He was senior professor and Chairman Department of Urdu at India's prestigious Aligarh Muslim University.[1] He has been ranked 44th in the list of 500 Most Influential Muslims of the world and only Influential Muslim from India[2] by the Amman, Jordan-based Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre in collaboration with the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at the Georgetown University, Washington DC.[1][3]
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On 6 August 2006, the English-language daily Hindustan Times, described Ameen Mian Qaudri as the main leader of the Ahle Sunnah. His silsila is known as Barkatiya which has a lineage from Qadiriyya silsila of Baghdad. It is said that his silsila has a following of around two million people in India and abroad.[4] He has presided over many large gatherings in India and abroad.[citation needed]
He has worked for the educational uplift of Muslims of India, and started a chain of educational institutions in India with the prefix Al-Barkaat, including Al Barkaat Institute of Management Studies and Research, Al Barkaat Public School Boys, Al Barkaat Public School Girls, Al Barkaat department of Education, Al Barkaat institute of Graduate Studies, Al Barkaat Vocational Studies college, Al Barkaat Play and Learn Centre, Jamia Ahsanul Barkaat.[5]
