Kintoor, Kantur or Kintur is a village in the Barabanki district of the Awadh region of central Uttar Pradesh, India. It is famous for the Battle of Kintoor of 1858 during the Indian Mutiny and being home to the learned Sayyids of Awadh, North India.Bulletins and other state intelligence, Part 1

Battle of Kintoor

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.House of Commons papers, Volume 43 By Great Britain. Parliament. House of CommonsBulletins and Other State Intelligence Compiled and Arranged from the Official Documents Published in the London Gazette

British Raj

During 1869 census of Oudh, Kintoor was designated as one of the total thirteen large towns or qasbas and Inspector of Police of Ramnagar was appointed here on the night of census.The report on the census of OUDH, OUDH Government Press, 1869

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.People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part Three, edited by A Hasan & J C Das Sayyids of Jarwal (Bahraich), Kintoor (Barabanki) and Zaidpur (Barabanki) were wellknown Taluqadars (feudal lords) of Awadh province.King Wajid Ali Shah of Awadh, Volume 1 by Mirza Ali Azhar, Royal Book Co., 1982

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 descendants with the nisba (title) they still bear, Abaqati. 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 (died 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).Dictionary Of Indo-Persian Literature, By Nabi HadiPersian Literature: A Bio-Bibliographical Survey : Qur'Anic Literature; History and Biography : Biography Additions and Corrections Indexes, Volume 1, Part 2, by C.A. Storey Ayatollah Mufti Syed Muhammad Quli 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 KintūrRoots 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 · OxfordSacred Space and Holy War The Politics, Culture and History of Shi`ite Islam by Juan Cole, I.B.Tauris Publishers, LONDON - NEW YORKDar al-Kitab Jazayeri Syed Ahmad Musavi Hindi (1800-1869), was born in Kintoor (Kingdom of Awadh / Oudh State) and was the paternal grandfather of Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini, the first supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran. His ancestors had migrated in the late 18th century from their home in Nishapur near the shrine city of Mashhad to the Kingdom of Awadh, whose rulers were Twelver Shi'a Muslims of Persian origin. Syed Sirāj Ḥusayn Musavi Kintoori (1823-1865): son of Mufti Syed Muhammad Quli Kintoori, he was author of 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 Musavi Kintoori (1825-1870), son of Mufti Syed Muhammad Quli Kintoori Ayatollah Syed Mir Hamid Hussain Musavi Kintoori Lakhnavi (1830-1880): son of Mufti Syed Muhammad Quli Kintoori author of book Abaqat ul Anwar fi Imamat al Ai'imma al-Athar.Islam, politics, and social movements By Edmund Burke, Ervand Abrahamian, Ira M. LapidusLeader of Heaven #18Mir Hamid Hussain and his famous piece Abaqat al-anwarGHADEER-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. Allama Hakeem Sayyid Ghulam-ul-Hasnain Kanturi (1829 or 1832-1919), born in Kantur, a Lucknow-based polymath whose scholarship spanned classical islamic sciences, philosophy, and medicine. Major works include Intesar-ul-Islam. Qazi Mahmud Kintoori author of Mirat i Madari.Persian Literature – A Biobibliographical Survey ..., Volume 1, Part 2 By C. A. Storey

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.

Others Seyyed Ahmad Musavi Hindi: Paternal grandfather of Ruholla Khomeini. He was born in Kintoor.From Khomein, A biography of the Ayatollah, 14 June 1999, The IranianThe Columbia world dictionary of Islamism By Olivier Roy, Antoine SfeirKhomeini: life of the Ayatollah, Volume 1999 By Baqer Moin Film writer Haider Rizvi is from Kintoor and has written famous Indian comedy shows like The great Indian Laughter Challenge, the feature film Siya and Rajkumar Rao starrer film Bhool Chuk Maaf.

Attractions

Parijaat tree a sacred baobab tree on the banks of Ghaghra. 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