Jais

Jais
Town
Jais

Location in India

Coordinates: IN 26°15′N 81°32′E / 26.25°N 81.53°E / 26.25; 81.53Coordinates: IN 26°15′N 81°32′E / 26.25°N 81.53°E / 26.25; 81.53
Country  India
District Amethi
Elevation 101 m (331 ft)
Population (2001)
 • Total 24,366
Languages
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Telephone code STD CODE 5313

Jais is a city with a municipal board in Amethi district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Geography

Jais is located at 26°15′N 81°32′E / 26.25°N 81.53°E / 26.25; 81.53.[1] It has an average elevation of 101 metres (331 feet).

Demographics

As of 2011 Indian census, Jais has a population of 125,000 people. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Jais' literacy rate is 26%, lower than the national average of 59.5%. Male literacy is 18% and female literacy is 8%. In Jais, 21% of the population is under six years of age.[2]

Great Saints of Jais

The land of Jais is well known for buzurgan-e-deen. One of the famous Wali of jais is Hazrat Meer Emadud deen kilchi rahmat-tullah alaih (meer shah baba) came from kilch with Gazi-e-millat Hazrat Masood gazi rahmat-tullah alaih. After some time Hazrat masood gaji went to bahraich shareef. And meer shah baba stay in jais. later, in the year of 422 hijri (according to Islamic date) he got shadat and move to heaven, his holy mazar shareef (meer shah baba ki dargah) is constructed in kanchana. Every Thursday people come here for ziyarat. There are many muzawars available in dargah shareef. All muzavars are in under of muzavar Ansar baba.

Some more great saints of Jais are -

Jais, land of Ulema and poets.

This has been a land of knowledge; even before Muslims settled here it was a centre of higher education, and it was known as Vidya Nagar. It was famous for its Sanskrit University, which was affiliated to famous Taxila University. Then came the time when Muslim migrants chose it as their homeland and named it 'Jae Aish'—'Place of Rest' and over a period of time as Urdu and later Hindi became more pervasive, it became Jais. Jais is the earliest known Naqvi Sadats of India. Syed Najmuddin Sabzwari, a revered Ulema, was the leader of Momineens who settled and inhabited this land, in 1027 AD (around 420 Hijri). Later on during the reign of Sher Shah Suri (mid-16th century) adjacent Patakpur, 7 km from Jais, was inhabited by Momineen of Jais under the leadership of Syed Zakaria Jaisi (great-grandfather of Hazrat Ghufraan Ma'ab) and rechristened as Naseerabad after the name of Syed Syed Naseeruddin Jaisi.

Jais & Naseerabad are the native land of Khandan e Ijtihad .This belt of Momineens always concentrated on Educations and Higher Aims which were to take them close to their ALMIGHTY. This land was bestowed by some of the famous religious scholars of different sects of ISLAM.

Ayatullah al Uzma Sayyid Dildar Ali Naqvi 'Gufraanmaab (ra)' was from here and later his family came to be called Khandan e Ijtihaad due to the heavy presence of high-ranking scholars. Some of the famous religious scholars from this lineage include Syedul Ulema Ayatullah Syed Ali Naqi Naqvi 'Naqqan', Jannat Ma'ab Ayatullah Syed Mohammad Naqvi, Ayatullah Aqa Hasan Sb, Ayatullah Syed Kalbe Hussain Naqvi, Hujjatul Islam Syed Kalbe Abid Naqvi, Hujjatul Islam Syed Kalbe Jawwad Naqvi, Allama Syed Hasan Zafar Naqvi(based in Karachi), Allama Nasir Ijtehadi, Dr Kalbe Sadiq, Hujjatul Islam Syed Ali Mohammad Naqvi .

Another prominent family is the Ashrafis of Jais, who are direct descendants of the Grand Waliullah Shaikh Abdul Qadir Al-Jeelani of Baghdad, the founder of Qudiri order of Tasawwuf. The forefather of this Syed Family is the great Alim and Wali, Hazrat Haji Ahmad Ashrafi Jeelani known as "Peer Dastageer". His grave is situated in the southern part of the city on the Raebareli Sultanpur road in a great compound known as Dargaah Makhdoom Saheb. His father, Hazrat Abdur-Razzaq Nurul-Ain Jeelani, came to India with his maternal uncle Hazrat Makhdoom Syed Ashraf Jahangir Semnani.[3]

Other notable people

A famous Jais poet is Malik Mohammad Jaisi, who wrote Padmavat and Akhrawat. In 'Padmavat' Jaisi expresses his deep reverence to Chisti Sufi Master Syed Ashraf Jahangir Semnani and his descendants.[4] "Jaisi Samarak" has been constructed in his memory.

An important native of modern Jais is Syed Sibtey Razi, presently Governor of Jharkhand. He is senior leader of the Indian National Congress and has served in the Government of India and Uttar Pradesh in various capacities.

Areas in Jais

these are following areas in Jais-

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Transport

Jais has two railway stations on the Indian Railways network: Bahadurpur and Kasimpur and one bus station named Bus Adda at sultanpur-raebareli road.

Meer Welfare Society

Meer Welfare Society was formed on 29 July 2011 (shaban 26) in Kanchana and it is registered on 22 October 2011 under the Indian Societies Registration Act 1860. its register number is 2053 and it has its own account with the bank name Punjab and Sindh. Anyone can become a member of this trust by paying rupees 50 per month.The main motive of this trust is helping people by providing basic needs and facilities to the needy people.in the year 2013, this trust help a family in getting their daughter marriage by providing not just only financial help but also all the member had taken part to be fulfilled that.

Education

The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas set up the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology at Jais. It has been accorded "Institute of National Importance" status.

Colleges
Schools

Bank in Jais

References

  1. ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Jais
  2. ↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
  3. ↑ Hayate Syed Ashraf Jahangir Semnani by Syed Waheed Ashraf
  4. ↑ Love's subtle magic: An Indian Islamic Literary Tradition, 1379-1545; Oxford University Press 2012 by Aditya Behl
  5. ↑ https://plus.google.com/108453748610673353490/about
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