Dewait

Dewait is a big village in Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh, India, situated near the Mehnagar Market.

It lies 15 km south of Azamgarh city. It is well connected and accessible through Azamgarh city, Varanasi, Jaunpur and Allahabad. It is a well developed village and have high literacy rate. The village has a post office with pin code as 276204 and dispensary run by state government. Tehsil is Mehnagar.

History

Dewait is the Place of Sa'adaat. The name was derived from Shah Deyat a Persian word means Blood Money. The town Dewait was donated by the King Haribans of Mehnagar to "Meer Sarfatah Husain" (Meera Baba—a well known name among neighboring villages), against the blood shedding of Sa'adaat. Martyr Sa'adaats are believed to have been migrated from the area of Babun Nahar Persian city of Iran. In these years many of Shiites of central Asia took refuge in India.

Few centuries ago, a Noble Family of Ahl-e-Sa'adaat, migrated from the Holy City of Babun Nahar Persian city of Iran to India. Some of them permanently settled near Azamgarh city, a UP district, and named the area as Babun Nahar in the memory of their native village name. But now it is called Sapnahar (a modified name from Babun Nahar then babnahar and now Sapnahar) and is a km away from present Dewait. Only the graveyard of Meer Sarfatah Husain (Meera Baba) is there, which now became a worship place for non Muslims. Muslims go there only on Shab-e-Barat, an Islamic religion occasion, for offering prayers.