Sirsi, Uttar Pradesh

Sirsi Sirsi Sadat
city
Sirsi Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 28°38′N 78°38′E / 28.64°N 78.64°E / 28.64; 78.64Coordinates: 28°38′N 78°38′E / 28.64°N 78.64°E / 28.64; 78.64
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Sambhal
Elevation	210 m (690 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	64,345
Languages
• Official	Hindi/Urdu
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)

Sirsi is a town and a nagar panchayat in Sambhal district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.It was established by Syed Jamal-ud-deen Zaidi who is also known as Shah Maqdoom sahab in near around 1192 AD.Shah Jamal-ud-deen was a spiritual person i.e. a soofi. He came to India via Afghanistan when Muhammad Ghauri attacked India. His grave is situated just beside the Imam bargah Kala Gharbi, the main centre of azadari in Sirsi.It is mainly populated by Shia Muslims. There are seven (7)inter colleges,two degree college and many primary schools.

Another major Sayyid family of Sirsi recognizes Syed Ali Arab Naqvi as their patriarch. According to the family legend, Syed Ali Arab Naqvi migrated to Sirsi from Naishapur, Khorasan Province, Iran in 632 AH (1236 AD). His son, Syed Zaid Kalan Naqvi was married to Dada Shah Maqdoom Sahab's daughter. According to the nineteenth century book "Zain ul Mutaqeen", a Royal decree of the Mogul Emperor Aurangzeb dated 1680 CE, preserved in The Asifia Archives of The Nizam of Hyderabad, describes the name of a descendant of Syed Ali Arab Naqvi as "Nawab Syed Alam Ali". The Estate (Jageer) granted by way of this Royal decree was seated in Sirsi, and included the surrounding villages of Qasimpur, Katoni, Alipur, Baripur and Nasirpur. Most of these land grants were eventually confiscated by the British after the Indian Mutiny of 1857 CE.

Y-DNA testing has been conducted on members of this Naqvi family. The absence of 12/12 Y DNA haplotype matches in the non-Muslim population of India lends support to the family legend that this Naqvi family immigrated to India in recent times. Deep clade testing confirms that this family belongs to Y haplogroup J2, the most common haplogroup among Sadat of Iran. This 12 marker haplotype has also been found in a significant percentage of the general Iraqi population and some Ashkenazi Jewish populations.

Geography

Sirsi is located at 28°38′N 78°38′E / 28.64°N 78.64°E / 28.64; 78.64.^[1] It has an average elevation of 210 metres (688 feet).

Demographics

As of 2011 India census,^[2] Sirsi had a population of 64,345. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Sirsi has an good literacy rate of 70%, which is more than the national average: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 64%. In Sirsi, 19% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Personalities

Sirsi has large numbers of Ulema(zakir.e.ahlebait), Shohra,Educationists, Engineers and Doctors such as Late "ALLAM SYED SIBTAIN JAFRI SAHAB" , Maulana Syed Shakir Husain Naqvi, who greatly contributed to the education in Sirsi, His two Sons, Late Maulana Syed Sabir Husain Naqvi.A renowned zakir.e.ahlebait migrated to Pakistan and third son Son late prof.Dr. Syed Zakir Husain Naqvi, Head of the department, Urdu Arabic and Persian, Punjabi University Patiala, Maulana, a poet, a great scholar, worked on Masnavi Roomi,His book "Insani Shakhsiyat ka Tasavur,Quraan.e.Majeed Ki roshni Mein" was widely acclaimed. Sirsi has produced great poets such as Raza Sirsivi, Nayyar Sirsivi etc.Syed Qamar Abbas Zaidi (belongimg to mota clan), a great teacher also lives in Sirsi.^[3] Mr. Naseem Jafri (genius and truly humble human being), Mr. Syed Naqvi, a senior advocate practicing before the Supreme Court of India and a well known water law lawyer recognised by the World Bank. Mohammad Waseem Mehdi Zaidi who is founder and chairman of stradainfra Structure pvt.limtd http://stradainfra.com, Mohd Asghar Zaidi (Assistant Professor in the department of Mechanical Engineering)Aijaz Zaidi, Vakalat Husain Rizvi (M.Tech), Hasan Ali Zaidi(M.Pharma), Dr. Syed Tasvir Haider Rizvi, Molana Syed Mohd Nadeem Abaas Rizvi.

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