1. Mian Syed. He was a pious and very hardworking person. He was also a renowned Tabeeb of his time. He had a respectful personality. He was the son of Syed Mustaghas Shah and grandson of Syed Barkatullah Shah. His grandfather, Syed Barkatullah Shah shifted from Oghaz Banda and settled in his own lands in Kanshai. These lands had been given to Syed Pir Saadat Shah at the time of division of occupied lands in Battagram and Mansehra. However, Mr. Jan Muhammad Khan of Thakot has occupied major portion of their lands. Syed Mustaghas Shah Baba had got married nine times. Bibi Haajra, mother of Maulana Syed Sahib Shah and Bibi Amna was his sister. Mian Syed died in 1977 and was buried at his ancestral graveyard in Kanshai. He left two daughters and three sons, Bibi Sakina, Bibi Shireen Zadgai, Syed Muqaddas Shah, Lal Syed and Syed Naseeb Shah. He had two sisters and one brother named Bibi Mumta, mother of Syed Azam Shah and Jum Syed, who died in Karachi and was buried there. May Allah keep His soul in his eternal peace. Amin!
2. Syed Abdus Sattar Shah. He is a nice and very hardworking person. He is the younger son of Syed Aazamullah Shah and grandson of Syed Aqwalullah Shah and brother of Maulana Syed Iqbal Shah and Syed Anwar Shah, who was the father of Syed Afsar Shah and Syed Yousuf Shah. He has four sons named Syed Mahboob Shah, Syed Nadir Shah, Fazle Rahim Shah and Fazle Haque Shah.
3. Syed Muqaddas Shah. He was a nice, kindhearted and very hardworking person. He had a respectful personality. He was the elder son of Mian Syed and grandson of Syed Mustaghas Shah. He was also a renowned Tabeeb of the area. He had three daughters and seven sons named Syed Saffar Shah, Syed Motabar Shah, Syed Rahmat Wali Shah, Syed Akbar Shah, Ghulam Yousuf, Syed Nasar Ali Shah and Syed Bahadar Shah. He died in the age of eighty-five years in January 2005 and was buried in his ancestral graveyard in Kanshai. May Allah keep his soul in His eternal peace. Amin!
4. Maulana Syed Gulfam Shah. He was a social, polite and a nice man.
He was the only son of Syed Ghulam Hussain Shah. He spent much of his time at home after the completion of Islamic education. He shifted his family from his village, Oghaz Banda to Battgram and settled there.
Dr. Abdur Rahman Shah Wali purchased all his landed property at
Oghaz Banda. He died in 1987 in Battagram and was buried there. He left three daughters and seven sons named Syed Baidar Bakht, Bahadar Shah, Bakht-e-Nasar, Motabar Shah, Qari Shah, Shah Hussain and Sadiq Shah. May Allah keep his soul in His eternal peace. Amin!
5. Haji Syed Qabool Shah. He was a pious, nice and very hardworking person. He had a graceful personality. He performed hajj five times. He was the real brother of Syed Qahar Shah and Syed Abbas Shah, who was the father of Syed Hassan Shah and Syed Pir Ali Shah (father of Muhammad Ayub Shah and Hazratur Rahman Shah). He got married five times. One of his wives was an English woman, who had embraced Islam in a true sense.
Haji Syed Qabool Shah took his English wife to his village, Oghaz Banda and remained there for some period. But his English wife was dis-hearted by the behaviour of the people of Oghaz Banda and asked her husband to leave the village and settle in Baffa. Haji Sahib left his village and permanently settled in Baffa. He purchased a lot of landed property in Baffa that also consisted of two water mills (panchaki). Syed Muhammad Ayub Shah and Syed Hazratur Rahman Shah, who were the grandsons of his brother, Syed Abbas Shah, have occupied all his landed property at Oghaz Banda and Landai. Haji Syed Qabool Shah died in 1938 and was buried in Baffa. He had three sons named Syed Yousuf Shah, Syed Hassan Shah and Syed Hussain Shah. Syed Yousuf Shah and Syed Hussain Shah have three and five sons respectively, while Syed Hassan Shah died without a child. May Allah keep his soul in His eternal peace. Amin!
6. Maulana Syed Jumma Qayoum Shah. He is a pious, virtuous and very hardworking person. He has a graceful personality. He is the younger son of Syed Noor Wali Shah and grandson of Syed Ali Haider Shah. He shifted to Baffa with his family and settled there permanently. He sold all his landed property in Landai to his brother, Syed Abdur Rahim Shah. However, he also purchased some lands and got constructed a house in Baffa. He has nine sons and two daughters named Syed Younus Shah, Syed Qaiser Shah, Syed Ibrahim Shah, Syed Faghfoor Shah, Syed Abdullah Shah, Shah Abdul Aziz, Syed Qadeem Shah, Syed Aziz Shah, Shah Ismail, Bibi Kulsoom and Bibi Rooman. May Allah grant him a long and healthy life. Amin!
7. Syed Abdul Qayoum Shah. He was a nice, social and very hardworking person. He was the elder son of Syed Qalandar Shah and grandson of Syed Ahmad Gul Shah. He along with his father, Syed Qalandar Shah shifted to Haripur and settled there. His father, Syed Qalandar Shah sold out all his landed property to Syed Muqaddas Shah. He died in 1985 in Haripur and was buried there. He left one daughter and five sons - Hussan Zari, Syed
Saeed Shah, Syed Waheed Shah, Syed Iqbal Shah, Syed Naheed Shah and Syed Zubair Shah. His wife and two sons - Syed Saeed Shah and Syed Iqbal Shah were martyred by dacoits at their home in 2001. May Allah have mercy on his soul. Amin!
8. Syed Hassan Ali Shah. He was a nice and very hardworking person. He was the younger son of Syed Jabbar Shah and grandson of Syed Bahadar Shah.
He shifted to Battal, Mansehra and remained there till his death. However, he did not sell his landed property in Oghaz Banda. He had three sons and one daughter named Syed Faqir Shah, Syed Khitab Shah, Syed Amani Mulk Shah and Bibi Hussan Tab. May Allah have mercy on his soul. Amin!
9. Some of our Syed Sherazi brothers have migrated to Akaazo, Kala Dhaka and settled there permanently. Syed Muhammad Issa Shah had ten sons. The descendants of three of them have migrated to Akaazo, Kala Dhaka.
According to some people, Syed Muhammad Issa Shah had two wives.
Seven sons were from first wife and three sons were from 2nd wife. One of the great grandsons of these three brothers killed the son/great grandson of Muhammad Hadi Shah. Due to fear, these three brothers along with their families migrated to Akaazo, Kala Dhaka and settled there. They sold all their landed property in Oghaz Banda and Landai. Saidan Shah, Syed Walayat Shah, Syed Hamid Shah and Syed Ibadat Shah purchased one-third of their landed property and two-third of their property was purchased by one of the descendants of Syed Nazar Shah. They have also been gifted a lot of lands in Akaazo by Yousufzai.
10.The descendants of one of the sons of Syed Muhammad Issa Shah have migrated to village Sabir Shah, Phakal (Mansehra) and settled there. Their landed property was occupied by Syed Zaman Shah situated at Oghaz Banda and by Saidan Shah, Syed Walayat Shah, Syed Hamid Shah and Syed Ibadat Shah situated at Landai. However, one son of Syed Muhammad Issa Shah died without a son. The names and other detail of the three grandsons of Syed Muhammad Issa Shah who migrated to Akaazo, Kala Dhaka and Sabir Shah would be given in next edition, Insha Allah.
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MY RESPECTED ELDERS OF PIR KHEL,