Amrohi Syed

Amrohi Syed or Sadat-e-Amroha
Sayyid/Syed
Regions with significant populations
Languages
Religion
Islam (predominantly Shia Islam)
Related ethnic groups

The Sadaat Amroha (Urdu: سادات امروہہ) or Amrohi Sayyid or Sayyid of Amroha (Urdu: امروہی سید) are a community of Sayyids, historically settled in the town of Amroha, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Many members of the community migrated to Pakistan after independence and settled in Karachi, Sindh, Bewal - Rawalpindi - through Syed Dewan Shah Abdul Baqi Guzri Bewali bin Syed Abdul Wahid Guzri (Amroha) some descendants of whom settled in Azad Kashmir, from which some now also reside in the United Kingdom.[1]

  1. ^ Sadat, Leila Nadya, Forging a Convention for Crimes against Humanityd, Cambridge University Press, pp. xix–xxviii, ISBN 9780511921124