Moin UD Din Pur (

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:), known locally Moomdi Pur, is a village located on the outskirts of

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History

Moin-ud-Din Pur is a small village in

Gujrat, Pakistan Gujrat () is the thirteenth largest city in the Pakistani province of Punjab. Located on the western bank of the Chenab River in northern Punjab's Chaj Do'āb, it serves as the headquarters of the eponymous district and division; and is t ...

. Centuries ago, Syed Moin-ud-Din Shah, founded the village. He was a direct descendant of

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and belonged to the Khwarizmi clan, which traces back to one of the biggest Muslim empires ruled by the Shah of Khwarizm.S SAJAD HAIDER, ''FLIGHT OF THE FALCON: Demolishing myths of Indo-Pak wars 1965 & 1971'', VANGUARD BOOKS, Lahore, 2009 The ancestors of Syed Moin-ud-Din, migrated from Arabia due to persecution by the Umayyads, who targeted them for being from the lineage of the

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. Despite the passage of time and changes in ruling dynasties, their persecution persisted. They sought refuge in the empire of the Shah of Khwarizm. After the destruction of

Khwarizm Khwarazm (; ; , ''Xwârazm'' or ''Xârazm'') or Chorasmia () is a large oasis region on the Amu Darya river delta in western Central Asia, bordered on the north by the (former) Aral Sea, on the east by the Kyzylkum Desert, on the south by t ...

by the hordes of

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, the survivors, now identifying as the Khwarizmi Syed clan, scattered in search of refuge. They settled temporarily in

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near

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before arriving at the empire of Jalaluddin Akbar. They settled in what is now present-day Gujrat on the banks of the

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. Due to their lineage as descendants of Muhammad, the three brothers were respected by the Emperor and granted large tracts of land for permanent settlement. In the 17th century, the land was divided, and settlements such as Jamalpur and Medina, along with the village Moin-ud-Din Pur, emerged. The

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from Gujrat are mainly Khwarizmi’s whose forefather migrated to Multan from the Central Asian state of

near the Aral Sea when the

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was established. One of their descendants, Syed Nizam-Ud-Din Tulambi, moved to Gujrat in the 15th century. There are three Syedan towns in Gujrat whose inhabitants take their lineage back to Syed Nizam-Ud-Din Tulambi: Jamalpur Syedan, Madina Syedan and Moinuddinpur Syedan.

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{{reflist Villages in Gujrat District