About Mubarakpur Azamgarh

Mubarakpur is a city and a municipal board in Azamgarh district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located at a distance of 13 km north-east of the district headquarters in Azamgarh.
It was settled, in the name of Raja Mubarak, a Sufi of Manikpur Karaa, by a sheikh landholder. The place is famous for the manufacture of Benarasi saris, which are also very popular and exported to the World.
Mubarakpur is located at 26°05′N 83°17′E / 26.09°N 83.29°E[1]. It has an average elevation of 69 metres (226 feet).
During 15th Century (575 Years Back) Raja Mubarak Ali Shah from Kheta Sarai Jaunpur visited the place and laid the foundation of Mubarakpur.Decidents of Raja Mubarak Ali Shah , Gholam Rabbani Farooqi,Ehtesham Ahmed Farooqi,Imtiaz Ahmed Farooqi resides at Mohalla Pura Rani Mubarakpur, however after partition Gholam Rabbani and Ehtesham Ahmed migrated to Pakistan
Earlier the town was called as Qasimabad, after a Muslim landlady Qaseema Bibi. Qasimabad was frequently invaded by kings of neighboring areas and also severely affected by frequent floods from River Tauns. But King Mubarak Shah has stopped the invasions and developed the area.
Though there is no exact historical data on how Handloom weaving has been started in Mubarakpur area, but during 14th century, cotton weaving has been started in the area (As per ancient Vedic and Buddha Literature). But it came to know from Old Government Gazettes that Raja Mubaraksha's Entourage is having lot of families who were weavers by profession and they started weaving Saris and other dress material during 16th Century.
The famous writer Ibne Batuta (of late 17th Century) has written that very high quality dresses which were made in Mubarakpur had been sent to Delhi and from there they are exported to various countries.
During Sultan Muhammad Bin Tughlak's Era (14th Century) there are 4000 weavers in Mubarakpur, who used to weave Silk Saris. During his regime the Mubarakpur has become very popular and the people from neighboring areas like Amilo, Nevada, Saraiyya, Rasulpur Sikthi, Mustafabad have also took up weaving as profession.
With the changing times, the products of Mubarakpur have also changed from Sangi, Galta, Jamdani, and Raw cotton made products.
But in 1940's there is a great change in the area as the graph of making Silk Sarees has soared to greater heights, which have received national and international fame with the active involvement of traders of Banaras.
Early 90s saw the invasion of power-looms in the adjoining regions like Mau, which is gradually reducing the handloom sector in the region.
Today Mubarakpur, is known for its Silk Saree and the dress material.
As of 2001 India census[2], Mubarakpur had a population of 99,080. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 53%. Mubarakpur has an awesome literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 65%, and female literacy is 66%. In Mubarakpur, 10% of the population is under 6 years.
Mubarak pur give the many authers of India like Qazi Athar Mubarakpuri, Maulana Abdurrahman, Master Mazhar Ali chisti, Mufti Mohammad Yaseen Sahib, Hafize Millat, Maulana Abdul Azeez Muradabadi (Mubarakpur) founder of Aljamiatul Ashrafia. etc
Mubarak pur have so many Doctor, Engineer, and Scientist. Some most famous personality in these fields are Er. Sharreiqk Jamal (a software eng. and ethical hacker in Silicon Valley), Dr. Mohammad Sharik (m.b.b.s,m.s. from US, cheif head in APPOLO),Mr. Najmuddin (researcher in IIM Ahemedabad), Mr. mohammad Saem (sceintist, resercher in NASA).