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Mian Bashir Ahmed

Mian Bashir Ahmed Larvi (Urdu: میان بشیر احمد لروی, c. 1923 – 14 August 2021) commonly known as Mian Bashir, was a Sufi saint, author, politician, and tribal leader from Indian-adminsntrated Kashmir. He was a writer and poet in Gujari, Punjabi and Urdu languages. He was also a Caliph of Islamic Sufi order (Naqshbandi, Majadadi, Larvi).

He was widely respected for his spiritual guidance and his efforts to promote the welfare of the Gujjar and Bakarwal communities in Jammu and Kashmir.

He was born in November 1923 in Pehalnar Wangath, Kangan village in Ganderbal district to a Mian Nizam-u-Din Larvi in a family of Muslim Gujjars.

His native name was "Baba Ji", his father Mian Nizam Din Larvi and his grandfather Baba Jee Sahib Larvi were also religious personalities in Kashmir. They are buried in Wanghat, Kashmir.

Mian Bashir has two sons Mian Sarfraz Ahmed and Mian Altaf Ahmed Larvi. Mian Altaf Ahmed has served as Minister of Forestry, Ecology and Environment in Jammu and Kashmir. He had been a Cabinet minister in Jammu and Kashmir. Mian Nizam Ud Din Larvi, Mian Bashir Ahmed larvi and Mian Altaf Ahmed never lost any election since they stepped into politics. Mian Bashir declared his son Mian Altaf Ahmed as Wali E Ahed (Crown Caliph) successor on annual occasion of 8 June 2018, making him heir-designate to the throne.

He was a Muslim. He proselytizes the doctrines of Naqshbandi and (Majadadi) in order to advocate Sufism to his followers through Bayyet.[citation needed] His most renowned follower is Sheikh Al-Mashaikh Faisal ur rehman Usmani Qadri Suhrawardi, Chishti Qalandari Abul Alai Naqshbandi Mujaddidi Madari Shatari Ferdowsi Nizami Sabri Jahangiri Shazli.[citation needed]

While on a pilgrimage to his ancestral (Sufi) saint's mausoleum in Hazara, Pakistan during the period of General Zia-ul-Haq, he was followed by a large group of people, Pakistani officials. In the wake of his influence in world, high security protocol was given and the Pakistani army was deployed. He was not allowed to go to his mausoleum due to security concerns and this was his reason for quitting politics.

He had been elected four times to the State Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir. He was closely associated with Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, Mir Qasim and Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad, he was a minister in their cabinets. He had been closely associated with various top leaders in India including Mrs. Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah and Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad.

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