Kintoor | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 27°01′08″N 81°29′10″E / 27.019°N 81.486°E | |
Country | India |
State | Uttar Pradesh |
District | Barabanki |
Languages | |
• Official | Hindi, Urdu |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 225207 |
Vehicle registration | UP-41 |
Kintoor or Kintur is a village in Barabanki district famous for battle of Kintoor of 1858 during the Indian Mutiny.[1][2]
Battle of Kintoor | |||||||
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Part of the Indian Mutiny | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Akali-Nihangs | Rebel Sepoys | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Major A.Hume Commanding 1st European Bengal Fusiliers Raja of Kapurthala Commanding Kapurthala Contingent Akali Prahlad Singh |
Collector Darakhaje Collector Abid Khan Major-General Abson Khan Mohamed Ameer Khan | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
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 | |||||||
4 wounded 1 horse killed, 7 wounded | 450 killed |
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]
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]
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]
Main article: 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 descendantswith 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.