๐ฟ๐๐จ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐ค๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฎ:
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐จ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฎ๐๐๐จ โค๏ธ๐
A Sayyid is shown in the picture reciting the Holy Qur’an at the tomb of the Ottoman Caliph Mustafa III Han in Istanbul, 1850CE.
Sayyids/Ashraf were blessed descendants of Prophet Muhammad ๏ทบ and highly respected by Ottoman state. They wore green turbans to denote their Noble lineage. An Ottoman official titled Neqib-ul-Ashraf (Registrar of the Ashraf/Sayyids) was made responsible to collect the data of all Sayyids living in Ottoman realms.
They were given tax-exemptions, provisions, and were not liable to prosecution in ordinary courts out of respect for their lineage. Thus, only the Neqib-ul-Ashraf who himself was a Sayyid could call them for any investigation.
Original Neqib-ul-Ashraf list/s in comments.
