Dewait

Dewait
village
Country  India
State Uttar Pradesh
District Azamgarh
Languages
 • Official Hindi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 276204
Nearest city Varanasi
Lok Sabha constituency Azamgarh
Vidhan Sabha constituency Mehnagar
Climate Northern Indian plain (Köppen)

Dewait is a big village in Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh, India, situated near the Mehnagar Market.

It lies 15 km south of Azamgarh city. It is well connected and accessible through Azamgarh city, Varanasi, Jaunpur and Allahabad. It is a well developed village and have high literacy rate. The village has a post office with pin code as 276204 and dispensary run by state government. Tehsil is Mehnagar.

History

Dewait is the Place of Sa'adaat. The name was derived from Shah Deyat a Persian word means Blood Money. The town Dewait was donated by the King Haribans of Mehnagar to "Meer Sarfatah Husain" (Meera Baba—a well known name among neighboring villages), against the blood shedding of Sa'adaat. Martyr Sa'adaats are believed to have been migrated from the area of Babun Nahar Persian city of Iran. In these years many of Shiites of central Asia took refuge in India.

Few centuries ago, a Noble Family of Ahl-e-Sa'adaat, migrated from the Holy City of Babun Nahar Persian city of Iran to India. Some of them permanently settled near Azamgarh city, a UP district, and named the area as Babun Nahar in the memory of their native village name. But now it is called Sapnahar (a modified name from Babun Nahar then babnahar and now Sapnahar) and is a km away from present Dewait. Only the graveyard of Meer Sarfatah Husain (Meera Baba) is there, which now became a worship place for non Muslims. Muslims go there only on Shab-e-Barat, an Islamic religion occasion, for offering prayers.

Population, religion and demography

Dewait has an estimated total population of approximately 10,000 to 15,000 people including those of the adjoining areas. Residents of Dewait are referred as Azmi because of Azamgarh District.

Approximately 300 to 500 people of the Muslims are Twelver Shiites from the Rizvi Clan.

People outside Dewait and their religious activities

Mumbai is believed to have the largest people of Dewait population outside Dewait. The majority of people live in clusters in Govandi and other areas of Mumbai like Andheri, Mira Road, Mumbra, Bandra, Kurla and Navi Mumbai. Most of the people were settled in Dongri an area in South Mumbai and Kalyan. Few of them are very famous in Bombay like Master Syed Iftekhar Husain and Syed Zulfequar Ali because of their active participation in all the religious programs and social activities.

Second biggest group from Dewait are in Gulf region - Saudi Arabia, UAE, etc. Syed Hasnain Haider who has done lot of for youths of Dewait, after his continue and consistent effort now many youths of Dewait are settled and established in UAE.

Third come Delhi and NCR where some people with roots from Dewait lives like Nehal Azmi, Nadeem Husain G/O Late S Afzal Husain/Maulvi Ali Ansar Sahab.

Notable people

Dewait is famous for its knowledge and contribution to Urdu literature. It has given several renowned of poets and compilers like Syed Afzal Husain, Syed Zainul Abedeen, Syed Ali Jafar (Alam), Syed Ghulam Sarwar, Syed Ali Mohd and Syed Tauqeer, etc.

References

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