Hamid Hussain

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Ayatollah Sayyid Mir Hamid Hussain Musavi Kintoori Lakhnavi (مولانا سيد مير حامد حسين لكهنوى) was a leading Shia scholar of his time in India. His book `Abaqat al'anwar fi imamat al 'A'immat al'athar is popular among Twelver Shi'a scholars worldwide, and quoted even today.

Syed Mir Hamid Hussain was the son of Syed Mohammad Quli and the grandson of Syed Mohammad Hussain. His ancestral town is Kantoor, Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh and he traces his lineage to the Prophet of Islam via Imam Musa al-Kazim, hence the name "Musavi".

His family is renowned and respected in Lucknow, where his son late Maulana Syed Nasir Hussain aka Nasir-ul-Millat and grandson late Maulana Syed Mohammad Saeed aka Saeed-ul-Millat enjoyed much respect in their lifetimes. His great-grandson, the son of Maulana Syed Mohammad Saeed, is Maulana Syed Ali Nasir Saeed Abaqati who is better known as Agha Roohi.