Syed Abid Raza born on November 11, 1927, to Syed Shahid Raza and Zohra Fatma, belonged to a literary family in Khujwa, Siwan District, Bihar, India. His father Syed Shahid Raza, who was the elder brother of the distinguished historian and eminent scholar, Professor Syed Hasan Askari. Syed Abid Raza was born to  Syed Shahid Raza (who was Prof. Askari’s elder brother) & was the 40th generation direct descendent of the Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him). Their ancestry can be traced back to the eminent Sufi saint of the late 13th century, Hazrat Jalaluddin Surkhposh Bukhari, follower of Baha-ud-din Zakariya of the Suhrawardiyya order.

As an integral element of Air Commodore Syed Abid Raza Biography Project; it is imperative to delineate the Family Lineage Chart of Syed Abid Raza.
 

Family Lineage Chart - An Outline:

****HAZRAT MUHAMMAD MUSTAFA (PBUH)

***BIBI FATIMA / ***HAZRAT ALI

**HAZRAT HUSSAIN
**HAZRAT ZAINUL ABBEDIN
**HAZRAT MOHAMMAD BAQAR
**HAZRATJAFAR SADIQ
**HAZRAT MOOSA KAZIM
**HAZRAT ALI RAZA
**HAZRAT MOHAMMAD TAQI
**HAZRAT ALI NAQI

*ABU ABDULLAH JAFFER TAWAB

*Syed Ali Asghar

*Syed Abdullah

*Syed Mohammad

*Syed Ahmad Bukhari

*Syed Mahmood Bukhari

*Syed Muhamad Bukhari

*Syed Jaffer Bukhari

*Syed Abwul Moeed Bukhari

*>>>Makhdum Syed Jalaludin Surkh Bukhari

Syed Ahmed Kabeer

*>>>Makhdum Syed Jalaludin Jahanian Jahangasht

*Syed Nasirudin Mahmood

*Syed Abu Mohamad Abdullah

*Hazrat Makhdum Syed Shah Abul Barkat urf Shah Alam

*Syed Ahmed

*Syed Askari

*Syed Qutb ul Alam Sani

*Syed Hasan

*Syed Ali

*Syed Pir Mohammad

*>>>SYED GHULLAM MOHAMMAD: Started Khujwa District Saran
(1730 AD / 1142H)

*Syed Jaffer Ali

*Syed Zulfiqar Ali

*Syed Shahid Ali

*Syed Sultan Ali

*Syed Litafat Hussain

*Syed Razi Hussain

*>>>Syed Sultan Ali I Syed Shahid Raza I Syed Hasan Askari

Syed Abid Raza : Sanjida Fatma Raza

Syed Nasir Raza, Syed Mansur Raza, Shazia Fatma Raza (L),
Syed Ahmer Raza

 

Acknowledgments & Credits:

Special thanks to, Syed Jameel Hussain (nephew of Syed Abid Raza) for sharing his family tree in excel document which was later updated for the Professor Askari Historiography Project from the Family Shajra published in Khujwa Magazine, Madarasa-i-Islamia, Khujwa, Siwan, 1987 in addition to the citations of the following articles for this posting’s compilation.

“Kujhwa ki Tarikhi Haisiyat”, courtesy of Professor Syed Hasan Askari, in Khujwa Magazine, Madarasa-i-Islamia, Khujwa, Siwan, (1987), pp. 22-26. Also published in Khujwa till 2006 Magazine, Madarasa-i-Islamia, Khujwa, Siwan, (2006), pp. 19-22.

“Kujhwa ki Sahafati Rivayat”, courtesy of Professor Syed Hasan Askari in Khujwa Magazine, Madarasa-i-Islamia, Khujwa, Siwan, (1987), pp. 38-41 Also published in Khujwa till 2006 Magazine, Madarasa-i-Islamia, Khujwa, Siwan, (2006), pp. 23-24.