Tarikh-e-Amroha - Part 2
Syed-ul-Hasan, Syed Hasan, known as Sharfuddin Shah Wilayat, came
to Amroha from Sultanpur in the vicinity of Multan along with his maternal
uncle and other relatives, and here he came to be called Shah Wilayat.
His elder son Qazi Syed Amir Ali, ancestor of the Sayyids of
Mohalla Lakda Haqqani, also served Sultan Muhammad Tughlaq. Syed Muhammad Mir
Adl of Amroha, his descendants, and brothers rendered splendid military and
civil service to the Sultan. In that era, a considerable army and force used to
stay in Amroha.
Sultan Muhammad Tughlaq also recruited royal troops from Amroha.
During this very king’s reign, Ibn Battuta came to Amroha. He writes in his
travelogue: “On the king’s order, the Wazir gave me 10,000, and for the
remainder he wrote that 1,000 should be paid from the region of Amroha. So, to
collect it and to settle a dispute between the local governor and the amir
here, Ibn Battuta undertook the journey to Amroha. He stayed here for two
months.”
About Amroha he writes: “Then we reached Amroha, a small beautiful
city. Its officials came out to receive us. The city’s Qazi Syed Amir Ali and
the Khanqah’s Sheikh both came, and together they arranged hospitality very well.”
Sultan Muhammad Shah Tughlaq appointed the famous physician Aziz
Hammar of Amroha as governor of the province of Malwa. The Sayyids of Mohalla
Naugaiya received many villages in this region as stipends and maintenance
grants.
In the time of Sultan Firoz Shah Tughlaq, all the forests of the
regions of Amroha and Sambhal were cleared of miscreants.
_Source: Tarikh-e-Amroha - Mahmud Ahmad Abbasi_
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