| Mian Altaf Ahmad Larvi | |
| Native Name: | میاں الطاف احمد لاروی |
| Birth Place: | Ganderbal, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| Father: | Mian Bashir Ahmed |
| Alma Mater: | University of Kashmir |
| Party: | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |
| Other Party: | Indian National Congress |
| Office: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
| Constituency: | Ananatnag-Rajouri |
| Term Start: | 4 June 2024 |
| Predecessor: | Hasnain Masoodi (as Anantag) |
| Office1: | Member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start1: | 1987 |
| Term End1: | 2018 |
| Constituency1: | Kangan |
| Office2: | Cabinet Minister Social Welfare Department & Health and Medical Education Department |
| Term Start2: | 1996 |
| Term End2: | 2002 |
| Governor2: | K. V. Krishna Rao Girish Chandra Saxena |
| Office5: | Cabinet Minister Forestry Department, Ecology & Environment. |
| Term Start5: | 2008 |
| Term End5: | 2014 |
| Governor5: | N. N. Vohra |
Mian Altaf Ahmad Larvi is an Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir. 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]
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.
Mian Altaf is a law graduate from University of Kashmir.[3]
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.
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.