Bahr-e-Aam of Asad-Ul-Ulema Allamatul Asar, Hz Moulana Miyan Abu Sayeed Syed Mahmood Sahab Tashreefullahi ^RA is on 9 Zil Haj and his Urs is on 10 Zil Haj, he was laid to eternal rest in Daira Hz Miyan Syed Yaseen ^RA, Qutbiguda (Kachiguda) Hyderabad.

He was the Founder General Secretary of ‘Majlis-E-Ulema-e-Mehdavia-e-Hind’ (The Supreme council of the
Mehdavia Scholars of India) and founder caretaker of the erstwhile Mehdavia religious institution ‘Darsgah Jaanashinan-E-Sajjadegan-E-Mehdavia.

Being the founder General Secretary of the ‘Majlis-E-Ulema-e-Mehdavia-e-Hind’ (The Supreme council of the Mehdavia Scholars of India) he served with all his might in providing literature, religious guidance and verdicts fatwas were also passed on unclear issues for the benefit of the community and mehdavis were guided with true mehdavia teachings and practices bounded by the Aqida. Until he was alive, he was regarded as a strong pillar of Mehdavia community. He penned uncountable articles and booklets on the ‘Suboot-e-Mehdi ^AS, apart from the Mehdavis even the Non-Mehdavia community use to count him as an undisputed authority on ‘Suboot-e-Mehdi AS and hardly any of them use to confront and bite the dust. The Idara Tableegh-e-Mehdavia used to publish his articles in the leading Urdu dailies of Hyderabad Deccan on the eve of ‘Milad-e-Mehdi AS.

During his tenure as the founder caretaker of the institute ‘Darsgah Jaanashinan-E-Sajjadegan-E-Mehdavia, the well-known Scholar of the era ‘Mufassir-E-Quran ‘Tafseer-e-Saadath’ Moulvi Kamil Hz Khan Allama Moulana Mohammed Sadathullah Khan Sahab ‘Hosh’ Mando Zai ^RA used to conduct the examinations of the students. The Well-known Personalities of the Muslim Ummah like Professor Manazir Ahsan Gilani, Head Department of Religious Studies, Osmania University and Quaid-E-Millath Nawab Mohammed Bahadur Khan ‘Bahadur Yar Jung ‘Khulq’ ^RA etc. use to visit and see the proceedings of the students and the institution.

Today his eldest son  ‘Sani-e-Asad-ul-ulema’ Hz Peer-O-Murshid Moulana Abulfatah Syed Nusrat Sahab Tashreefullahi, who is the first Murshid in the history of Mahdavia community to have migrated to USA about 25 years ago and has been serving the community from Chicago, USA. Among some of his Grand children Brothers Ilyas Syed and Syed Noor Mohammed established the Chicago (US) based famous Mahdavia websitewww.mahdavia.com in the memory of their Late Grand father for propagating the teachings and practices of Imamuna Mehdi ^AS also providing religious literature, community news, events, Ziarath, Sermons along with Moon sighting etc and due to their day and night efforts the site is also available on twitter and facebook.

Peer o Murshid Hz Moulana Abulfatah Syed Nusrat Sahab Qibla recently announced the establishment of first ever Dairah of Mahdavia community, outside of Indian Sub-continent, in North America. Formal inaguration of the Mahdavia Dairah of North America is expected to be made shortly, Inshallah.

Khaksar-O-Khadim, Groh-E-Mehdavia,
Taher Md. Saheb
S/o Mohammed Saheb (Vice-President Idara Tableegh-E-Mehdavia, Musheerabad)
Dammam KSA