Sadaat-e-Bara

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Sadaat-e-Bara are a prominent community of Sayyid Muslims historically known for their influential role in North Indian politics, military service, and regional governance.

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Sadaat-e-Bara canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Muslim community
Sayyid group
social group
associatedWith North Indian Muslim aristocracy
zamindari estates
casteCategory Muslim upper-caste
country India
culturalSphere Indo-Islamic culture
ethnoReligiousIdentity Sayyids
surface form: Sayyid
heritage Perso-Arabic Islamic heritage
historicalPeriodOfProminence Mughal period
late medieval North India
historicalRegion Mughal period
surface form: Mughal India

North-Western Provinces
historicalRole Mughal-era nobility
administrators
local rulers
military commanders
knownFor landed aristocracy
military service
political influence in North India
regional governance
language Awadhi
Hindi
Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
locatedIn northern India
surface form: North India
marriagePattern endogamy within Sayyid and ashraf circles
politicalAlignment aligned with various North Indian ruling powers
politicalFunction intermediaries between rulers and rural population
regionOfInfluence Upper Ganges-Yamuna Doab
surface form: Doab region of North India

United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
present-day Uttar Pradesh
religion Islam
religiousAncestryClaim descendants of Ali ibn Abi Talib
descendants of Fatimah bint Muhammad
descendants of Prophet Muhammad
religiousBranch Sunni Islam
religiousTradition Sunni scholarly and martial traditions
selfIdentification Sayyid nobility
socialClassification Sayyids
surface form: Sayyid
socialStatus Ashraf
surface form: ashraf

nobility
traditionalOccupation administration
landholding
soldiery
typeOfLineageGroup patrilineal

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Sayyids hasSubgroup Sadaat-e-Bara