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Mian Altaf Ahmad Larvi
Mian Altaf Ahmad Larvi
میاں الطاف احمد لاروی
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 4 June 2024
Preceded by	Hasnain Masoodi (as Anantnag)
Constituency	Anantnag-Rajouri
Member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
	In office; 1987–2018
Constituency	Kangan
Cabinet Minister of Social Welfare Department & Health and Medical Education Department
	In office; 1996–2002
Governor	K. V. Krishna Rao ; Girish Chandra Saxena
Cabinet Minister of Forestry Department, Ecology & Environment
	In office; 2008–2014
Governor	N. N. Vohra
Personal details
Born	1957 (age 67–68); Ganderbal, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Political party	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
Other political; affiliations	Indian National Congress
Parent	Mian Bashir Ahmed (father);
Alma mater	University of Kashmir

Mian Altaf Ahmad Larvi is an Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir. He is a Member of the Lok Sabha from 2024, representing Anantnag-Rajouri constituency as a Member of the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference party. He was a five time MLA from Kangan Assembly constituency in Ganderbal district.

He is the younger son of Mian Bashir Ahmed Larvi, a politician and a caliph of the Islamic Sufi order (Naqshbandi, Majadadi, Larvi) in Jammu and Kashmir. Mian Altaf is the grandson of saint Mian Nizam ud Din, the founding president of Gujjar-Jat Conference, a socio-political body established in 1932.^[1] Mian Altaf was born in 1957 in Baba Nagri, Wangath, Kangan Ganderbal, Kashmir.^[2]

Personal life

Family

He was born in 1957 in Kashmir. His family had migrated from the Hazaras in the 1800s. His great grandfather (Mian Abdullah), known as Baba Jee Sahib Larvi, his grandfather Mian Nizam Ud Din Larvi, and his father Mian Bashir Ahmed Larvi were also religious personalities in Kashmir. They are buried in Wanghat, Kashmir. Mian Altaf has an elder brother, Mian Sarfraz. Mian Bashir Ahmed declared his younger son Mian Altaf Ahmed as Wali E Ahed (Crown Caliph) successor on annual occasion of 8 June 2017, making him heir-designate to the throne.

Education

Mian Altaf is a law graduate from University of Kashmir.^[3]

Religious views

He is a Muslim. He proselytizes the doctrines of Naqshbandi and (Majadadi) in order to advocate Sufism to his followers through Bayyet. His family has a following of millions. Hundreds of his followers throng his house at Baba Nagri, Wangath in Kangan every day to meet him and seek his blessings.^[4] The most renowned follower of his family 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]}

Political career

He is popular in the Gujjar, Bakarwal and Pahari community.^[5]^[6] He has been elected five times in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly.^[7] Mian Altaf's family has a long political standing, with his grandfather Mian Nizam-ud-din having remained National Conference MLA from 1952 to 1967. His father Mian Bashir Ahmed represented Kangan constituency from 1967 to 1987 and was a minister also. Mian Nizam Ud Din Larvi, Mian Bashir Ahmed larvi and Mian Altaf Ahmed never lost any election since they stepped into politics. Mian Altaf Ahmed has served as Minister of Forestry, Ecology and Environment in Jammu and Kashmir. He has been a Cabinet Minister in Jammu and Kashmir twice. He gave his first term under Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah in 1996 and second term as Cabinet Minister under Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.