Hamid Hussain Musavi
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Ayatollah Syed Mir Hamid Hussain Musavi Kintoori Lakhnavi was a leading Shia scholar of his time in India, although his famous book Abaqat al-anwar fi imamat al-aimmat al-athaar is famous throughout Shia scholars worldwide, even today.
Syed Mir Hamid Hussain is the son of Syed Mohammad uli and the grandson of Syed Mohammad Hussain. His ancestoral town is Kintoor, Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh and he traces his lineage to the Prophet of Islam via Imam Musa al-Kazim, hence the name "Musavi".
His family is renowned and respected in Lucknow, where his son late Syed Nasir Hussain and grandson late Syed Mohammad Saeed aka Saeed-ul-Millat enjoyed much respect in their lifetimes.