SYED FAMILY SONATOLA,BOGRA.

Garh-fatepur SYED Family

Sonatola (Upozilla),Bogra Bangladesh

Source of information:

Syed Zulfiqar Haider(Nantu) BA(Hons) MA.

Mir Mahmudul Haque(Mati) BA

My ancestors were not the original inhabitants of Garhfatepur. Syed Gaochia Daraj Al Bagdadi came from the Gulberg area of South Deccan before 13th generation. The next generation Syed Din Cheesti settled in Ghoraghat area of Rangpur / Dinajpur district. They came to this area with all their disciples to preach Islam. They were very religious family and after every 2/3 generation they used to immigrate to different areas. Their children were taught three different languages Urdu, Farsi and Bengali. The knowledge of these three local languages would certainly have helped in preaching the religion to the local population. In fact what I understood was that their family language was Urdu. Syed Najamuddin (10th generation) with all his family immigrated to Telihara, near Mohasthan, Bogra. But the next generation (12th), the four sons of Syed Zakiuddin (11th Generation)) with their two sisters moved to Garfatepur, Sonatola in the year 1914 AD. They bought the partially damaged RAJBARI of Nilambar Roy of KAMROOP(as history mentioned). They also bought plenty of lands in the western part of Bogra( Bishnoopur, Tilakpur and Shivshamudra). This used to be their Khamar Bari. The local people used to cultivate these lands and half the amount of rice and any other crops like jute or mustard etc grown in these lands were equally shared by the owner annually.

1st Generation. Syed Gaochia Daraj Al Bagdadi Al Bangali

Inhabitant Ghoraghat Rangpur

2nd Generation. Syed Din Chistee

Inhabitant Ghoraghat Rangpur

3rd Generation. Syed Majharuddin Chistee

Inhabitant Ghoraghat Rangpur

4th Generation. Syed Tayebuddin Chistee

Inhabitant Ghoraghat Rangpur

5th Generation. Syed Mohiuddin Chistee

Inhabitant Ghoraghat Rangpur

6th Generation. Syed Moyeenuddin Chistee

Inhabitant of Kabilpur near Sonatola

7th Generation. Syed Shamsuddin Chistee

(Pathor Shahib)

Inhabitant Kabilpur near Sonatola

8th Generation. Syed Qamar Ali Chistee

Inhabitant Kabilpur Sonatola

9th Generation. Syed Qader/Qadar Ali

Inhabitant Kabilpur Sonatola

10th Generation. Syed Najamudin

Inhabitant Telihara near Mohasthan Bogra

11th Generation. Syed Zakiuddin

Inhabitant Telihara Mohasthan Bogra