Name Hamid Musavi | Died 1880 | |
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Similar People Ali Naqi Naqvi, Syed Aqeel‑ul‑Gharavi, Reza Hosseini Nassab, Abbas Almohri | ||
Ayatollah Sayyid Hamid Hussain Musavi Kintoori Lakhnavi (1830 - 1880) (Hindi: अयातोल्लाह सय्यिद मीर हामिद हुसैन मुसावी किन्तूरी लखनवी, Urdu: آيتالله سیید میر حامد حسین موسوی کنتوری لکھنوی), was a leading Shia scholar of his time in India. He was son of Mufti Syed Muhammad Quli Kinturi and author of book Abaqat ul Anwar fi Imamat al Ai'imma al-Athar.
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Works
He wrote Asfār al-anwār ʿan waqāʾiʿ afḍal al-asfār and Zayn al-wasāʾil and al-Dharāʾiʿ. `Abaqat al'anwar fi imamat al 'A'immat al'athar is popular among Twelver Shi'a scholars worldwide, and quoted even today.
Lineage
His family is renowned and respected in Lucknow.His own father, Muhammad Quli Musavi, was a well-known scholar, and so was his cousin, Seyyed Ahmad Musavi Hindi, who also happens to be the paternal grandfather of Ruhollah Khomeini. 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.