Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan

{{Short description|Spiritual leader of Naqshbandia Owaisiah}}

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|name = Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan
{{Nastaliq|امیر محمد اکرم اعوان}}

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|birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1934|12|31}}

|birth_place = Noorpur, Punjab British India, Present Day Punjab, Pakistan

|death_date ={{death date and age|df=yes|2017|12|07|1934|12|31}}

|death_place= Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan

|citizenship = {{Flag|British India|name=British Indian}} (1934-1947)
{{flag|Pakistan|name=Pakistani}} (1947-2017)

|occupation = Mufassir, Sheikh

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|creed = Sunni

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|notable_works = Asrar at-Tanzeel

|Sufi_order = Naqshbandia Owaisiah

|disciple_of = Allah Yar Khan

|awards = Ranked in the top 500 of the most influential Muslims

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Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan ({{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|امیر محمد اکرم اعوان}}}}, {{Transliteration|ur|Amīr Muḥammad Akram A‘wān}}; 31 December 1934 in Noorpur Sethi, British India – 7 December 2017 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan) was an Islamic scholar and spiritual leader of the Naqshbandia Owaisiah order of Sufism.{{Cite web |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1375456 |title=Maulana Akram Awan passes away |date=2017-12-09 |newspaper=Dawn|location=Pakistan |access-date=2018-02-21}} He belonged to Awan tribe.{{cite web|url=https://www.naqshbandiaowaisiah.org/hazrat-ameer-muhammad-akram-awan-ra.html |title=Hazrat Ameer Muhammad Akram (RA) |website=Silsala Naqshbandia Owaisia |accessdate=3 January 2021}} As a mufassir, he authored four exegeses (tafsir) of the Qur'an, including Asrar at-Tanzeel. Awan was dean of the Siqarah Education System and patron of the magazine Al-Murshid and of the Al-Falah Foundation.

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{{cite web|url=http://themuslim500.com/profile/awan-ameer-muhammad-akram |title=Awan, Ameer Muhammad Akram |work=The Muslim 500 |publisher=Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre |accessdate=9 January 2016}}

{{cite web|url=http://oursheikh.org/ |title=Introduction |website=Our Sheikh |accessdate=9 January 2016}}

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Category:1934 births

Category:2017 deaths

Category:Pakistani Sufi religious leaders

Category:People from Chakwal District

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