Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi

Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi عبدالغفور ہزاروی
Born	9 Dhu al-Hijjah 1326 Hijri / 1 January 1909 Georgian calendar Kot Najeebullah, North-West Frontier Province, British India
Died	7 Sha'aban 1390 Hijri / 9 October 1970(1970-10-09) (aged 61)
Resting place	Wazirabad, Punjab, Pakistan
Nationality	British Indian and later Pakistani
Ethnicity	Karlal
Era	Modern era
Region	South Asia
Occupation	Political leader
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Hanafi
Main interest(s)	Fiqh, Tafsir, Sunnah, Hadith, Sharia, ʿAqīdah, Seerah, Mantiq, Islamic philosophy, oratory
Notable idea(s)	Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan, Majlis-e-Tahaffuz-e-Khatme Nabuwwat
Notable work(s)	Manaqib-al-Jaleela
Alma mater	Darul Uloom Bareily
Disciple of	Hamid Raza Khan
Influenced by Abū Ḥanīfa, Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, Meher Ali Shah
Influenced Maufti Abdul Shakoor Hazarvi, Sarfraz Ahmed Naeemi, Sahibzada Haji Muhammad Fazal Karim, Sajjad Hussain Qureshi Muhammad Tufail Naqshbandi, Moulana Muhammad Maqsood Chishti, Anjuman-e-Talaba-e-Islam
Awards	Nishan-e-Imtiaz (1958)


President of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan
In office 19 September 1948 – 9 October 1970
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	Khwaja Qamar ul Din Sialvi

Akhundzada Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi (Urdu: اخوندزادہ محمد عبدالغفور ہزاروی چشتی‎) was an influential Pakistani Muslim theologian, orator, and a revivalist leader of Pakistan. He was one of the founding members of the political party Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan. He also served as the chairman of Majlis-e-Tahaffuz-e-Khatme Nabuwwat, an Islamic organisation that opposed the Ahmadiyya Movement.

Hazarvi was born in the village of Chamba, Kot Najeebullah, North-West Frontier Province, British India. He was the eldest of four children. His father, Abdul Hameed Hazarvi, belonged to the Karlal Hindko tribe and was a follower of the Chishti order

Hazarvi studied Islamic law and the Urdu, Persian, and Arabic languages at the maktab in Chamba Village. He completed the Dawra Hadith and Qur'anic exegesis with Hamid Raza Khan, the elder son of Ahmad Raza Khan, in Madrasa Manzar-e-Islam, Bareily. At that time, Hazarvi became interested in and studied mathematics.