The Sadaat Amroha (
Urdu: سادات امروہہ) or Amrohi Sayyid or Sayyid of Amroha (
Urdu: امروہی سید) are a community of
Sayyids, historically settled in the town of
Amroha, in the Indian state of
Uttar Pradesh. Many members of the community migrated to Pakistan after independence and settled in
Karachi,
Sindh, Bewal - Rawalpindi - through Syed Dewan Shah Abdul Baqi Guzri Bewali bin Syed Abdul Wahid Guzri (Amroha) some descendants of whom settled in
Azad Kashmir, from which some now also reside in the
United Kingdom.
Lineage
There are differing opinions about the number of sons of Imam Ali al-Naqi. The statement of 7 sons has been made by Ayatullah Syed Basheer Hussain, compiler of the book Shajrate Saddate Amroha, who lists:
These seven names have also been referenced in the book Anwar-e-Alsadat. In addition, there are at least two people whose hand-written pedigree from the beginning (Imam Naqi) to the end have been accepted. These pedigrees confirm the sons of Imam Ali Naqi Al Hadi as seven in number.[1]
Besides Al-Hasan Al-'Askarī, three of the sons, Husayn, Muhammad and Ja'far, and one daughter named 'Ayliyā' from different wives have been mentioned by various scholars, including
Shaikh Mufeed.[2][3][4][5]
Many of the Naqvis of South Asia were first settled after the Umayyad Arab conquest of Sindh and Punjab. Mansura(Sindh) and Multan(Punjab) were the two major Arab principalities in South Asia.
Naqvis of Amroha/Naugawan Sadat
The Sadaat Amroha (
Urdu: سادات امروہہ) or Amrohi Sayyid or Sayyid of Amroha (
Urdu: امروہی سید) are a community of
Sayyids, historically settled in the town of
Amroha and Naugawan Sadat , in the Indian state of
Uttar Pradesh.
Naqvis of Amroha and Naugawan Sadat are a lineage of Syed Hussain Sharfuddin Shah Wilayat Naqvi (
Arabic: سید حسین شرف الدين شاه ولايت) was a prominent 13th-century Shia.[6] He is the ninth descendant of Imam
Ali al-Naqi al-Hadi.
Local legend says that the animals who live in his mazar (shrine), especially
scorpions, never harm humans.[7]
Many members of the community migrated to Pakistan after independence and settled in
Karachi,
Sindh, Bewal - Rawalpindi - through Syed Dewan Shah Abdul Baqi Guzri Bewali bin Syed Abdul Wahid Guzri (Amroha) some descendants of whom settled in
Azad Kashmir, from which some now also reside in the
United Kingdom.
Naqvi people in Abdullapur, Meemrut are descendants of
Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari through Sadarudin Shah Kabir.[8][9][10] They were
jagirdars before implementation of Zamidari Abolition Act, 1950. The Pakistani writer, linguist and critic Syed Qudrat Naqvi was born in Abdullapur. He migrated to Pakistan after the
partition of India.[11][12][13][14]
^Page-81 of book "Riaz-ul-Ansab" written by Syed Maqsood Naqvi (Husband of Niece of H.E.
Ali Naqi Naqvi), in Urdu Language, published by Izhar Sons Printer,
Lahore, Pakistan, in 1979 and 1991
^Najfi, Maulana Syed Safdar Hussain (2014). Ahsanul Maqal (Translation of Arabic Book Muntahal Aamaal fi tarikh al-Nabi wal Aal compiled by
Sheikh Abbas Qumi) (in Urdu). Lahore, Pakistan: Misbahulquran Trust. pp. 261–262.
^Ahmed Ali, Syed (1991). Hazrat Imam Ali Naqi Translation of Book compiled by Association of Writers of Idra Dar-e-Raha Haq, Qum Iran (in Urdu). Karachi, Pakistan: Dar'us Saqafa ul-Islamia. p. 5 & 6.