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Wituland (also Witu , Vitu , Witu Protectorate or Swahililand ) was a territory of approximately 3,000 square kilometres (1,200 sq mi) in East Africa centered on the town of Witu , just inland from the Indian Ocean port of Lamu , north of the mouth of the Tana River in what is now Kenya .

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66-619: Sayyid Barghash bin Said al-Busaidi (1836 – 26 March 1888) ( Arabic : برغش بن سعيد البوسعيدي ), an Afro-Omani Sultan and the son of Said bin Sultan , was the second Sultan of Zanzibar . He ruled Zanzibar from 7 October 1870 to 26 March 1888. Barghash was born around 1836–1838 to Omani sultan, Said bin Sultan and an Ethiopian concubine. He was described as having sharp and charming character. He succeeded his elder half-brother Majid in 1871, having openly and adamantly contested his rule, and at one point

132-593: A German fleet forced him to accept the German intrusion. The British-German agreement of 29 October 1886 acknowledged the Sultan's rule over a 10-mile-strip along the coast from Portuguese Mozambique up to the Tana River and some towns on the Somali coast. This agreement, however, was only short-lived as it cut the German areas of influence off the sea. Bargash did not live to see the 1888 agreement come into force which signed off

198-599: A Hanafi Qazi from Madrassa Al Nizamiyya , originally from Halab (Aleppo) who travelled to India with Muhammad of Ghor after the Second Battle of Tarain . He was an eleventh generational descendant of Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin through his son Abd Allah Al Bahr Al Ilm . Sharafuddin Maneri belongs to Banu Hashim family of Imam Taj Faqih. In Bihar, Sayyids were landlords, judges, barristers, intellectuals, civil servant, clerics, teachers, businessmen and farmers. Sufi Saint and

264-572: A branch of Naqvi Bukhari. Famous Pir Syed Mehboob Alam Naqvi-ul Bukhari Al-Maroof Shah Jewna son of great warrior Syed Sadaruddin Shah Kabeer Naqvi (saint and also chief advisor) of Sikandar Lodi was also born in Kannauj and spent 66yrs of his life in kannauj later moved to Shah Jeewna . Makhdoom Jahaniya Mosque is still present in Shikana, Kannauj. Nawab Siddiq Hasan Khan was also from Kannauj, he

330-621: A constant watch over the house of the Imam...he sent some of these midwives to examine the slave girls of the Imam to determine if they were pregnant. If a woman was found pregnant she was detained and imprisoned.... Men belonging to the Sayyid families or tribes in the Arab world used to wear white or ivory coloured daggers like jambiyas , khanjars or shibriyas to demarcate their nobility amongst other Arab men, although this custom has been restricted due to

396-682: A curse pronounced in the Holy City of the Prophet . But his sister did not pardon him before he had set free the innocent Chalîfe." Sayyid Barghash had a treaty with the British to help stop the Zanzibar slave trade , but he was not always scrupulous in his commitment. In the late-1860s, he was suspected of taking money from the slave traders to allow them to continue the practice, and he maintained this double deal for some years; HMS Daphne liberated 2000 slaves in

462-540: A large Jagirdara consisting of 52 villages.Abdullapur named after Syed Mir Abdulla Naqvi Al Bukhari, he built Kot Fort of this place in the 16th century, it was his main residence. Bukhari of Abdullapur are fractionate into Kannauji Bukhari and Jalal Bukhari. Kannauji's are descendants of Jalaludin Haider through Syed Mehboob Alam Naqvi-ul Bukhari Al-Maroof Shah Jewna or Shah Jewna son of warrior and chief advisor of Sikandar Lodi . Famous writer Syed Qudrat Naqvi Al Bukhari

528-414: A mixed British & Zanzibari punitive expedition was sent out. The troops landed and descended on Witu on October 26, 1890. After a series of shoot-outs, Sultan Fumo Bakari ibn Ahmad fled from the town, with roughly 3,000 of his remaining gunmen. He was deposed by the British and died soon afterwards. After a short reign by Bwana Shaykh ibn Ahmad , the rulership (now reduced to a shaykhdom and made

594-599: A nation, took this title to portray themselves as respected and honored, though they are not actually the descendants of Muhammad . This gives reasons to think that this title is founded later on. Morimoto refers to Mominov, who describes that the emergence of a community leader during the Mongol era ( Ilkhanate ) gave rise to the prominence of the title Sayyid. This leader is most probably the Sunni Shafiite scholar Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani , who lived in this time, being known as

660-484: A non-Sayyid father and a Sayyida mother claims the title of Mirza . Although reliable statistics are unavailable, conservative estimates put the number of Sayyids in the tens of millions. Traditionally, Islam has had a rich history of the veneration of relics , especially of those attributed to Muhammad . The most genuine prophetic relics are believed to be those housed in the Hirkai Serif Odasi (Chamber of

726-569: A number of postage stamps although their postal usage has not been verified. In accord with the 1890 Heligoland–Zanzibar Treaty , on 18 June 1890 a British protectorate was declared, and on 1 July 1890 imperial Germany renounced its protectorate, ceding the Wituland to Great Britain to become part of British East Africa . There were widespread protests from the inhabitants of the territory, who wished to remain under Germany's protection. Shortly afterwards several German merchants were murdered, and

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792-671: A privileged elite. When the Mughal Empire disintegrated, the Sayyid played an important role in the turbulent politics of the time. The new British colonial authorities that replaced the Mughals after the Battle of Buxar made a pragmatic decision to work with the various Sayyid jagirdars . Several Sayyid taluqdars in Awadh were substantial landowners under the British colonial regime, and many other Sayyid contributed to state administration. After

858-622: A saint credited with the honorific titles "Amir-e-Kabir"( English : Grand Prince ) and "Ali-e-Saani" ( English : Second Ali ). Hamadani's religious legacy in Kashmir as well as his headquarter ( Persian : Khanqah ) the Khanqa-e-Mola became under the control of the Grand Sayyid Hazrat Ishaan . Hazrat Ishaan's descendants are buried in Hamadani's headquarter, on which occasion it

924-596: A specific descent, but as a meritocratic sign of respect. Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic defines seyyid as a translation for master, chief, sovereign, or lord. It also denotes someone respected and of high status. In the Arab world , sayyid is the equivalent of the English word " liege lord " or "master" when referring to a descendant of Muhammad, as for example in Sayyid Ali Sultan . The foundation of

990-576: A state clergy. The Safavids offered them land and money in return for loyalty. These scholars taught Twelver Shiism, made it accessible to the population, and energetically encouraged conversion to Shiism. During the reign of Shah Abbas the Great , the Safavids also imported to Iran more Arab Shias, predominantly Sayyids , built religious institutions for them, including many Madrasas (religious schools), and successfully persuaded them to participate in

1056-598: A vassal of the Zanzibar Sultanate ) was given to Fumo `Umar ibn Ahamd . Slavery was also formally abolished in Witu in March 1891, and Indian police were brought in to enforce the new agreement. A brother of Fumo Bakari , by the name of Fumo Oman , resisted the new regime and began leading increasingly violent raids on villages and farms around the nearby town of Jongeni , northeast of Witu. A brief attempt at diplomacy failed, and

1122-471: A warrior Malik Ibrahim Bayu who conquered Bihar during the time of tughlaq is one the most famous personality in bihar. Bihar's first prime minister Mohammad Yunus Nobel prize nominee and Padma shri winner Syed Hassan , Political Scientist Abu Bakr Ahmad Haleem was the Pro-Vice Chancellor of Aligarh University and Karachi University, The great Abdul Bari , Zaid Hamid Syed Zaid Zaman Hamid

1188-661: Is Sultan Saadat (Sodot) who died in Termez . His burial place is located in the main mausoleum Sultan Saodat memorial complex in Termez. According to other old genealogical sources Sayyid Ali was the second son of Sayyid Imam Muhammad al Askari who is considered the elder brother of imam Hasan al-Askari These Central Asian notable sayyid families have historical genealogical manuscripts that are confirmed with seals by many Naqibs, Muftis, Imams, Kadi Kuzzats, A’lams, Khans, and Emirs of those times. One descendant of Sayyid Ali Akbar

1254-532: Is a Bukhari Naqvi Sayyed converted from Shi'a Islam to Sunni Islam in the early 1800s. There are different families of syeds in Bihar who belong to direct descendants of Imam Hasan and Imam Hussain. Mostly there are Hussaini (Rizvi, Zaidi, Baqri) along with Hasani (Malik, Quadri or Geelani). Sadaat are settle in different part of bihar including shia and sunni sects. They are mostly migrated to bihar from Iraq and Iran. Syed Yaqub Halabi also known as Syed Yaqub Baghdadi,

1320-415: Is a Pakistani far-right, Islamist political commentator and was included in 500 most influential Muslims in world and Brigadier Malik Mokhtar Karim are few names from Malik Sadaat of Bihar. Wituland Founded in the 1810s and then becoming fully independent from nominal Pate rule in 1858 after several abortive moves to the mainland, the native sultanate of Wituland was a haven for slaves fleeing

1386-526: Is an honorific title of Hasanids and Husaynids Muslims, recognized as descendants of the Islamic prophet's companion , Ali through his grandsons, Hasan and Husayn . A few Arabic language experts state that it has its roots in the word al-asad الأسد , meaning "lion", probably because of the qualities of valor and leadership. The word is derived from the verb sāda, meaning to rule. The title seyyid/sayyid existed before Islam, however not in light of

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1452-460: Is disputed by many people. Some genealogies of Middle Eastern and Central Asian families (mostly from Persia), East Africa (mostly in Somaliland and Ethiopia), Khorasan, Samarqand, and Bukhara show that Hasan al-Askari had a second son called Sayyid Ali Akbar , which indicates that al-Askari had children and substantiates the existence of Muhammad al Mahdi . Whether in fact al-Askari did have children

1518-745: Is in the Zainageer Village of Sopore, Kashmir . Iraqi Sayyids or Iraqi biradri in Eastern Uttar Pradesh are descendants of Sayyid Masud Al Hussaini who was the direct descendant of Muhammad's grandson Hussain ibn Ali and came to India from Iraq during the reign of Sultan Muhammad bin Tughlaq in 1330 A.D. He settled with his seven sons and forty champions in Ghazipur (U.P.) as some of them (i.e., Syed Abu Bakr in Nonahra, Ghazipur) converted to Sunni Islam in

1584-583: Is known as the Ziyarat Naqshband Sahab today. However, in Sunni Islam as practiced in the Ottoman and Mughal Empire , a person descending from Muhammad (either maternally or paternally) can only claim the title of Sayyid meritocratically by passing audits , whereupon exclusive rights, like paying lesser taxes, will be granted. These are mostly based on the claimant's demonstrated knowledge of

1650-709: Is still disputed, perhaps because of the political conflicts between the followers of the Imamah and the leadership of the Abbasids and Ghulat Shiites who do not believe in Hasan al-Askari's Imamah . Another group of historians studying the pedigrees of some Central Asian saints' shejere (genealogy trees) believe that the Twelfth Imam was not the only son of Hasan al-Askari, and that the Eleventh Imam had two sons: Sayyid Muhammad (i.e.,

1716-785: The Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh. They are considered to be the first Muslim settlers in North India. In 1033 Ghazi Saiyyad Salar Masud was killed at the battle of Bahraich , the location of his mazar . Ghazi Saiyyad Salar Masud had no children. His parental uncle Syed Maroofuddin Ghazi and his family lived in Tijara until 1857 before they migrated to Bhopal. Syed Ahmed Rizvi Kashmiri and Khan Bahadur Aga Syed Hussain were both Rizvi Sayyids through Aaqa Meer Sayyid Hussain Qomi Rizvi, whose sacred shrine

1782-631: The German Government through an imperial letter of protection. Few weeks later in April 1885, the German Dehnhardt brothers concluded a contract with the Sultan of Witu (former ruler of Pate ) on the Kenya Coast near Lamu which was also put under official German protection. Bargash tried to send troops against the Witu ruler who in his view anyhow was supposed to be his subject when the appearance of

1848-685: The Quran and piousness ( Arabic : Taqwa ) under the assessment of a Naqib al-Ashraf , also known as a Mir in Persian-speaking countries. Notable examples of such a Naqib (plural: "Nuqaba") or Mirs (plural: "Miran"), were Hazrat Ishaan in the Mughal Empire and his descendant Sayyid Mir Fazlullah Agha in Royal Afghanistan . In Shia Islam , with the advent of the Safavids a male person with

1914-893: The Rassids , the Qasimids, the Mutawakkilites, the Hamideddins, some Al-Zaidi of Ma'rib , Sana'a, and Sa'dah , the Ba 'Alawi sadah families in Hadhramaut , Mufadhal of Sana'a , Al-Shammam of Sa'dah, the Sufyan of Juban, and the Al-Jaylani of Juban. In South Asia, Sayyids are mostly credited for preaching and consolidating the religion of Islam. They are predominantly descendants of leading saints of Sunni faith that migrated from Persia to preach Islam of which

1980-572: The Zanzibar slave trade and thus a target of attacks from the Sultanate of Zanzibar (ruled by a branch of the Omani dynasty, under British protectorate). Facing an increase in slaving raids from the Sultanate of Zanzibar, the Sultan of Witu formally requested German protection so that he "finally has relief from the attacks of Zanzibar warriors." The Geledi Sultanate was a powerful Somali state based in

2046-672: The 15th to 17th centuries during the Safavid era. The Safavids transformed the religious landscape of Iran by imposing Twelver Shiism on the populace. Since most of the population embraced Sunni Islam, and an educated version of Shiism was scarce in Iran at the time, Ismail imported a new group of Shia Ulama who predominantly were Sayyids from traditional Shiite centers of the Arabic-speaking lands, such as Jabal Amel (of southern Lebanon), Syria , Bahrain , and southern Iraq in order to create

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2112-642: The Al Said dynasty, are able to use the title of Sayyid or Sayyida. Male line descendants of Sultan Turki bin Said are also able to use the style of His/Her Highness . The Sayyid title in Oman is some times translated as Prince . In Yemen the Sayyids are more generally known as sadah ; they are also referred to as Hashemites . In terms of religious practice they are Sunni , Shia , and Sufi . Sayyid families in Yemen include

2178-564: The Al-Awadhi Huwala family), Al-Gharawi, Al-Sabzewari, Al-Shubber, Al-Hayali, Al-Kamaludeen, Al-Asadi and many others. Sayyids (in Persian : سید Seyyed ) are found in vast numbers in Iran . The Chief of "National Organization for Civil Registration" of Iran declared that more than 6 millions of Iranians are Sayyid . The majority of Sayyids migrated to Iran from Arab lands predominantly in

2244-559: The British and Zanzibari governments prepared a second naval expedition to sail to Witu. A small expeditionary force landed at Witu in July and a second request to negotiate was sent to Fumo Oman. It was rejected and the marines marched on the principal towns under rebel control. Thick forest and camouflaged pits with sharpened stakes surrounded the strongly fortified towns, and the rebel gunmen had prepared defensive positions that allowed for heavy fire. However, after prolonged and intense shoot-outs,

2310-624: The Holy Mantle) in Istanbul 's Topkapı Palace . In addition to the sayyid title, descendants of Muhammad through the Twelve Imams in Arabic , Persian and Urdu may obtain the following surnames : al-Hashimi الهاشمي al-Hashimi الهاشمي Hassani حسنى Hassani حسنی Noshahi نوشاہی Ba 'Alawi ال باعلوي Also, El-Husseini, Al-Husseini, Husseini, and Hussaini. Those who use

2376-526: The Indian Ocean over many years, mainly near Zanzibar. In June 1873 John Kirk was acting British Consul and received simultaneous and contradictory instructions from London, one to issue an ultimatum to the Sultan under threat of blockade that the slave trade must be unequivocally stopped and the slave market closed, and the other not to actually enforce a blockade which might be taken as an act of war pushing Zanzibar towards French protection. Kirk only showed

2442-523: The Naqshbandi order is named, and who was a descendant, in the 11th generation of the 11th Shia imam al-Hasan al-Askari. Although Shiite historians generally reject the claim that Hasan al-Askari fathered children other than Muhammad al-Mahdi, Bab Mawlid Abi Muhammad al-Hasan writes, in the Shiite hadith book Usul al-Kafi : When the caliph got news of Hasan 'Askari's illness, he instructed his agents to keep

2508-533: The Persian Sayyid Moinuddin Chishti has set the cornerstone. Thus Moinuddin Chishti is regarded as Sultan-i-Hindustan in Islamic Theology . The following saints and their descendants are most well known: The earliest migration of Sayyids from Afghanistan to North India took place in 1032 when Gazi Saiyyed Salar Sahu (general and brother-in-law of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni ) and his son Ghazi Saiyyad Salar Masud established their military headquarters at Satrikh (16 km (9.9 mi) from Zaidpur ) in

2574-416: The Shia Mahdi) and Sayyid Ali Akbar. According to the earliest reports as from official family tree documents and records , Imam Hasan al-Askari fathered seven children and was survived by six. The names of his biological children were: Imam Muhammad al-Mahdi, Musa, Ja’far, Ibrahim, Fatima, Ayesha, and ‘Ali , sometimes referred to as Akbar, Asghar or Abdullah. Sayyid ‘Ali Akbar bin Imam Hasan al-Askari

2640-575: The abolition of the zamindari system, many Sayyid zamindars (e.g. that of Ghazipur ) had to leave their homes. The ancestor of the Bārha Sayyids , Sayyid Abu'l Farah Al Hussaini Al Wasti, left his original home in Wasit , Iraq, with his twelve sons at the end of the 13th century and migrated to India, where he obtained four villages in Sirhind-Fategarh . By the 16th century Abu'l Farah's descendants had taken over Bārha villages in Muzaffarnagar . The Sayyeds of Abdullapur Meerut are descendants of great saint Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari . They had

2706-537: The age of fifteen) as secretary of Barghash's party. However, with the help of an English gunboat the insurrection of Barghash was soon brought to an end, and Barghash was sent into exile in Bombay for two years. After the death of Majid, Barghash became Sultan. Ruote wrote in 1886: It is a well-known fact in Zanzibar that Barghash, as soon as he had ascended the throne in 1870, suddenly and without any cause cast our second youngest brother Chalîfe into prison. The poor fellow had to languish there for three long years in

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2772-414: The beginning of the 8th century . The Bahrainis supported, Imam Ali in his wars in the Camel , Siffin and Nahrawan , and several Bahraini men emerged from the leaders of the Commander of the Faithful including the companion Zayd ibn Suhan al-Abdi who was killed in the Battle of the Camel when he was fighting alongside the Commander of Imam Ali . And the companion Sa'sa'a bin Sohan Al Abdi who

2838-443: The brothers' "Tana Company", and the remainder of the Wituland became the German Protectorate of Wituland ( Deutsch-Witu ) on 27 May 1885. The Reich was represented there by the German Residents : Gustav Denhardt (1856–1917; in office 8 April 1885 – 1 July 1890) and his deputy Clemens Andreas Denhardt (1852–1928). German rule was relatively mild, and the territory continued being a haven for escaped slaves. In 1889, Wituland issued

2904-712: The coastal strip of later Tanganyika to the Germans resulting in the uprising of the Sultans' subjects against the Germans and its subsequent repression. In 1896, Bargash's son Khalid proclaimed himself sultan but was deposed after rejecting a British ultimatum which led to the 40 minute Anglo-Zanzibar War . [REDACTED] Sayyid Others In terms of Ihsan : Sayyid ( UK : / s aɪ ɪ d , ˈ s eɪ j ɪ d / , US : / ˈ s ɑː j ɪ d / ; Arabic : سيد [ˈsæjjɪd] ; Persian: [sejˈjed] ; meaning 'sir', 'Lord', 'Master'; Arabic plural: سادة sādah ; feminine: سيدة sayyidah ; Persian: [sejˈjede] )

2970-431: The dungeon, in heavy iron fetters weighed with chains! And why? No one could say. It may have been feared that Chalîfe, being next in succession to the throne, might plot the same treacherous plans as Barghash himself had once tried against Madjid According to Ruete, Barghash did not release Khalifah before one of their sisters prepared to set out for a pilgrimage for Mecca , and "he did not want to bring down upon himself

3036-447: The east. They are predominantly Sunni Muslims , although there are some, including in Bamiyan Province, who belong to Shia Islam. These individuals are often referred to as Sadat (from [سادات] Error: {{Langx}}: invalid parameter: |trans= ( help ) , the plural of Sayyid ), a term traditionally used to denote the descendants of Hasan and Hussein , the first Shia martyrs and sons of Ali, who are grandsons of Muhammad, particularly in

3102-447: The family conquered and settled in Bilgram. A notable Sufi that belonged to a Sayyid family was Syed Salar Masud, from whom many of the Sayyid families of Awadh claim their lineage. Sayyids of Salon ( Raebareli ), Jarwal (Bahraich), Kintoor ( Barabanki ), and Zaidpur (Barabanki) were well-known Taluqadars (feudal lords) of Awadh province. Sadaat also found in Kannauj trace their lineage from Husayn through Ali al-Hadi ,

3168-519: The first instruction to Barghash, who capitulated within two weeks signing a further treaty with Britain prohibiting slave trade in his kingdom, and immediately closing the great slave market. Towards the end of his reign Barghash had to witness the disintegration of his inherited empire. In 1884 the German adventurer Carl Peters made African chiefs on the Tanganyika mainland sign documents which declared their areas to be under German "protection ". In February 1885 these acquisitions were ratified by

3234-538: The government, which they had shunned in the past (following the Hidden imam doctrine). Common Sayyid family surnames in Iran are Husseini , Mousavi , Kazemi , Razavi, Eshtehardian, Tabatabaei , Hashemi , Hassani , Jafari , Emami, Ahmadi, Zaidi , Imamzadeh , Sherazi, Kermani (kirmani), Shahidi , and Mahdavi . In Bahrain Sayyids are used to refer to great-grandchildren of Muhammed. Sayyids are found every where and in vast populations although number contradict. Sayyids started living in Bahrain since

3300-457: The inter-riverine region in southern Somalia that held sway over the Jubba and Shabelle rivers. Witu Sultans had strong ties with Sultan Yusuf Mahamud Ibrahim as both states were mutually antagonistic towards Zanzibar and had shared commercial interests. On the island of Siyu the Sultan of Witu Bwana Mataka had been faced with an insurrection and was deposed in the 1820s. The defiant islanders alongside some Somalis who were more loyal to

3366-407: The local laws of the variously divided Arab countries. In the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan , the Sayyid have been recognized as an ethnic group. On March 15, 2019, President Ashraf Ghani decreed the inclusion of the "Sadat tribe" in the electronically registered national identity documents (Tazkira). The majority of Sayyids live in Balkh and Kunduz in the north, as well as in Nangarhar in

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3432-434: The naval marines fought their way into each town, and destroyed the fortifications. Fumo Oman fled and Fumo 'Umari bin Hamid was reinstated. Fumo 'Umari moved the capital to Jongeni, but the growth of British power and of the regional importance of Zanzibar saw Witu's position and influence gradually decline. In 1905 oversight for Witu was moved from the Foreign Office to the Colonial Office , and following this Witu

3498-551: The northern Hejaz region and British India. The Sayyid families in Iraq are so numerous that there are books written especially to list the families and connect their trees. Some of these families are: the Alyassiri, Al Aqeeqi, Al-Nasrullah, Al-Wahab, Al-Hashimi , Al-Barznji, Al- Quraishi , Al-Marashi , Al-Witry, Al-Obaidi , Al-Samarai, Al-Zaidi , Al-A'araji, Al-Baka, Al- Hasani , Al- Hussaini , Al- Shahristani , Al-Qazwini Al- Qadri , Tabatabaei , Al- Alawi, Al-Ghawalib (Al-Ghalibi), Al-Musawi , Al-Awadi (not to be confused with

3564-404: The prior administration called for Omani occupation of the island. Yusuf would intervene and Witu would prove victorious as it would bring the Sultan to engage a newly emerging militant group in Bardera which was a key trade hub and where the Siyu Somalis drew their strength. Both states were interested in ivory trade through the Jubba river continuing to flourish as a great source of revenue for

3630-484: The region. Later following their victory at Siyu over the militant Somalis and Omani sympathisers the Witu Sultan sent aid before Yusuf engaged and ultimately lost against the Omani aligned Bimaals in 1848 at the Battle of Adaddey Suleyman . In 1885, the German brothers Clemens and Gustav Denhardt negotiated a treaty with Ahmed ibn Fumo Bakari , the first mfalme ( Swahili for sultan or king) of Witu who ceded, on 8 April 1885, 25 square miles of territory to

3696-410: The reign of Sultan Ibrahim Lodhi around 1517. His Shia descendants are now known as Sayyids of Ghazipur. Sayyids of Syed nagli, or Said Nagli, or the Baquari Syeds had migrated from Termez (Present day Uzbekistan) during the Sultanate era. Sikandar Lodi was the ruler of Delhi when Mir Syed Mohammad al Hussain al Hussaini al Termezi Haji al Haramain came to India and settled at Syed Nagli . He

3762-587: The term Sayyid for all descendants of Ali ibn Abi Talib regard Allawis or Alavis as Sayyids. However, Allawis are not descendants of Muhammad, as they are descended from the children of Ali and the women he married after the death of Fatima, such as Umm ul-Banin (Fatima bint Hizam). Those who limit the term Sayyid to descendants of Muhammad through Fatima, Alawites are the same how Sayyids . Some Sayyids are Najeeb Al Tarfayn , meaning "Noble on both sides", which indicates that both of their parents are Sayyid. The existence of any descendant of Hasan al Askari

3828-401: The title Sayyid is unclear. In fact the title Sayyid as a unified reference for descendants of Muhammad did not exist, according to Morimoto Kazuo, until the Mongol conquests . This can be substantiated by historic records about Abdul Qadir Gilani and Bahauddin Naqshband , who did not refer to themselves with any title, despite their lineages to Muhammad . Sometimes the ruling community of

3894-421: The tomb of the great companion Sa'sa'a bin Sohan Al Abdi who is buried in Bahrain . In Oman , Sayyid is used solely as a royal title and not as a means of indicating descent from Muhammad . It is used by members of the ruling Al Said family who are not descended from Muhammad but instead from the Azd , a Qahtanite tribe. All male line descendants of Sultan Ahmad bin Said , the first ruler of Oman from

3960-493: The two brothers Sayyid ul Sadaat Sayyid Mir Jan and Sayyid ul Sadaat Mir Sayyid Mahmud Agha , maternal descendants of Hasan al Askari; qadi Qozi Sayyid Bahodirxon ; and Sufi saints Tajuddin Muhammad Badruddin and Pir Baba . In her book Pain and Grace: A Study of Two Mystical Writers of Eighteenth-Century Muslim India , Dr. Annemarie Schimmel writes: Khwaja Mir Dard 's family, like many nobles, from Bukhara; led their pedigree back to Baha'uddin Naqshband, after whom

4026-576: Was Saint Ishan (Eshon) Imlo of Bukhara. Ishan Imlo is called "saint of the last time" in Bukhara, as it is believed that after him there were no more saints – Asian Muslims generally revere him as the last of the saints. According to the source, Ishan Imlo died in 1162   AH (1748–1749); his mausoleum (mazar) is in a cemetery in Bukhara. Notable descendants of Sayyid Ali Akbar are Sufi saints like Bahauddin Naqshband , descendant after eleven generations; Khwaja Khawand Mahmud known as Hazrat Ishaan, descendant after eighteen generations;

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4092-457: Was a Baquari Syed who drew his lineage from Muhammad al Baqir . Perhaps the most important figure in the history of the Sayyid in Uttar Pradesh was Sayyid Basrullah Shustari, who moved from Mashad in Iran in 1549 and joined the court of the Mughal Emperor Akbar . Akbar appointed Shustari as his chief justice, who used his position to strengthen the status of the various Sayyid families. They were preferred in administrative posts and formed

4158-509: Was arrested for treason and exiled to India and Bombay . Upon becoming sultan his reign became successful and is credited with building much of the infrastructure of Stone Town, including piped water, public baths, a police force, roads, parks, hospitals and large administrative buildings such as the (Bait el-Ajaib) House of Wonders. He was perhaps the last Sultan to maintain a measure of true independence from European control. He consulted with European "advisors" who had immense influence, but he

4224-443: Was born here later migrated to Pakistan after partition, his famous books are Ghalib kaun hai, Asaas-i-Urdu, Ghalib-i-sad rang, Seerat-un-Nabi, Hindi-Urdu lughat, Mutal'a-i-Abdul Haq, Lisani maqalaat. The Sayyids of Bilgram are Hussaini Sayyids, who first migrated from Wasit, Iraq, in the 13th century. Their ancestor, Syed Mohammad Sughra, a Zaidi Sayyid of Iraq, arrived in India during the rule of Sultan Iltutmish . In 1217–18

4290-489: Was still the central figure they wrestled to control. He crossed wits with diplomats from Britain, America, Germany, France and Portugal and was often able to play one country off against another. It was his son, Khalid bin Barghash , who while vying for the succession, was the loser in the Shortest War. In 1859 a dispute broke out between the brothers Sayyid Majid , the second Sultan of Zanzibar , and Barghash. Their sister Sayyida Salme bint Said (later Emily Ruete ) acted (at

4356-403: Was the ambassador of the Commander of the Faithful to Mu`awiyah , and he and Mu`awiyah have many stories that historians have transmitted to us. Historians have called them this title because they agreed on a Thursday that they would die for the sake of the Commander of the Faithful. The tomb of Zayd ibn Suhan is still visited in Bahrain and is called by Bahrainis as Prince Zaid, as well as

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