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SAYAD , a descendant of See also:

Ali, the son-in-See also:law of See also:Mahomet, by Fatima, Mahomet's daughter. Many of the See also:Pathan tribes in the See also:North-See also:West Frontier See also:Province of See also:India, such as the See also:Bangash of See also:Kohat and the Mishwanis of the See also:Hazara border, claim Sayad origin. The apostles who completed the See also:conversion of the Pathans to See also:Islam were called Sayads if they came from the west, and Sheikhs if they came from the See also:east; hence doubtless many false claims to Sayad origin. In See also:Afghanistan the Sayads have much of the See also:commerce in their hands, as their See also:holy See also:character allows them to pass unharmed where other Pathans would be murdered. The Sayads gave a See also:short-lived See also:dynasty to India, which reigned at See also:Delhi during the first See also:half of the 15th See also:century. Their name again figures in See also:Indian See also:history at the break up of the See also:Mogul See also:empire, when two Sayad See also:brothers created and dethroned emperors at their will (1714-1720). In 19o1 the See also:total number of Sayads in all India was returned at 1,339,734. They include many well-known and influential families. The first See also:Mahommedan appointed to the See also:Council of India and the first appointed to the Privy Council were both Sayads.

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