5/5 Farman Abbas M. 4 years ago on Google
On
tha
day
of
Aashura
(10th
Muharrum)
and
Chehellum
(20th
Safar),
the
city
witnesses
groups
of
men,
women
and
children,
clad
in
black,
moving
towards
the
Karbala
at
Tal
Katora
near
Aish
Bagh,
to
bury
their
taazia.
The
Karbala
was
built
by
Mir
Khuda
Bakhsh.
On
these
two
days,
the
place
also
serves
as
an
assembly
point
for
anjumans
that
come
here
with
alam
(the
replica
of
the
banner
of
Imam
Hussain's
army)
to
perform
maatam
(beating
their
chest)
to
mourn
the
martyrdom
of
Imam
Hussain
and
his
72
followers.
Some
devotees
also
perform
the
zanjeer
ka
maatam
(flagellation
with
knives
attached
to
chains).
Before
the
construction
of
Karbala
of
Mir
Khuda
Bakhsh,
there
were
two
other
Karbalas
in
the
city,
one
built
by
Khwajasara
llmas
Ali
Khan
in
Nawab
Asaf-ud-Daulah's
reign
and
the
other
built
by
Haji
Masita
during
the
reign
of
Nawab
Saadat
Ali
Khan.
Both
these
Karbalas
are
no
longer
extant,
but
the
ruins
of
latter
may
be
seen
adjacent
to
the
Tal
Katora
Karbala.
Mir
Khuda
Bakhsh
started
his
career
in
the
service
of
Khwajasara
Afreen
Ali
Khan
who
was
quite
close
to
Asaf-ud-Daulah.
His
interest
in
theology
and
religion
made
him
become
a
disciple
of
Syed
Dildar
Ali
Naqvi,
the
Shia
mujtahid
and
earliest
propagator
of
Azadari
(mourning
rituals)
in
Lucknow.
He
was
posthumously
titled
as
Ghufran
Maab
by
his
followers.
[His
Imambara
in
the
city
is
internationally
known
for
its
Shaam-e-Ghariban
majlis,
held
in
the
dark
after
sunset,
on
Aashura].
Later
Khuda
Bakhsh
also
became
a
close
confident
of
Muatamad-ud-Daulah
Agha
Mir,
who
became
the
Prime
Minister
of
Awadh
when
Ghazi-ud-Din
Haider
became
the
first
King
of
Awadh.
Mir
Khuda
Bakhsh
faced
problems
on
the
demise
of
an
infant
daughter,
whom
he
finally
managed
to
bury
at
the
Karbala
of
llmas
Ali
Khan.
Thereafter,
he
thought
of
building
a
Karbala
on
his
own
which
would
be
accessible
for
burial
to
common
people
as
weil.
He
purchased
30
bigha
of
land
from
Kaptan
Hasan
Ali
and
commenced
the
construction
of
the
Karbala
on
the
birth
anniversary
of
Hazrat
Ali
on
Rajab
13,
in
1232
Hijri
(1817),
during
the
reign
of
Nawab
Ghazi-ud-Din
Haider.
Under
the
supervision
of
Sadiq
Ali
Zair,
the
construction
was
completed
within
six
months.
The
Persian
taareekh
(chronogram)
for
the
construction
is
fixed
on
the
west-side
gateway
of
the
quadrangle
of
the
Karbala
which
bears
the
name
of
the
ruler
Ghazi-ud-Din
Haider
with
that
of
the
builder
Mir
Khuda
Bakhsh
and
his
patron
Afreen
Ali
Khan.
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