Kintoor

Kintoor or Kintur is a village in Barabanki district famous for battle of Kintoor of 1858 during the Indian Mutiny.
Battle of Kintoor.
The Battle of Kintoor was a conflict between rebel sepoys and troops East India Company and Kapurthala State on 6 October 1858 during Indian Mutiny.
British Raj.
During 1869 census of Oudh, Kintoor was designated as one of the total thirteen large towns or "kasbahs" and Inspector of Police of Ram Nagar was appointed here on the night of census.
Personalities.
Nishapuri Sada'at of Kintoor.
Many of the early Sufi saints that came to North India belonged to Sayyid families. Most of these Sayyid families came from Central Asia and Iran, but some also originate from Yemen, Oman, Iraq and Bahrain. Perhaps the most famous Sufi was Syed Salar Masud, from whom many of the Sayyid families of Awadh claim their descent. Sayyids of Jarwal (Bahraich), Kintoor (Barabanki) and Zaidpur (Barabanki) were wellknown "Taluqadars" (feudal lords) of Awadh province.
Abaqati family.
A branch of the "Nishapuri Kintoori Sayeds" moved to Lucknow. The most famous of "Kintoori Sayeds" is Ayatollah Syed Mir Hamid Hussain Musavi, author of work entitled "Abaqat al Anwar"; the first word in the title of this work provided his descendantswith the "nisba" (title) they still bear, "Abaqati". Syed Ali Nasir Saeed Abaqati "Agha Roohi", a Lucknow based cleric is from the family of "Nishapuri Kintoori Sayeds" and uses title "Abaqati".