User talk:Prof.rais alvi

Bhitauli

Bhitauli is a very old village situated about 20km from Lucknow & less then 10 km from Barabanki in district Barabanki. Jugaur railway station on Lucknow Barrabunki line is just 2km from Bhitouli.This village was founded by Syed Salar-Daud(R-A) popularly knowned as Dada Mian In early 11th(AD). Syed Daud alias (Dada Mian) was a famous religious scholar. he was a close relative to Syed Salar Masood (RA) and a commander of the army of Mahmood Ghaznavi.As Syed Daud was a decendent of Hazrat Ali through his son Muhammad bin Hanafia.Thus a branch of Alvi family was settled in Bhitauli one thousand (1000) year before. The Tombs (mazaars) of Dada mian and his grand-daughter alias BiBi-Bitiyan still exist in the old grave-yard of the village.It is said that men were not allowed to enter in the boundary of the mazaar of Bibi Bitiyan.

The Alvi family has produced some important scholars and poets from this small old village. Hafiz Abdullah,Mullavi Asad Ullah(A scholar & a teacher at Nadwatul-ulmah),Maulana Muhammad Younus,(a desciple of Shaikhul Hind Maulana Mahmoodul Hasan and editor of weekly Payyaam-e-Insaniyat and monthly Irfan) are a few examples. He was married to Kuthsiyah-Bibi a daughter of the great scholar and famous Sufi Syed Shah Waris Hasan.This village has a beautiful location surrounded by gardens,ponds and green fields, adjacent to a large canal.