Saadat-e-Bara
| Regions with significant populations |
|---|
•  India •  Pakistan |
| Languages |
| Religion |
|
• |
| Related ethnic groups |
|
• Sayyid • Arab • Sayyid of Uttar Pradesh• Sadaat Amroha• Gardezi Sadaat • Sadaat-e-Bilgram • |
Sadat-e-Bara (Urdu: ہسادات بار), sometimes pronounced Sadaat-e-Barha, are a community of Sayyids who inhabit a group of twelve villages situated in the Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh in India. This community had considerable influence during the latter days of the Mughal Empire. They were also found in Karnal District and Haryana in India. Many members of this community have migrated to Pakistan after independence have settled in Karachi,Khairpur State in Sind and Lahore[1]
Contents |
[edit] History and origin
The origin of the Saadat-e-Bara or Bahira is traced to the Syed Abu Farah Wasiti, son of Syed Daud, who came to Ghazni in Afghanistan, from Wasit, at the invitation of Mahmud Ghaznavi. He had four sons who settled in four villages Kundli Tihanpur,Jajner and Chhat-Banur, near the city of Patiala. These four sons founded a number of clans, the main ones being Chhatrodi, Kondliwal, Thhenpuri and Jajnori, from the villages assigned to them. Some of their descendents settled in Delhi, but some returned to their villages. The Sayyids who remained in Delhi came to be called shahrwala, and those who lived outside were called bahirwala or bahira, which was corrupted to Bara, which was further corrupted when some of them moved to the south to the city of Gulbarga and came to be known as Barey.[2]
When the Sayyids came to India from Central Asia they preferred to settle in & around Jansath, these people were called the Saiyids of Barha or (Sadaat-E-Barah)]. The area has one of the largest conentrations of Sayyids in India.
[edit] Villages
The villages are:
- Kakrouli
- Miranpur
- Behari near bhataura
- Jutwara
- Mujhera
- Chitora
- Kawaal
- Sambhalhera
- Kithora
- Hashimpur founded by Sayyed Hashim Barha a Military General in Mughal Army
- Behera Sadat
- Sandhawli
- Jouli
- Khujera
- Sikrehra situated on Miranpur-Bijnor road
- Tandhera
- Belra
- Khedi
- Khedhi pachenda
- Sarai Rasulpur
- Kamheda, near Jouli
- Jansath
- Walipura founded by Sayyed Wali Mohammad after his name
- Saif Pur Nangla
- Nangla
- Tisang
- Rasul Pur,Baruki
[edit] The community
These villages are mainly inhabited by Zaidi Syeds descendants of Zaid Ash-Shaheed or Zayd Shaheed through Sayyid Abul farah Wasti, some of them are believed to be the descendents of the Saiyid Brothers, the king makers of the latter Mughal era. According to Saiyid Athar Abbas Rizvi,[3] they are considered among the most authentic Sayyids, along with the saadats or sayyids of Jais and Nasirabad, of Raebareli district.[citation needed] One of the verifiable reasons is that they have a longstanding tradition of maintaining their Shajra-e-Nasab (Syed family tree,) which was an easily verifiable document copied by hand until this day. Main occupation of the people is farming and the land in the area is quite fertile. Main crops are wheat,rice and sugarcane. There are lots of mango orchards around. Sandhawli is an important village in the area which has contributed to the intelligentsia.Miranpur was founded by Nawab Sayyed Miran another important qasba in Tehsil Jansath.
Zaidis currently have some specific population centres in Karachi, these includes the jaffar-e-Tayyar society, Ancholi, Rizvia Society and Abbas Town. Syed Zaidis from Barsat Sadaat, India living in disrict of Chiniot. Zaidi Sadats, descendents of Nawab Sayyed Miran from Miranpur India settled in Khairpur state Pakistan, the prominent being Nawab Syed Asghar Abbas Zaidi. Some of the sadats later moved to Karachi.
