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Moin-ud-Din Pur is a small village in

Gujrat, Pakistan Gujrat ( Punjabi and ur, ) is a city in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. It is the capital of Gujrat District and it is the 21st largest city of Pakistan by population. Along with the nearby cities of Sialkot and Gujranwala, Gujrat forms p ...

. Centuries ago, Syed Moin-ud-Din Shah, founded the village. He was a direct descendant of

Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 Common Era, CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Muhammad in Islam, Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet Divine inspiration, di ...

and belonged to the Khwarizmi clan, which traces back to one of the biggest Muslim empires ruled by the Shah of Khwarizm.S SAJAD HAIDER, ''FLIGHT OF THE FALCON: Demolishing myths of Indo-Pak wars 1965 & 1971'', VANGUARD BOOKS, Lahore, 2009 The ancestors of Syed Moin-ud-Din, migrated from Arabia due to persecution by the

Umayyads Umayyads may refer to: *Umayyad dynasty, a Muslim ruling family of the Caliphate (661–750) and in Spain (756–1031) *Umayyad Caliphate (661–750) :*Emirate of Córdoba (756–929) :*Caliphate of Córdoba The Caliphate of Córdoba ( ar, خ ...

, who targeted them for being from the lineage of the

Ahl al-Bayt Ahl al-Bayt ( ar, أَهْل ٱلْبَيْت, ) refers to the family of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, but the term has also been extended in Sunni Islam to apply to all descendants of the Banu Hashim (Muhammad's clan) and even to all Muslims. ...

. Despite the passage of time and changes in ruling dynasties, their persecution persisted. They sought refuge in the empire of the Shah of Khwarizm. After the destruction of Khwarizm by the hordes of

Genghis Khan ''Chinggis Khaan'' ͡ʃʰiŋɡɪs xaːŋbr />Mongol script: ''Chinggis Qa(gh)an/ Chinggis Khagan'' , birth_name = Temüjin , successor = Tolui (as regent)Ögedei Khan , spouse = , issue = , house = Borjigin , ...

, the survivors, now identifying as the Khwarizmi Syed clan, scattered in search of refuge. They settled temporarily in Tulamba near

Multan Multan (; ) is a city in Punjab, Pakistan, on the bank of the Chenab River. Multan is Pakistan's seventh largest city as per the 2017 census, and the major cultural, religious and economic centre of southern Punjab. Multan is one of the List ...

before arriving at the empire of

Jalaluddin Akbar Abu'l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar (25 October 1542 – 27 October 1605), popularly known as Akbar the Great ( fa, ), and also as Akbar I (), was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar succeeded his father, Hum ...

. They settled in what is now present-day Gujrat on the banks of the Chenab River. Due to their lineage as descendants of Muhammad, the three brothers were respected by the Emperor and granted large tracts of land for permanent settlement. In the 17th century, the land was divided, and settlements such as Jamalpur and Medina, along with the village Moin-ud-Din Pur, emerged. The

Syeds ''Sayyid'' (, ; ar, سيد ; ; meaning 'sir', 'Lord', 'Master'; Arabic plural: ; feminine: ; ) is a surname of people descending from the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his grandsons, Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali, sons of Muhamma ...

from Gujrat are mainly Khwarizmi’s whose forefather migrated to Multan from the Central Asian state of Khwarizm near the Aral Sea when the

Delhi Sultanate The Delhi Sultanate was an Islamic empire based in Delhi that stretched over large parts of the Indian subcontinent for 320 years (1206–1526).

was established. One of their descendants, Syed Nizam-Ud-Din Tulambi, moved to Gujrat in the 15th century. There are three Syedan towns in Gujrat whose inhabitants take their lineage back to Syed Nizam-Ud-Din Tulambi: Jamalpur Syedan, Madina Syedan and Moinuddinpur Syedan.

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{{reflist Villages in Gujrat District