Kintoor or Kintur is a village in

Barabanki district Barabanki district is one of the five Districts of Uttar Pradesh, districts of Faizabad division (officially ''Ayodhya division''), in the central Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh, India. Barabanki city is the administrative headquarters of Barabank ...

famous for battle of Kintoor of 1858 during the

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Battle of Kintoor

The Battle of Kintoor was a conflict between rebel sepoys and troops

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on 6 October 1858 during

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.

Personalities

Nishapuri Sada'at of Kintoor

Many of the early

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saints that came to North India belonged to Sayyid families. Most of these Sayyid families came from

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, but some also originate from

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. Perhaps the most famous

was Syed Salar Masud, from whom many of the Sayyid families of

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claim their descent.People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part Three, edited by A Hasan & J C Das Sayyids of

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), Kintoor (

Barabanki Barabanki is a city and a municipal board in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is administrative headquarters of Barabanki district. The city is about 30 km east of Lucknow, the state capital. It has a population of 146,831 with a dens ...

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) were wellknown ''Taluqadars'' (feudal lords) of Awadh province.

Abaqati family

A branch of the ''Nishapuri Kintoori Sayeds'' moved to Lucknow. The most famous of ''Kintoori Sayeds'' is

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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, ''

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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). *

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Syed

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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''.Scholarship in a sayyid family of Avadh I: Musavī Nīshāpūrī of Kintūr
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''Kintoori'' (1823-1865): son of

Syed Muhammad Quli ''Kintoori'', he was author o
''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''. * Syed Iʿjāz Ḥusayn

''Kintoori'' (1825-1870), : son of

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Hamid Hussain Musavi Syed Hamid Hussain Musavi ''Kintoori Lakhnavi Hindi Neshapuri'' (1830 - 1888) (Hindi: आयतुल्लाह सय्यिद मीर हामिद हुसैन मुसवी किन्तूरी लखनवी, Urdu: آيت� ...

''Kintoori'' ''Lakhnavi'' (1830-1880): son of

Syed Muhammad Quli ''Kintoori'' author of book
Abaqat ul Anwar fi Imamat al Ai'imma al-Athar
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Urdu/Persian (20th century)

* ''Justice Maulvi'' Syed Karāmat Ḥusayn

''Kintoori'' (1854-1917): son of Syed Sirāj Ḥusayn Musavi Kintoori, he founded Karmat College, Lucknow.

Others

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: Paternal grandfather of

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Attractions

* Parijaat tree a sacred

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tree on the banks of

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. * The famous Kunteshwar Temple – dedicated to Lord Shiva.

References

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
The British Empire – Indian Mutiny 1857–58

Google Books – Battle at Kintoor
* ''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002
Shi'a Islam in Colonial India: Religion, Community and Sectarianism
By Justin Jones * {{Barabanki district

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