[1] Mian Altaf was born in 1957 in Baba Nagri, Wangath, Kangan Ganderbal, Kashmir.

He proselytizes the doctrines of Naqshbandi and (Majadadi) in order to advocate Sufism to his followers through Bayyet.

Hundreds of his followers throng his house at Baba Nagri, Wangath in Kangan every day to meet him and seek his blessings.

[4] The most renowned follower of his family is Sheikh Al-Mashaikh Faisal ur Rehman Usmani Qadri Suhrawardi, Chishti Qalandari Abul Alai Naqshbandi Mujaddidi Madari Shatari Ferdowsi Nizami Sabri Jahangiri Shazli.

Mian Altaf Ahmed has served as Minister of Forestry, Ecology and Environment in Jammu and Kashmir.