Sadaat-e-Bara

Sadaat-e-Bara or Sadaat Bahera

Mohsin-ul-Mulk, a member of the Sadaat-e-Bara
Regions with significant populations
• India • Pakistan
Languages
• Urdu • Hindi • Awadhi
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
• Sayyid • Urdu-speaking people • Arab • Sayyid of Uttar Pradesh• Sadaat Amroha• Gardezi Sadaat • Sadaat-e-Sirsi * Sadaat-e-Bilgram • Sadaat-e-Saithal • Hyderabadi Saadatiyon (Asaf Jahi, Salarjung, Paigah intermixing * )

Sadat e-Bara sometimes pronounced Sadaat-e-Bahara, are a tribe of Indian Muslim Sayyids, originally Elite or Noble Sayyid families situated in the present-day Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh in India. ^[1] This community had considerable influence during the early 18th century Mughal Empire. Its members were also found in Hyderabad, Karnal District and Haryana, Gujarat & Karnataka, Maharashtra state in India. Some of the members of this community have migrated to Pakistan after independence and have settled in Karachi, Khairpur State in Sind and Lahore.^{[ citation needed ]}

History

The ancestor of the Sadaat-e-Bara, Sayyid Abu Farah al-Husayni al-Wasiti, left his original home in Wasit, Iraq, with his twelve sons at the end of the 10th or beginning of the 11th century CE and migrated to India, where he acquired four estates in the Punjab. Over time, Abu Farah's descendants assumed the leadership of the town of Bara in Muzaffarnagar. ^[2]

Role in the Mughal empire

The Decapitation of Khan Jahan Lodi (3 February 1631), with Syed Mian Barha on the right and Khan-i Jahan Muzaffar Khan Barha on the left

The Sayyid Brothers were de-facto rulers of the Mughal Empire in the 1710s

The Barha Sayyid tribe was famous throughout the country for its obstinate valour and love of fight, as well as religious fervour. ^{[4] [ page needed ]} The tribe traditionally composed the vanguard of the imperial army, which they alone held the hereditary right to lead in every battle. ^{[5] [ full citation needed ]}

Aurangzeb's warning to his sons to be cautious in dealing with the Sayyids of Barha, "...because a strong partner in government soon wants to seize the kingship for himself", would eventually become true. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

Six years after the death of Aurangzeb, the Barhas became kingmakers in the Mughal empire under Qutub-ul-Mulk and Ihtisham-ul-Mulk, creating and deposing Mughal emperors at will. ^[9]

After the Mughal empire

The Barha Sayyids regained many of their estates from the Marathas and regained their status in the parganah by the time of British arrival. ^[10]

See also

• Sadaat
• Sadaat-e-Bilgram
• Barha dynasty

References

1. Markovits, Claude (2002). A History of Modern India, 1480-1950. Anthem Press. p. 175. ISBN   9781843310044.
2. Bosworth, Clifford Edmund (1980). The Encyclopaedia of Islam: Supplement: Parts 1-2. Brill. p. 126. ISBN   9004061673.
3. Journal of Indian HistoryVolume 39. Department of Modern Indian History. 1960. p. 21.
4. Mohammad Yasin · (1958). A Social History of Islamic India, 1605-1748.
5. Rajasthan Institute of Historical Research (1975). Journal of the Rajasthan Institute of Historical Research: Volume 12. Rajasthan Institute of Historical Research.
6. Muhammad Umar (1998). Muslim Society in Northern India During the Eighteenth Century. Available with the author. p. 22. ISBN   9788121508308.
7. Jadunath Sarkar (1963). Anecdotes of Aurangzeb. p. 48.
8. Sheikh Muhammad (1998). History of Muslim Civilization in India and PakistanA Political and Cultural History. Institute of Islamic Culture. p. 331. ISBN   9789694690018.
9. Sen, Sailendra (2013). A Textbook of Medieval Indian History. Primus Books. p. 193. ISBN   978-9-38060-734-4.
10. Madan Prasad Bezbaruah, Dr. Krishna Gopal (2003). Fairs and Festivals of India-Volume 3. Indiana University. p. 470. ISBN   9788121208109.