Mirza Mohammed Athar

Maulana Mirza Mohammad Athar

Maulana Mirza Mohammad Athar (مولانا محمد مرزااطهر) is a zakir-e-ahl-e-bayt from Lucknow, India. He is the son of the late Mulla Mirza Mohammad Tahir. Mirza Athar was educated at Sultan-ul-Madaris, where he graduated with Sadr-ul-Afazil, and Lucknow University, where he obtained a masters in Persian Literature. In 2008, he completed fifty years of continuous Muharram recitation in Mumbai. In addition to his native Lucknow, he is popular all over India as well as in Pakistan, the Middle East, UK, US and Australia. On 23 January 2005, he was elected first president of All India Shia Personal Law Board (AISPLB).[1]

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  1. ↑ http://www.milligazette.com/Archives/2005/16-28feb05-Print-Edition/162802200514.htm Personal law boards galore by P.M. Damodaran on The Milli Gazette Online


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