Kintoor
Village in Uttar Pradesh, India
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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.[1][2]
Kintoor | |
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Village | |
  Kintoor Location in Uttar Pradesh, India | |
| Coordinates: 27.019°N 81.486°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Barabanki |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| • Additional official | Urdu |
| • Regional | Awadhi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 225207 |
| Vehicle registration | UP-41 |
Battle of Kintoor
| Battle of Kintoor | |||||||
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| Part of the Indian Mutiny | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Akali-Nihangs | Rebel Sepoys | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Akali Prahlad Singh |
Collector Darakhaje Collector Abid Khan Major-General Abson Khan Mohamed Ameer Khan | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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1st Bengal Fusiliers, 150 rank and file; 2nd Company 3rd battalion Artillery, two 9-pounder guns; Hodson's Horse, 56 sabres; Oude Military Police Cavalry, 200 sabres; Kappurthullah Contingent:- Artillery, five 8-pounder, three 6-pounder guns; Cavalary, 124 sabres; Infantry, 650 rank and file |
3,000 infantry 200–300 cavalry 4 guns | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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4 wounded 1 horse killed, 7 wounded | 450 killed | ||||||
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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.[1][3][4]
British Raj
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]
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.[8] 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).[9][10]
- 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.[11][12][13][14]
- 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.[11]
- Syed Iʿjāz Ḥusayn Musavi Kintoori (1825-1870),
- son of Mufti Syed Muhammad Quli Kintoori[11]
- 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.[11][12][8][15][16][17]
- 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.[18][19][20]
- Qazi Mahmud Kintoori author of Mirat i Madari.[21]
Urdu/Persian (20th century)
Others
- Seyyed Ahmad Musavi Hindi: Paternal grandfather of Ruholla Khomeini. He was born in Kintoor.[8][22][23][24]
- 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.
