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Sayed Tanveer Hashmi (سید تنویر حشمی Urdu), also known as Tanveer Hashmi, is a Sufi leader and spiritual master From Bijapur Sharif, a Sufi shrine in Karnataka, India. Tanveer Hashmi is a patron of various academic, social, and other activities of Sufi Sunni Muslims in India.
He is the Karnataka President of the All India Ulema and Mashaikh Board (AIUMB), a Sufi movement in India.
AIUMB has gathered Sufi clerics (Ulama and Mashaikh) and other Muslim leaders in India to build up community resilience against terrorism.
He is Founder President of Al Hashmi Educational Welfare & Charitable Trust, which is providing Islamic & Formal Education .
Family
He was born on 22 November 1972, in Sufi City of Bijapur, in highly educated Sufi family of Pir Hashim. Hashimpeer came to Bijapur, Karnataka,which was under the rule of Ibrahim Adil Shah II. Under his influence Ibrahim Adil Shah then gave up un-Islamic practises.
Qutbul Aqtab Hashimpeer (Died: 7 of Ramdhan 948 Hijari 1646 AD)came to Bijapur, Karnataka on specific commands from Muhammad. Hashimpeer was brought up in an incredibly scholastic environment as this was an effect of Sayed Shah Wajihuddin Hussaini Gujarati, popularly known as Haider Ali Sani. This family belong to prophetic lineage.
Activism
Sayed Tanveer Hashmi, also the President of the Muslim Muttahida Council, Bijapur which has been working for various social causes.
In city of Belgaum, there was big issues of fake graves.
He has been attending various addressing seminars and conferences including international conferences.
Sayed Tanveer Hashmi organised a protest against cartoons of Muhammad.