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'''Kintoor''' or '''Kintur''' is a village in [[Barabanki district]] famous for battle of Kintoor of 1858 during the [[Indian Mutiny]].<ref name="books.google.co.in">[https://books.google.com/books?id=BloPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA292&dq=%22Kintoor%22+-kintore+-kintour&hl=en&ei=PA0fTfStLpCqrAfihcyLDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Kintoor%22%20-kintore%20-kintour&f=false Bulletins and other state intelligence, Part 1]</ref><ref name="bbk.nic">http://barabanki.nic.in/places.htm</ref>

==Battle of Kintoor==
{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = Battle of Kintoor
| partof = the [[Indian Mutiny]]
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| date = 6 October 1858
| place = Kintoor
| presidency = [[Bengal]]
| co-ordinates = approx 27.01504°N 81.483387°E
| result = British victory
| territory =
| combatant1 = [[File:Flag_of_the_British_East_India_Company_(1801).svg|24px]] [[East India Company]]

[[File:Kapurthala_flag.svg|24px]] [[Kapurthala State]]

[[File:Sikh_Akali_flag.jpg|25px]] Akali-[[Nihang]]s
| combatant2 = Rebel Sepoys
| commander1 = [[File:Flag_of_the_British_East_India_Company_(1801).svg|24px]] Major A.Hume Commanding 1st European Bengal Fusiliers

[[File:Kapurthala_flag.svg|24px]] Raja of Kapurthala Commanding Kapurthala Contingent

[[File:Sikh_Akali_flag.jpg|25px]] [[Akali Prahlad Singh]]
| commander2 = Collector Darakhaje Collector Abid Khan Major-General Abson Khan Mohamed Ameer Khan
| strength1 = 1st Bengal Fusiliers, 150 rank and file; 2nd Company 3rd battalion Artillery, two 9-pounder guns; Hodson's Horse, 56 sabres; Oude Military Police Cavalry, 200 sabres; Kappurthullah Contingent:- Artillery, five 8-pounder, three 6-pounder guns; Cavalary, 124 sabres; Infantry, 650 rank and file
| strength2 = 3,000 infantry 200–300 cavalry 4 guns
| casualties1 = 4 wounded 1 horse killed, 7 wounded
| casualties2 = 450 killed
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The Battle of Kintoor was a conflict between rebel sepoys and troops [[East India Company]] and [[Kapurthala State]] on 6 October 1858 during [[Indian Mutiny]].<ref name="books.google.co.in"/><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=zugSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA228&dq=%22Kintoor%22+-kintore+-kintour&hl=en&ei=SBAfTdTgH4yVOonU6e0I&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CEkQ6AEwCTgo#v=onepage&q=%22Kintoor%22%20-kintore%20-kintour&f=false House of Commons papers, Volume 43] By Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=FuIsAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA292&dq=kintoor&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9bK8UOHwOsyWiQfx7oCIBQ&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=kintoor&f=false Bulletins and Other State Intelligence Compiled and Arranged from the Official Documents Published in the London Gazette]</ref>

==British Raj==

During 1869 census of Oudh, Kintoor was designated as one of the total thirteen large towns or ''kasbahs'' and Inspector of Police of Ram Nagar was appointed here on the night of census.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=t_4IAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PR5&dq=kintoor&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Ara8UP7WDcjMrQfj44DIDA&sqi=2&ved=0CEkQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=kintoor&f=false The report on the census of OUDH], OUDH Government Press, 1869</ref>

==Personalities==
===Nishapuri Sada'at of Kintoor===

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.<ref name=Hasan>People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part Three, edited by A Hasan & J C Das</ref> Sayyids of [[Jarwal]] ([[Bahraich]]), Kintoor ([[Barabanki district|Barabanki]]) and [[Zaidpur]] ([[Barabanki district|Barabanki]]) were wellknown ''Taluqadars'' (feudal lords) of Awadh province.<ref>[http://books.google.co.in/books?ei=1BXLUJDdLtDtrQfB9oHABA&id=GgUeAAAAMAAJ&dq=Sayyids+of+Zaidpur&q=Zaidpur King Wajid Ali Shah of Awadh, Volume 1] by Mirza Ali Azhar, Royal Book Co., 1982</ref>

====Abaqati family====
{{Main|Abaqati family}}
A branch of the ''Nishapuri Kintoori Sayeds'' moved to Lucknow. The most famous of ''Kintoori Sayeds'' is [[Ayatollah]] [[Syed Mir Hamid Hussain Musavi]], author of work entitled ''Abaqat al Anwar''; the first word in the title of this work provided his descendantswith the ''nisba'' (title) they still bear, ''[[Abaqati]]''.<ref name="islam" /> [[Syed Ali Nasir Saeed Abaqati]] ''Agha Roohi'', a [[Lucknow]] based cleric is from the family of ''Nishapuri Kintoori Sayeds'' and uses title ''Abaqati''.

===Literary===

====Urdu/Persian (19th century)====
* Abd ul-Qadir ''Hanif-ud-Din Kintoori'' (d. 1789): a Sufi of ''Qadri'' order. His ancestors emigrated from Nishapur, Iran, and served as jurists. He was author of the book ''Kuhl ul-jawahir fi manaqib-i-'Abd ul-Qadir Jilani''(1753).<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=qjJmzdJFOHwC&pg=PA554&lpg=PA554&dq=%22Khuda+Bakhsh%22+Sheikh+Barabanki&source=bl&ots=XemU2TWmUu&sig=KiMHEDDBKklVUBu_QqwUC60Dtxw&hl=en&ei=6LtGTL-bOMH78AblpYTGBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=kintoori&f=false Dictionary Of Indo-Persian Literature], By Nabi Hadi</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=VleM1pOXgdQC&pg=PA1006&dq=kintoor&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Wsm8UJDWI4nJrQegmoGYBw&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAjgK#v=onepage&q=kinturi&f=false Persian Literature: A Bio-Bibliographical Survey : Qur'Anic Literature; History and Biography : Biography Additions and Corrections Indexes, Volume 1, Part 2], by C.A. Storey</ref>
* [[Ayatollah]] [[Mufti]] [[Syed]] [[Muhammad Quli]] [[Khan (title)|Khan]] ''Kintoori'' (1775-1844): principal ''Sadr Amin'' at the British court in Meerut. He was author of ''Tathir al-mu'minin 'an najasat al-mushrikin''.<ref name="mullasadra">[http://mullasadra.blogspot.in/2011/09/scholarship-in-sayyid-family-in-avadh-i.html#!/2011/09/scholarship-in-sayyid-family-in-avadh-i.html Scholarship in a sayyid family of Avadh I: Musavī Nīshāpūrī of Kintūr]</ref><ref name="roots">[http://www.al-huda.com/Article_4of79.htm '''Roots of North Indian Shi‘ism in Iran and Iraq''' Religion and State in Awadh, 1722–1859], ''by J. R. I. Cole, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS Berkeley · Los Angeles · Oxford''</ref><ref name="sacred">[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 }} ''by Juan Cole, I.B.Tauris Publishers, LONDON - NEW YORK''</ref><ref>[http://www.xn----ymcdg7jsa80e.com/index.php/page,SiteEn.FullBookInfoEn/bookId,2554?PHPSESSID=a32bd4c0ccfca52eb9ec4aeaa9aef9e3 Dar al-Kitab Jazayeri] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20130210032007/http://www.xn----ymcdg7jsa80e.com/index.php/page,SiteEn.FullBookInfoEn/bookId,2554?PHPSESSID=a32bd4c0ccfca52eb9ec4aeaa9aef9e3 |date=10 February 2013 }}</ref>
*[[Syed]] Sirāj Ḥusayn [[Musavi]] ''Kintoori'' (1823-1865): son of [[Mufti]] [[Muhammad Quli|Syed Muhammad Quli]] ''Kintoori'', he was author of [http://www.shiaonlinelibrary.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A8/3358_%D9%83%D8%B4%D9%81-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%AC%D8%A8-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D8%A5%D8%B9%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%AD%D8%A9_1#top ''Kashf al-ḥujub wa-l-astār ʿan asmāʾ al-kutub wa-l-asfār''], ''Shudhūr al-ʿiqyān fī tarājim al-aʿyān'' and ''Āʾīna-yi ḥaqq-numā''.<ref name="mullasadra"/>
*[[Syed]] Iʿjāz Ḥusayn [[Musavi]] ''Kintoori'' (1825-1870),
: son of [[Mufti]] [[Muhammad Quli|Syed Muhammad Quli]] ''Kintoori''<ref name="mullasadra"/>
* [[Ayatollah]] [[Syed]] [[Mir]] [[Hamid Hussain Musavi]] ''Kintoori'' ''Lakhnavi'' (1830-1880): son of [[Mufti]] [[Muhammad Quli|Syed Muhammad Quli]] ''Kintoori'' author of book ''[http://www.al-islam.org/thaqalayn/nontl/Abaqat.htm Abaqat ul Anwar fi Imamat al Ai'imma al-Athar]''.<ref name="islam">[https://books.google.com/books?id=6JrL2GdwkVsC&pg=PA284&lpg=PA284&dq=Allamah+Kinturi&source=bl&ots=B_HvFvR3Zq&sig=BxA5dTix_RiU6a2TjA1tEWeRf70&hl=en&ei=6HNJTOGZFsOB8gbX5LzQDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CCsQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=kinturi&f=false Islam, politics, and social movements] ''By Edmund Burke, Ervand Abrahamian, Ira M. Lapidus''</ref><ref name="mullasadra"/><ref name="roots" /><ref>[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</ref><ref>[http://www.al-islam.org/thaqalayn/nontl/Abaqat.htm Mir Hamid Hussain and his famous piece Abaqat al-anwar]</ref><ref>[http://www.wofis.com/asset/Books/018.pdf GHADEER-E-KHUM WHERE THE RELIGION WAS BROUGHT TO PERFECTION] ''By I.H. Najafi, Published By A GROUP OF MUSLIM BROTHERS, NEW ADDRESS P. 0. Box No. 11365- 1545, Tehran – IRAN.''</ref>
* Qazi Mahmud Kintoori author of ''Mirat i Madari''.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=VleM1pOXgdQC&pg=PA1006&lpg=PA1006&dq=%22Kintoor%22+-kintore+-kintour&source=bl&ots=h0QjSqP0oW&sig=i25h7c6bpoZtMFG0GZ77cTCUQns&hl=en&ei=GgsfTcSSGNO18QPMuKXeBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CFUQ6AEwCTge#v=onepage&q=%22Kintoor%22%20-kintore%20-kintour&f=false Persian Literature – A Biobibliographical Survey ...], Volume 1, Part 2 By C. A. Storey</ref>

====Urdu/Persian (20th century)====
* ''Justice Maulvi'' [[Syed]] Karāmat Ḥusayn [[Musavi]] ''Kintoori'' (1854-1917): son of Syed Sirāj Ḥusayn Musavi Kintoori, he founded Karmat College, Lucknow.<ref name="mullasadra"/>

===Others===
* [[Seyyed Ahmad Musavi Hindi]]: Paternal grandfather of [[Ayatollah Khomeini]]. He was born in Kintoor.<ref name="islam" /><ref name="Iranian">[http://www.iranian.com/Books/1999/June/Khomeini/index.html From Khomein, ''A biography of the Ayatollah''], 14 June 1999, The Iranian</ref><ref name="books.google.com">[https://books.google.com/books?id=rNrMilgHKKEC&pg=PA199&lpg=PA199&dq=Seyyed+Ahmad+Musavi+Hindi&source=bl&ots=Sp3QTqX2Id&sig=jPhXf-pkhPqgHuRiYOrbHtEwQNE&hl=en&ei=ZdA6TLPRN4KClAeS-L3SBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CCkQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=Seyyed%20Ahmad%20Musavi%20Hindi&f=false The Columbia world dictionary of Islamism] By Olivier Roy, Antoine Sfeir</ref><ref name="Moin1999">[https://books.google.com/books?id=B-ihPNR4iaoC&pg=PA2&lpg=PA2&dq=Seyyed+Ahmad+Musavi+Hindi&source=bl&ots=gA204zovZh&sig=U-hfoPBFyUW2eRJTMfTjSH7FsC8&hl=en&ei=w9Q6TKikEYP6lwfw79XVBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CBYQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=Seyyed%20Ahmad%20Musavi%20Hindi&f=false Khomeini: life of the Ayatollah, Volume 1999] By Baqer Moin</ref>

==Attractions==
[[File:parijat-tree-at-Kintoor-Barabanki-001.jpg|thumb|Parijat tree at Kintoor, Barabanki]]
* [[Parijaat tree, Kintoor|Parijaat tree]] a sacred [[Adansonia digitata|baobab]] tree on the banks of [[Ghaghra]].<ref name="bbk.nic"/><ref name=Wickens>{{cite book |title=The Baobabs: Pachycauls of Africa, Madagascar and Australia |last=Wickens |first=Gerald E. |author2=Pat Lowe |year=2008 |publisher=[[Springer Science+Business Media]] |isbn=978-1-4020-6430-2 |page=61 }}</ref>
* The famous Kunteshwar Temple – dedicated to Lord Shiva.<ref name="bbk.nic"/><ref name="Kameshwar 2006 159">{{cite book |title=Bend in the Sarayu: a soota chronicle |last=Kameshwar |first=G. |year=2006 |publisher=[[Rupa & Co.]] |isbn=978-81-291-0942-2 |page=159 }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* http://offerings.nic.in/directory/adminreps/viewGPmapcvills.asp?gpcode=48746&rlbtype=V
* http://ourvillageindia.org/Place.aspx?PID=562564
* http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=27.01504,81.483387&z=12&t=h&hl=en
* https://online.omms.nic.in/ASPNet/citizens/DG/05DVC/CensusStatus.aspx?state=UP&district=13&block=13&reportLevel=3
* [http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm The British Empire – Indian Mutiny 1857–58]
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=BloPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA290&dq=Kintoor&as_brr=0#PPA290,M1 Google Books – Battle at Kintoor]
* ''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 {{ISBN|0-14-100554-8}}
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=rrioNz8_EwwC&pg=PA243&dq=Sayyids+of+Barabanki&hl=en&sa=X&ei=vIzAULS5LsrXrQfl2YHoCA&sqi=2&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Sayyids%20of%20Barabanki&f=false Shi'a Islam in Colonial India: Religion, Community and Sectarianism] By Justin Jones
* {{cite web|author1=Inextlive Editorial Team|title=आयतुल्लाह ख़ुमैनी का बाराबंकी कनेक्शन (Hindi)|url=http://inextlive.jagran.com/barabanki-connection-of-ayatollah-ruhollah-khomeini-201406040045|publisher=Inextlive.com|accessdate=5 June 2014|date=4 Jun 2014}}

{{Barabanki district}}

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