The Abaqati family (or Khandān-e-Abaqāat) is one branch of the Nishapuri Kintoori Sayyids. The most famous of Kintoori Sayyeds is Ayatollah Syed Mir Hamid Hussain Musavi Saheb-e-Abaqaat, author of work entitled Abaqat al Anwar; the first word in the title of this work provided his descendants with the nisba (title) they still bear, Abaqati. Syed Ali Nasir Saeed Abaqati Agha Roohi, a Lucknow based cleric is from the family of Nishapuri Kintoori Sayyids and uses title Abaqati.