SHAYKH AL ISLAM

   AlaHadrat  ' Ashrafi Miya '
      Pir Sayyad Shah Ali Hussain
      al-Ashrafi al-Jilani
   Rehmatullahi alaih

     
      Ashraf al-Ulema Hadrat Sayyad Hamid Ashraf Reh.(centre)
      with his eldest son Hadrat Sayyad Khalid Ashraf to their
      right and Mawlana Shamem Ashraf Azhari (left) former
      Khateeb Juma Masjid (Mauritius) now based in Madinah 
      t'al Munnawara.
     

       
    Hadrat Mujahidd al-Millat Mawlana Habib-ur Rehman Rehm. 
     (Front seated) Khalifa of A'laHadrat 'Ashrafi Miya' Rehmatullahi
     with a young Ghazi al-Millat. Unsure who the seated Alim is
     rear left.  ( Orissa  - 1974 )  

     Mujahid al-Millat Mawlana Habib-ur Rehman Rehmatullahi.
     with Sarkar-e-Kalan Rehmatullahi performing Dastar-e-Fazilat. 
     ( circa - 1974 )

                       Hadrat Shaykh al-Islam w'al Muslimeen

       This triple photo has A'laHadrat 'Ashrafi Miya' Rehmatullahi 
       alaih (left), Hadrat Shaykh al-Islam (centre) and his Noble
       Father Makhdoom al-Millat Hadrat Muhaddith al-A'zam al
       Hind Rehmatullahi alaih (right)

  Shaykh al Islam with mureeds after doing Ziyarat at Imam
  Husayns (Radi Allahu anhu) Mosque, Karbala in Iraq.
 

Hadrat Allama Sayyad Hasan Askari Ashrafi al-Jilani

      
     

          Izhar Ashraf, Shaykh al-Islam and Ghazi al-Millet

          

           Hadrat Sayyad Mehmood Ashraf (Khalifa) left.
           with Shahibzada Amir-e-Millat (Rehm,) Hadrat Pir
           Sayyad Tanvir Ashraf Ashrafi al-Jilani

                       Shahibzada Amir-e-Millat (Rehm,) 
    Hadrat Allama Pir Sayyad Tanvir Ashraf Ashrafi al-Jilani

           Shehzada-e-Muhaddith al-A'zam al-Hind (Rehm.)
                 Three of the sons of Muhaddith al-A'zam

         
           
          From left to right : Location India - unsure of date ?
          (Three brothers) Hadrat Shaykh al Islam, Hasan
          Muthanna Miya and Hadrat Ghazi al Millat

Hadrat Sarkar-e-Kalan (Rehmatullahi alaih) Pir Sayyad
Mukhtar Ashraf Ashrafi al-Jilani al-Khicchochawe.
Uncle of Hadrat Shaykh al Islam w'al Muslimeen

Janasheen Astana Aliya Makhdoom Ashraf Jahangir (Radi Allahu anhu)

                   
        Hadrat Sarkar-e-Kalan (rehm.) in 'Lehbaash-e-Ghoushiyya'

       In this very rare photo (during the URS of Hadrat Sayyad 
       Makhdoom Ashraf - Radi Allahu anhu) Hadrat Sarkar-e-Kalan
       (Rehmatullahi alaih) used to adorn these sacred and revered
       clothes as passed down through generations of Silsila al
       Ashrafiyya.These clothes became known as the ''Lehbaash-e-
       Ghousiyya'' ... they consisted of the following :

   The head covering : (this is brown/orangy coloured and
   covered the hair, ears and side of the face) was owned by al-
   Ghawth al A'dham Sultan al-Awliya Hadrat Sayyad Abd'al-Qadir
   al-Jilani (Rad'Allahu ta'ala anhu)

   The white Imama : was owned and worn by Pir Shaykh al
   Mashaykh Ala'Hadrat 'Ashrafi Miya' (Rehmatullahi alaih)

   The white shirt : (seen covering the chest) was owned by Amir
   al-Momineen Sher-e-Khuda Hadrat Sayyadina Ali-e-Murtaza
   (Radi Allahu ta'ala anhu) This 'caffnee' (shirt) has parts of the
   Qur'an al karim inscribed upon it.

   The green Kurta : (may appear blue in the photo) was 
   received through the Awliya-Allah of Silsila al-Chistiyyah and
   handed down through generations. Records arent precise
   unfortunately through which Chistiyya Sufi saint it was received.

     Hadrat Ghazi al Millat with Hadrat Abu Muhammad Sayyad 
     Ahmad Ashraf Ashrafi Jilani (Rehmatullahi alaih) Sajjada Nasheen 
       Dargah Aaliya Ashrafiya, Firdos Colony, Karachi, Pakistan with 
       their eldest son Hadrat Allama Hafez Sayyad Muhammad Ashraf
     Ashrafi al Jilani

  Hadrat Abu Muhammad Sayyad Ahmad Ashraf Ashrafi al Jilani
  (Rehmatullahi alaih) with their eldest son Hadrat Allama Hafez
  Sayyad Muhammad Ashraf Ashrafi al Jilani

 
    Shaykh-e-Azam Hadrat Izhar Ashraf speaking during the cheloom
    of Hadrat Ashraf al-Ulema Pir Sayyad Hamid Ashraf. Also present
    seated (from left) Sayyad Nizam Ashraf, Shaykh-e-A'zam, Sayyad
    Khalid Ashraf, Sayyad Jalalludin Ashraf and Sayyad Mehmood 
    Ashraf (seated behind Jalalluddin Ashraf far right) 

    Shaykh Jalalluddin Ashraf, Ashrafi al Jilani speaking during the
    Cheloom of Shaykh al Hadith Hadrat Ashraf al Ulema Pir Sayyad
    Hamid Ashraf. Also present and seated are the sons of Hadrat
    Hamid Ashraf, Sahibzada Allama Hafez Nizam Ashraf (left) and
    Sahibzada Allama Khalid Ashraf (right).

    Newspaper cutting from Shaykh al Islams South India Tour of 2005