Mujhera is a village in the

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sub-division of

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. It is the seat of the Kundliwal branch of Sadaat-e-Bahra.

History

Sayyid Abu'l Farah Al Hussaini Al Wasti, a descendant of

Zayd ibn Ali Zayd ibn Zayn al-Abidin ( ar, زيد بن زين العابدين; 695–740), also spelled Zaid, was the son of Ali ibn al-Husayn Zayn al-Abidin, and great-grandson of Ali ibn Abi Talib. He led an unsuccessful revolt against the Umayyad Calipha ...

, son of Ali ibn al-Husayn Zayn al-Abidin and grandson of

Husayn ibn Ali Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, أبو عبد الله الحسين بن علي بن أبي طالب; 10 January 626 – 10 October 680) was a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a son of Ali ibn Abi ...

, and great-grandson 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 ...

. who came to India from

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. In the eleventh century his son Sayyed Dawood settled in

Kundli Kundli is a town and municipal council in Sonipat, Haryana with a population of 100,000 (2017), on Delhi-Haryana border in Sonipat tehsil of Sonipat district in the Indian state of Haryana. It lies on Western Peripheral Expressway, Eastern Pe ...

, a village in the

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. His descendant Sayyed Aiwaz and his sons migrated to Mujhera at the invitation of their clansmen, who were already residing in a nearby village, Sambalhera, circa the fourteenth century. An inscribed epitaph of a tomb in Sambalhera village proves

Sadaat-e-Bara Sadat e-Bara sometimes pronounced Sadaat-e-Bahara, are a community of Sayyids, originally Elite or Noble Sayyid families situated in the Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh in India. This community had considerable influence during the rei ...

's presence in Sambalhera in the year 777 AH. The Kundliwal branch of this clan flourished in Mujhera village and gained prominence in Akbar jahangir and Shahjahan's time. Sayyed Mahmud khan KundliwalSayyed Umar Nur Khan Barha, their brothers, sons, and grandsons were all

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(Military officers) in Mogul court. Tombs of Mahmud Khan, Sayyed Umar Nur Khan Barha Sayyid Ahmad Barha, Sayyid Jhajju Barha are in this village, alongside a bawli. Babbar Ali played an important role in the history of Mujhera Sadat. He was one of the founder of village, his Maqbara is located near the Mujhera Sadat bus stand. Tareek-e-aina, History of kondewaal khap, Volume-1, Author- Vijay Kumar IPS, DIG Lutaf Ali was the successor of Babbar Ali. Lutaf Ali is the famous personality of Mujhera Sadat and his Maqbara is situated at the start of Mujhera Sadat at present bus stand of Mujhera Sadat and the dargah of Imam Hussain.

References

*Mathir-ul-umara by Samsamudaula shahnawaz khan, Janki Prakashan *ain-e-Akbari Abul Fazal Henry Beveridge's translation Footnote on Sayyeds of Barha *gazettear of Muzaffar Nagar District Villages in Muzaffarnagar district {{Muzaffarnagar-geo-stub