Banoori
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Banuri (also spelled Banoori or Binori) is the family name of Sayyids from the family of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, being his direct descendants and deriving lineage through Sheikh Sayyid Adam Banuri from the Pakhtun region of Afghanistan (today's Pakistan) including the regions of Kohat, Peshawar,Landi kotal, Swat and Malakand His lineage traces back to Imam Musa ibn Ja'far al-Kadhim from the family of Muhammad.[1][2][3][4]
People with family name Banuri are the direct descendants of Muhammad through Sufi Sheikh of the Naqshbandiyya order, Sheikh Sayyid Adam Banuri. The name Banuri originated from the Sheikh who travelled from Afghanistan and spent some time in the Indian town of Banur near Sirhind, where he was ordained to attain his spiritual status in Sufism. Banur is a small town about 25 km from Chandigarh, the capital of Indian Punjab, on the Chandigarh-Patiala National Highway, NH 64. Banuris are not a clan of several families but represent only one aristocratic and noble family which has a direct link with Muhammad. The lineage of Sayyid Adam Banuri can therefore be directly traced to Muhammad and onward to Ibrahim - another great prophet.
Banuris due to their lineage and aristocratic background suffered great setbacks during the Mughal period and later under the colonial rule.[1][2][3][4]
Sayyid Adam Banuri
Sheikh Sayyid Adam Banuri lived in Afghanistan. The ancestors of Sayyid Adam Banuri were from Roh region in Iraq.[1][2][3][4]
Books
In1625–26, Syed Adam Banuri wrote a book on the teachings of the Mujaddid and the Naqshbandiyya entitled Kalimatul Ma'arif. Two of his other works; the Khulasatul Ma'arif and the Nikatul Asrar, were among other works on Sufi teachings and on the importance of the Naqshbandiyya order. Sayyid Adam Banuri was also the first to spread the Mujaddid's teachings in Hijaz.[1][2][3][4]