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| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
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| subdivision_name2 = Azamgarh<br />
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| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]<ref name="langoff">{{cite web|title=52nd REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LINGUISTIC MINORITIES IN INDIA|url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|website=nclm.nic.in|publisher=[[Ministry of Minority Affairs]]|accessdate=16 May 2019|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archivedate=25 May 2017}}</ref><br />
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'''Dewait''' is a village in the [[Azamgarh district]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]], India, situated near the [[Mehnagar]] Market. It lies 15&nbsp;km south of [[Azamgarh|Azamgarh city]], and is accessible from [[Varanasi]], [[Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh|Jaunpur]] and [[Allahabad]]. Including the adjoining areas, the village has an estimated population of between 10,000 and 15,000 people. The village has a post office with the pin code 276204, and a dispensary run by state government.<br />
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== History ==<br />
Dewait is the Place of ''Sa'adaat''. The name was derived from ''Shah Deyat'', an Arabic word meaning ''Blood Money''. Dewait was donated by the King Haribans of Mehnagar to "Meer Sarfatah Husain" (Meera Baba — a well known name among neighbouring villages), against the blood shedding of ''Sa'adaat''. Martyr Sa'adaats are believed to have migrated from the area of Babun Nahar in [[Iraq]]. In those years many [[Shiites]] of central Asia took refuge in India.<br />
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A few centuries ago, the Noble Family of Ahl-e-Sa'adaat migrated from the Holy City of Babun Nahar in [[Iraq]] to India. Some of them permanently settled near Azamgarh city, a district of Uttar Pradesh, and named the area ''Babun Nahar'' after their native village. It is now called ''Sapnahar'' (a modified name from Babun Nahar, then Babnahar, and now Sapnahar) and is one kilometre from present Dewait. Only the graveyard of ''Meer Sarfatah Husain'' (Meera Baba) is there, now a worship place for non Muslims. Muslims go there only on Shab-e-Barat, an Islamic religion occasion, to offer prayers.<br />
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== Religion and demography ==<br />
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Residents of Dewait are referred as Azmi because of Azamgarh District.<br />
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Approximately 300 to 500 of the Muslims are [[Twelver Shiites]] from the Rizvi Clan.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links ==<br />
*http://travelspedia.com/South-Asia/India/Uttar-Pradesh/8233.html<br />
*http://www.whereincity.com/india/pincode/uttar-pradesh/azamgarh.htm<br />
*http://shailendrasinghazamgarh.blogspot.com/2008_07_01_archive.html{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}<br />
*http://wikimapia.org/7969043/dewait<br />
*http://sthweb.bu.edu/shaw/anna-howard-shaw-center/biography?view=mediawiki&article=Dewait{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}<br />
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