death_date death_place work_institution birth_place religion color nationality field birth_date alma_mater known_for article_title name region
17 october 1997 lahore punjab board of education sanaur , punjab , british india sunni islam #b 0c4de 20px pakistani education , sufism , and religion 14 february 1901 university of the punjab islami mission and linguistics syed akhtar ahsan
 akhtar syed ahsan سید اختر احسن pakistani educationist
syed akhtar ahsan

akhtar syed ahsan was an educationist and founder of islami mission , sant nagar , lahore , pakistan he was also a pir of silsila chishtia from sanaur , patiala , punjab , india .
he is the author and co-author of many books of which one particularly famous one is the book `` al-islam '' , a book for muslims and especially new muslims who want to get basic knowledge of islam .
