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.[5]
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.[6] Sayyids of
Jarwal (
Bahraich), Kintoor (
Barabanki) and
Zaidpur (
Barabanki) were wellknown Taluqadars (feudal lords) of Awadh province.[7]
A branch of the Nishapuri Kintoori Sayeds moved to Lucknow. The most famous of Kintoori Sayeds is
AyatollahSyed 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.[8]Syed Ali Nasir Saeed AbaqatiAgha 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).[9][10]