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The &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Abaqati family&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Khandān-e-Abaqāat&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;) is a sub-branch of the [[Jarwal]]-[[Kintoor]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; branch of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Nishapur]]i [[Kazmi]]-[[Musavi]] [[Sayyid|Sayeds]] who trace their lineage to the [[Prophets in Islam|Islamic prophet]] [[Muhammad]] through eldest son of great-grandson of [[Musa al-Kadhim]], he was given &amp;#039;&amp;#039;jagir&amp;#039;&amp;#039; in Jarwal-Kintoor by Sultan [[Muhammad Tughluq]], other two{{clarify|date=July 2020 |reason=Other two what?}} were given &amp;#039;&amp;#039;jagir&amp;#039;&amp;#039; in [[Budgam]], [[Kashmir]] and [[Greater Sylhet|Sylhet]], [[Bengal]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |title=Gulistan e ilmo Adab with guest Maulana Agha Roohi and Host Naseer Azmi |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q3SckxuBS8 |accessdate=13 October 2018 |date=10 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The most famous of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Kintoori Sayyeds&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is [[Syed Mir Hamid Hussain Musavi]] &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Saheb-e-Abaqaat&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, author of a work entitled &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[http://www.alabaqat.com/ Abaqat al Anwar]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;; the first word in the title of this work provided his descendants with the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;nisba&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (title) they still bear, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Abaqati]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;islam&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[https://books.google.com/books?id=6JrL2GdwkVsC&amp;amp;pg=PA284&amp;amp;lpg=PA284&amp;amp;dq=Allamah+Kinturi&amp;amp;source=bl&amp;amp;ots=B_HvFvR3Zq&amp;amp;sig=BxA5dTix_RiU6a2TjA1tEWeRf70&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;ei=6HNJTOGZFsOB8gbX5LzQDg&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;oi=book_result&amp;amp;ct=result&amp;amp;resnum=9&amp;amp;ved=0CCsQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&amp;amp;q=kinturi&amp;amp;f=false Islam, politics, and social movements] &amp;#039;&amp;#039;By Edmund Burke, Ervand Abrahamian, Ira M. Lapidus&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; [[Syed Ali Nasir Saeed Abaqati]] &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Agha Roohi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, a [[Lucknow]] based cleric is from the family of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Nishapuri Kintoori Sayyids&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and uses title &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Abaqati&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Sayeds of Jarwal-Kintoor==&lt;br /&gt;
The [[Nishapuri]] [[Sada&amp;#039;at]] ([[Sayed]]s) of [[Barabanki district|Barabanki]] (adjoining areas of [[Kintoor]], [[Fatehpur, Barabanki|Fatehpur]], [[Jarwal]] and [[Lucknow]]) are [[Kazmi]] or [[Musavi]] Sayeds; that is they claim descent from the Prophet through his daughter&amp;#039;s line and the line of the seventh Imam of the [[Shi&amp;#039;a]] Muslims, [[Musa al-Kadhim|Musa al-Kazem]]. They came to [[India]] originally from [[Nishapur]] a town near [[Mashhad]] in northeastern [[Iran]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;islam&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; Two brothers Sayed Sharafu&amp;#039;d-Din Abu Talib (who was the ancestor of Waris &amp;#039;Ali) and Sayed Muhammed in thirteenth century forsaked Nishapur, Iran (via Khorasan and Mashhad) for [[Awadh]], India in the time of [[Hulagu Khan]] (1256–1265) the [[Khan (title)|Il-Khanid]] [[Mongol]] ruler.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Muhammad ‘Ali Kashmiri, Nujumas-sama &amp;#039; fi tarajimal-‘ulama &amp;#039; (Lucknow: Matbac-i Jacfari, 1302/1884-85), p. 420.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://books.google.com/books?id=F90IAQAAIAAJ&amp;amp;q=kintur&amp;amp;dq=kintur&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;ei=Q9q8UMu_KojXrQebuoG4BQ&amp;amp;ved=0CEMQ6AEwBw A Socio-intellectual History of the Isnā ʾAsharī Shīʾīs in India: 16th to 19th century A.D], Saiyid Athar Abbas Rizvi, Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, 1986&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; After their arrival in [[Kintoor]] the Saiyids were given a large jagir by Sultan [[Muhammad Tughluq]], where they continued to hold the land in different tenures until twentieth century at the turn of which they held two-thirds of the village land of [[Kintoor]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://books.google.com/books?id=LUvYAAAAMAAJ&amp;amp;q=kintur&amp;amp;dq=kintur&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;ei=q928UPnPIMLJrAeOoICIBQ&amp;amp;ved=0CEMQ6AEwBzgU Piety on its knees: three Sufi traditions in South Asia in modern times], Claudia Liebeskind, Oxford University Press, 18-Dec-1998&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Sayed Alauddin Kazmi have said to be accompanied these two brothers in their movement from Iran, he later moved to [[Tehsil Fatehpur]]. The grave of Sayed Alauddin Kazmi is situated in [[Kintoor]]. The [[Kazmi]]s of Fatehpur are his descendants. These [[Nishapuri Sayed]]s of [[Kintoor]] spread to adjoining localities of [[Barabanki district|Barabanki]] e.g. Fatehpur, and even to neighbouring districts e.g. Jarwal in [[Bahraich district]] and in Lucknow. These Nishapuri Sayeds produced several outstanding [[Shia Muslim]] religious scholars in 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://books.google.com/books?id=I0XYAAAAMAAJ&amp;amp;q=%22Kintoor%22+-kintore+-kintour&amp;amp;dq=%22Kintoor%22+-kintore+-kintour&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;ei=SBAfTdTgH4yVOonU6e0I&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;oi=book_result&amp;amp;ct=result&amp;amp;resnum=4&amp;amp;ved=0CDAQ6AEwAzgo Sufi cults and the evolution of medieval Indian culture], Anup Taneja, Indian Council of Historical Research in association with Northern Book Centre, 2003&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Justin Jones&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[https://books.google.com/books?id=rrioNz8_EwwC&amp;amp;pg=PA243&amp;amp;dq=Sayyids+of+Barabanki&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;ei=vIzAULS5LsrXrQfl2YHoCA&amp;amp;sqi=2&amp;amp;ved=0CDQQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&amp;amp;q=Sayyids%20of%20Barabanki&amp;amp;f=false Shi&amp;#039;a Islam in Colonial India: Religion, Community and Sectarianism] By Justin Jones&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Sayeds of [[Kintoor]] can be categorized in two prominent families, namely, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Abaqati&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (that of [[Syed Mir Hamid Hussain Musavi|Sayed Hamid Hussain]]) and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Khomeini&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (that of [[Seyyed Ahmad Musavi Hindi|Sayed Ahmed]]).&lt;br /&gt;
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Sayyids of [[Jarwal]] ([[Bahraich]]), [[Kintoor]] ([[Barabanki district|Barabanki]]) and [[Zaidpur]] (Barabanki) were well-known &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Taluqadars&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (feudal lords) of Awadh province.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://books.google.com/books?ei=1BXLUJDdLtDtrQfB9oHABA&amp;amp;id=GgUeAAAAMAAJ&amp;amp;dq=Sayyids+of+Zaidpur&amp;amp;q=Zaidpur King Wajid Ali Shah of Awadh, Volume 1] by Mirza Ali Azhar, Royal Book Co., 1982&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Nishapuri Sada&amp;#039;at of Kintoor===&lt;br /&gt;
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Many of the early [[Sufi]] saints that came to North India belonged to Sayyid families. Most of these Sayyid families came from [[Central Asia]] and [[Iran]], but some also originate from [[Yemen]], [[Oman]], [[Iraq]] and [[Bahrain]]. Perhaps the most famous [[Sufi]] was Syed Salar Masud, from whom many of the Sayyid families of [[Awadh]] claim their descent.&amp;lt;ref name=Hasan&amp;gt;People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part Three, edited by A Hasan &amp;amp; J C Das&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Sayyids of [[Jarwal]] ([[Bahraich]]), Kintoor ([[Barabanki district|Barabanki]]) and [[Zaidpur]] ([[Barabanki district|Barabanki]]) were wellknown &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Taluqadars&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (feudal lords) of Awadh province.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://books.google.co.in/books?ei=1BXLUJDdLtDtrQfB9oHABA&amp;amp;id=GgUeAAAAMAAJ&amp;amp;dq=Sayyids+of+Zaidpur&amp;amp;q=Zaidpur King Wajid Ali Shah of Awadh, Volume 1] by Mirza Ali Azhar, Royal Book Co., 1982&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The [[Nishapuri]] [[Sada&amp;#039;at]] ([[Sayed]]s) of [[Barabanki district|Barabanki]] (adjoining areas of Kintoor, [[Fatehpur, Barabanki|Fatehpur]], [[Jarwal]] and [[Lucknow]]) are [[Kazmi]] or [[Musavi]] Sayeds; that is they claim descent from the Prophet through his daughter&amp;#039;s line and the line of the seventh Imam of the [[Shi&amp;#039;a]] Muslims, [[Musa al-Kadhim|Musa al-Kazem]]. They came in [[India]] originally from [[Nishapur]] a town near [[Mashhad]] in northeastern [[Iran]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;islam&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; Two brothers Sayed Sharafu&amp;#039;d-Din Abu Talib (who was the ancestor of Waris &amp;#039;Ali) and Sayed Muhammed in thirteenth century forsaked Nishapur, Iran (via Khorasan and Mashhad) for [[Awadh]], India in the time of [[Hulagu Khan]] (1256-1265) the [[Khan (title)|Il-Khanid]] [[Mongol]] ruler.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Muhammad ‘Ali Kashmiri, Nujumas-sama &amp;#039; fi tarajimal-‘ulama &amp;#039; (Lucknow: Matbac-i Jacfari, 1302/1884-85), p. 420.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://books.google.co.in/books?id=F90IAQAAIAAJ&amp;amp;q=kintur&amp;amp;dq=kintur&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;ei=Q9q8UMu_KojXrQebuoG4BQ&amp;amp;ved=0CEMQ6AEwBw A Socio-intellectual History of the Isnā ʾAsharī Shīʾīs in India: 16th to 19th century A.D], Saiyid Athar Abbas Rizvi, Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, 1986&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; After their arrival in Kintoor the Saiyids were givena large jagir by Sultan [[Muhammad Tughluq]], where they continued to hold the land in different tenures until twentieth century at the turn of which they held two-thirds of the village land of Kintoor.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://books.google.co.in/books?id=LUvYAAAAMAAJ&amp;amp;q=kintur&amp;amp;dq=kintur&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;ei=q928UPnPIMLJrAeOoICIBQ&amp;amp;ved=0CEMQ6AEwBzgU Piety on its knees: three Sufi traditions in South Asia in modern times], Claudia Liebeskind, Oxford University Press, 18-Dec-1998&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Sayed Alauddin Kazmi have said to be accompanied these two brothers in their movement from Iran, he later moved to [[Tehsil Fatehpur]]. The grave of Sayed Alauddin Kazmi is situated in Kintoor. The [[Kazmi]]s of Fatehpur are his descendants. These [[Nishapuri Sayed]]s of Kintoor spread to adjoining localities of [[Barabanki district|Barabanki]] e.g. Fatehpur, and even to neighbouring districts e.g. Jarwal in [[Bahraich district]] and in Lucknow. These Nishapuri Sayeds produced several outstanding [[Shia Muslim]] religious scholars in 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://books.google.co.in/books?id=I0XYAAAAMAAJ&amp;amp;q=%22Kintoor%22+-kintore+-kintour&amp;amp;dq=%22Kintoor%22+-kintore+-kintour&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;ei=SBAfTdTgH4yVOonU6e0I&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;oi=book_result&amp;amp;ct=result&amp;amp;resnum=4&amp;amp;ved=0CDAQ6AEwAzgo Sufi cults and the evolution of medieval Indian culture], Anup Taneja, Indian Council of Historical Researchh in association with Northern Book Centre, 2003&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Justin Jones&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Zayn al-&amp;#039;Abidin al-Musavi who was progenitor of sayeds of Kintoor was great-great-grandfather of [[Seyyed Ahmad Musavi Hindi|Sayed Ahmed]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://books.google.co.in/books?id=6JrL2GdwkVsC&amp;amp;pg=PA284&amp;amp;lpg=PA284&amp;amp;dq=Sayyids+in+Awadh&amp;amp;source=bl&amp;amp;ots=B-FrEtX94o&amp;amp;sig=wc72S3dS8VKA8UFDuVdzWQxwFj4&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;ei=NGTPUPF9yf2sB-HLgMgD&amp;amp;ved=0CDkQ6AEwATgU#v=onepage&amp;amp;q=Sayyids%20in%20Awadh&amp;amp;f=false Islam, Politics, and Social Movements] By Edmund Burke, III, Ervand Abrahamian&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Sayeds of Kintoor can be categorized in two prominent families i.e. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Abaqati&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (that of [[Syed Mir Hamid Hussain Musavi|Sayed Hamid Hussain]]) and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Khomeini&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (that of [[Seyyed Ahmad Musavi Hindi|Sayed Ahmed]]).&lt;br /&gt;
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====Abaqati family====&lt;br /&gt;
One branch of the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Nishapuri Kintoori Sayeds&amp;#039;&amp;#039; took root in Lucknow. The most famous of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Kintoori Sayeds&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is  [[Ayatollah]] [[Syed Mir Hamid Hussain Musavi]], author of work entitled &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Abaqat al Anwar&amp;#039;&amp;#039;; the first word in the title of this work provided his descendantswith the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;nisba&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (title) they still bear, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Abaqati]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;islam&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; [[Syed Ali Nasir Saeed Abaqati]] &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Agha Roohi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, a [[Lucknow]] based cleric is from the family of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Nishapuri Kintoori Sayeds&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and uses title &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Abaqati&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Khomeini family====&lt;br /&gt;
Towards the end of the 18th century the ancestors of the [[Supreme Leader]] of the [[Iranian Revolution]], [[Ruhollah Khomeini]] had migrated from their original home in [[Nishapur]], Iran to the kingdom of [[Padshah-i-Oudh|Oudh]] in northern [[India]] whose [[Nawabs of Awadh|rulers]] were [[Twelver]] [[Shia]] Muslims of [[Persian people|Persian]] origin;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://books.google.nl/books?id=ntarP5hrza0C&amp;amp;pg=PA8&amp;amp;dq=awadh+persian&amp;amp;hl=nl#v=onepage&amp;amp;q=awadh%20persian&amp;amp;f=false Sacred space and holy war: the politics, culture and history of Shi&amp;#039;ite Islam] By Juan Ricardo Cole&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://books.google.nl/books?id=7BaVwfpWZgUC&amp;amp;pg=RA2-PA17&amp;amp;dq=awadh+origin&amp;amp;hl=nl#v=onepage&amp;amp;q=awadh%20origin&amp;amp;f=false Art and culture: endeavours in interpretation] By Ahsan Jan Qaisar,Som Prakash Verma,Mohammad Habib&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; they settled in the town of Kintoor.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Hamid&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Ruhollah Khomeini&amp;#039;s brief biography by Hamid Algar&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Iranian&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[http://www.iranian.com/Books/1999/June/Khomeini/index.html From Khomein, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;A biography of the Ayatollah&amp;#039;&amp;#039;], 14 June 1999, The Iranian&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;books.google.com&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[http://books.google.com/books?id=rNrMilgHKKEC&amp;amp;pg=PA199&amp;amp;lpg=PA199&amp;amp;dq=Seyyed+Ahmad+Musavi+Hindi&amp;amp;source=bl&amp;amp;ots=Sp3QTqX2Id&amp;amp;sig=jPhXf-pkhPqgHuRiYOrbHtEwQNE&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;ei=ZdA6TLPRN4KClAeS-L3SBw&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;oi=book_result&amp;amp;ct=result&amp;amp;resnum=8&amp;amp;ved=0CCkQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&amp;amp;q=Seyyed%20Ahmad%20Musavi%20Hindi&amp;amp;f=false The Columbia world dictionary of Islamism] By Olivier Roy, Antoine Sfeir&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Moin1999&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[http://books.google.com/books?id=B-ihPNR4iaoC&amp;amp;pg=PA2&amp;amp;lpg=PA2&amp;amp;dq=Seyyed+Ahmad+Musavi+Hindi&amp;amp;source=bl&amp;amp;ots=gA204zovZh&amp;amp;sig=U-hfoPBFyUW2eRJTMfTjSH7FsC8&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;ei=w9Q6TKikEYP6lwfw79XVBw&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;oi=book_result&amp;amp;ct=result&amp;amp;resnum=4&amp;amp;ved=0CBYQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&amp;amp;q=Seyyed%20Ahmad%20Musavi%20Hindi&amp;amp;f=false Khomeini: life of the Ayatollah, Volume 1999] By Baqer Moin&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Ayatollah Khomeini&amp;#039;s paternal grandfather, [[Seyyed Ahmad Musavi Hindi]], was born in Kintoor, he was a contemporary and relative of the famous scholar [[Ayatollah]] [[Syed Mir Hamid Hussain Musavi]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Iranian&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Moin1999&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; He left Lucknow in the middle of the 19th century on pilgrimage to the tomb of [[Imam Ali]] in [[Najaf]], Iraq and never returned.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Hamid&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Moin1999&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; According to Moin this movement was to escape colonial rule of [[British Raj]] in India.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;moin18&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book |last = Moin |first = Baqer |title = Khomeini: Life of the Ayatollah |publisher=St. Martin&amp;#039;s Press |isbn = 0-312-26490-9 |year=2000|url = https://archive.org/details/khomeinilifeofay00moin |p=18}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He visited Iran in 1834 and settled down in [[Khomein]] in 1839.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Iranian&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; Although he stayed and settled in [[Iran]], he continued to be known as &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Hindi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, even Ruhollah Khomeini used &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Hindi&amp;#039;&amp;#039; as pen name in some of his ghazals.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Hamid&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; Also Ruhollah&amp;#039;s brother was known by name Nureddin &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Hindi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Moin1999&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Sayyids of Jarwal===&lt;br /&gt;
Many of the early [[Sufi]] saints that came to North India belonged to Sayyid families. Most of these Sayyid families came from [[Central Asia]] and [[Iran]], but some also originate from [[Yemen]], [[Oman]], [[Iraq]] and [[Bahrain]]. Perhaps the most famous [[Sufi]] was Syed Salar Masud, from whom many of the Sayyid families of [[Awadh]] claim their descent.&amp;lt;ref name=Hasan&amp;gt;People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part Three, edited by A Hasan &amp;amp; J C Das&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Sayyids of Jarwal ([[Bahraich]]), [[Kintoor]] ([[Barabanki district|Barabanki]]) and [[Zaidpur]] ([[Barabanki district|Barabanki]]) were well known &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Taluqadars&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (feudal lords) of Awadh province.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://books.google.com/books?ei=1BXLUJDdLtDtrQfB9oHABA&amp;amp;id=GgUeAAAAMAAJ&amp;amp;dq=Sayyids+of+Zaidpur&amp;amp;q=Zaidpur King Wajid Ali Shah of Awadh, Volume 1] by Mirza Ali Azhar, Royal Book Co., 1982&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In Jarwal, Bahraich, the Sayyid line derived from Sayyid Zakariyya, who fled Iran during the Mongol invasion by Genghis Khan, obtaining a 15,000 bigha grant from the Delhi sovereign, Ghiyathu&amp;#039;d-Din. They got  settled in Jarwal after moving from Persia to Lahore to Delhi to Barabanki. In 1800 the Jarwal Sayyids, some of them Shi‘is, displaced the Ansari Shaykhs and came to hold 276 out of 365 villages in the parganah, although their holdings thereafter declined rapidly to (a still formidable) 76 villages in 1877.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Gazetteer of the Province of Oudh 1:141; 2:83, 99-100.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://books.google.com/books?id=Qcm3UUVGEGYC&amp;amp;pg=PA96&amp;amp;lpg=PA96&amp;amp;dq=Sayyids+of+Jarwal&amp;amp;source=bl&amp;amp;ots=WW97lZ4qRI&amp;amp;sig=f20-5tcbjAUztI108RMy7ItgsW0&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;ei=0KG9UPKyBsv9rAft24DQDQ&amp;amp;sqi=2&amp;amp;ved=0CDsQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&amp;amp;q=Jarwal&amp;amp;f=false The North-Western Provinces of India: Their History, Ethnology, and Administration], Asian Educational Services, 01-Jan-1998&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Muslims in Avadh by Mirza Azhar Ali, page 71&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://books.google.com/books?ei=HKW9UOasCO7SmAWisoGACw&amp;amp;id=jYkIAAAAQAAJ&amp;amp;dq=Sayyids+of+Jarwal+India&amp;amp;q=Jarwal The imperial gazetteer of India] by W.W. Hunter, 1881&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Khateeb-ul-Iman  Maulana&amp;#039;&amp;#039; [[Syed Muzaffar Husain Rizvi]] &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Tahir Jarwali]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1932-Dec 1987) a Shia religious leader and social worker, was one of the prominent Jarwali Sayyid and celebrated preacher of late 20th century (1970s &amp;amp; 80s), he was also General Secretary of [[All India Shia Conference]] for some time.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://books.google.com/books?id=b8KoSKzi6QMC&amp;amp;pg=PA190&amp;amp;dq=Jarwali&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;ei=j7G9UN6WL4fqrQfOjICwDg&amp;amp;ved=0CDQQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&amp;amp;q=Jarwali&amp;amp;f=false The Twelver Shîʻa as a Muslim Minority in India: Pulpit of Tears] By Toby M. Howarth&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9V8kAQAAIAAJ&amp;amp;q=%22Tahir+Jarwali%22&amp;amp;dq=%22Tahir+Jarwali%22&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;ei=CCrnULrwLMSukgXT54CQAQ&amp;amp;ved=0CDIQ6AEwAA |title=The Light, Volumes 22-23 |publisher=Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania | pages=3}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OgtuAAAAMAAJ&amp;amp;q=%22Tahir+Jarwali%22&amp;amp;dq=%22Tahir+Jarwali%22&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;ei=CCrnULrwLMSukgXT54CQAQ&amp;amp;ved=0CEYQ6AEwBQ |title=Shias and Shia Islam in India: a study in society and culture | publisher=Harnam Publications | year=1988 | pages=6 | author1=Nadeem Hasnain | author2=Sheikh Abrar Husain}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Personalities==&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Muhammad Quli]] (1775-1844), principal &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sadr Amin&amp;#039;&amp;#039; at the British court in Meerut; author of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Tathir al-mu&amp;#039;minin &amp;#039;an najasat al-mushrikin&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;roots&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[http://www.al-huda.com/Article_4of79.htm &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Roots of North Indian Shi‘ism in Iran and Iraq&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; Religion and State in Awadh, 1722–1859], &amp;#039;&amp;#039;by J. R. I. Cole, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS Berkeley · Los Angeles · Oxford&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;sacred&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[http://www.bandung2.co.uk/books/Files/Religion/Sacred%20Space%20and%20Holy%20War.pdf Sacred Space and Holy War The Politics, Culture and History of Shi`ite Islam] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718140016/http://www.bandung2.co.uk/books/Files/Religion/Sacred%20Space%20and%20Holy%20War.pdf |date=18 July 2011 }} &amp;#039;&amp;#039;by Juan Cole, I.B.Tauris Publishers, London · New York&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://archive.today/20130210032007/http://www.xn----ymcdg7jsa80e.com/index.php/page,SiteEn.FullBookInfoEn/bookId,2554?PHPSESSID=a32bd4c0ccfca52eb9ec4aeaa9aef9e3 Dar al-Kitab Jazayeri]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Hamid Hussain Musavi]] (1830-1880), son of [[Muhammad Quli|Syed Muhammad Quli]] author of book &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Abaqat ul Anwar fi Imamat al Ai&amp;#039;imma al-Athar&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.al-islam.org/thaqalayn/nontl/Abaqat.htm &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Abaqat ul Anwar fi Imamat al Ai&amp;#039;imma al-Athar&amp;#039;&amp;#039;]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;islam&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;roots&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.docstoc.com/docs/3385087/Leader-of-Heaven Leader of Heaven] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103105321/http://www.docstoc.com/docs/3385087/Leader-of-Heaven |date=3 January 2010 }} #18&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.al-islam.org/thaqalayn/nontl/Abaqat.htm Mir Hamid Hussain and his famous piece Abaqat al-anwar]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.wofis.com/asset/Books/018.pdf GHADEER-E-KHUM WHERE THE RELIGION WAS BROUGHT TO PERFECTION] &amp;#039;&amp;#039;By I.H. Najafi,  Published By A GROUP OF MUSLIM BROTHERS, NEW ADDRESS P. 0. Box No. 11365- 1545, Tehran – IRAN.&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Syed Ali Nasir Saeed Abaqati]], a [[Lucknow]] based cleric; son of Syed Mohammad Saeed &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Saeed-ul-Millat&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Ijtihadi family]] (or [[Khandan-e-Ijtihad]])&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
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*{{cite book |last1=Jones |first1=Justin |title=Shi&amp;#039;a Islam in Colonial India: Religion, Community and Sectarianism |date=2011 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-139-50123-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rrioNz8_EwwC&amp;amp;pg=PA243&amp;amp;dq=Sayyids+of+Barabanki&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;ei=vIzAULS5LsrXrQfl2YHoCA&amp;amp;sqi=2&amp;amp;ved=0CDQQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&amp;amp;q=Sayyids%20of%20Barabanki&amp;amp;f=false |language=en}}&lt;br /&gt;
*{{Cite web |url=http://mullasadra.blogspot.in/2011/09/scholarship-in-sayyid-family-in-avadh-i.html#!/2011/09/scholarship-in-sayyid-family-in-avadh-i.html |title=Scholarship in a sayyid family of Avadh I: Musavī Nīshāpūrī of Kintūr |accessdate=26 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402215952/http://mullasadra.blogspot.in/2011/09/scholarship-in-sayyid-family-in-avadh-i.html#!/2011/09/scholarship-in-sayyid-family-in-avadh-i.html |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=dead}}&lt;br /&gt;
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