Bhitauli
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Bhitauli is a very old village situated about 20 km from Lucknow
Lucknow
Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....

& less than 10 km from Barabanki city, in Barabanki district
Barabanki District
The Barabanki district is one of four districts of Faizabad division, lies at the very heart of Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and forms as it were a centre from which no less than seven other districts radiate...

. Jugaur railway station on Lucknow Barabanki
Barabanki
Barabanki is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. It is the administrative headquarters of Barabanki District. The city is about 29 km east of Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh, one of major states in India.- City configuration :...

line is just 2 km from Bhitouli.This village was founded by Syed Salar-Daud(R-A) popularly knowned as Dada Mian In early 11th(AD).

History

Syed Daud alias (Dada Mian) was a famous religious scholar. he was a close relative to Syed Salar Masood (RA) and a commander of the army of Mahmood Ghaznavi.As Syed Daud was a descendant of Hazrat Ali through his son Muhammad bin Hanafia.Thus a branch of Alvi family was settled in Bhitauli one thousand (1000) year before. The Tombs (mazaars) of Dada mian and his grand-daughter alias BiBi-Bitiyan still exist in the old grave-yard of the village.It is said that men were not allowed to enter in the boundary of the mazaar of Bibi Bitiyan.

The Alvi family has produced some important scholars and poets from this small old village. Hafiz Abdullah,Mullavi Asad Ullah(A scholar & a teacher at Nadwatul-ulmah),Maulana Muhammad Younus,(a desciple of Shaikhul Hind Maulana Mahmoodul Hasan and editor of weekly Payyaam-e-Insaniyat and monthly Irfan) are a few examples. He was married to Qudsiyah-Bibi a daughter of the great scholar and famous Sufi Syed Shah Waris Hasan.This village has a beautiful location surrounded by gardens,ponds and green fields, adjacent to a large canal.
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