Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir. He was imprisoned several times for opposing government of India policies.

Saifuddin contested the 1972 Jammu and Kashmir assembly election from the Khanyar constituency and won as a Jamaat-e-Islami candidate. He later served as naib-e-emir (deputy chief) of Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir until his retirement in 1992.

Saifuddin died in Srinagar on 28 June 2008. His funeral wes attended by religious and political leaders, including Syed Ali Shah Geelani. He was buried in Rawalpora, Srinagar.