Sikrehra Khola

Sikrehra Khola or Sikrehra is a village in the Jansath sub-division of Muzaffarnagar District in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is the seat of the Kundliwal branch of Sadaat-e-Barha.

History

Hazrat Sayyed Abul Farah Zaidi al Wasti(ra) was a descendant of Hazrat Zaid E Shaheed(a) ibn Hazrat Imam Ali(a), who came to India from Wasit, Iraq. In the eleventh century his son Sayyed Dawood settled in Kundli, a village in the Punjab region. Sayyed Aiwaz and his sons migrated to Mujhera at the invitation of their clansmen, who were already residing in a nearby village. Sayyed Ahmad Khan Barha belonged to the bloodline of Sayyed Dawood, was a Mansabdar in the Mughal Court during Akbar's reign. His rank was three thousand personal and two thousand horse. Sayyed Ahmad Khan Barha was the younger brother of Sayyed Umar Nar Khan & Sayyed Mahmud Khan Barha the Commander in Chief of Mughal Army.

Descendants

Sayyed Khurshaid Hasan was the big zamindaar of this village, his son Zafar Hasan was a tehsildar & a very influential person of British period.Their great grandsons still lives in this village are respected by one and all.This family belonged to the royal bloodline of Sayyed Mahmud Khan Barha.

References

Mathir-ul-umara by Samsamudaula shahnawaz khan, Janki Prakashan.
ain-e-Akbari Abul Fazal Henry Beveridge's translation Footnote on Sayyeds of Barha.
gazetteer of Muzaffarnagar District.

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