Dargah-e-Fatmain (Varanasi)

 islam, dargah, Karbala, Rauza

Rauza-E-Fatman is one of the holiest 1338 Muslim shrines existing in Hindu’s most sacred Varanasi city, formerly known as Banaras.. The shrine not only conveys the message of communal harmony and peaceful coexistence but also serves as the main center of Muharram ceremonies observed with traditional reverence by the followers of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad and his ‘Ahle- Bait’( Progeny) in the city of Lord Shiva. It is considered to be a symbol of Hindu- Muslim unity as the shrines stand on the land granted by Raja of Banaras to a great Islamic scholar and ardent devotee of ‘Ahle-Bait’, Sheikh Muhammad ‘Ali "Hazin" Gilani (1692-1766).
The sheikh had arrived in India from Isphahan (Iran) in 1734 after becoming embroiled in an insurrection against Nadir Shah’s governor of Lar province. Initially, he tried to settle down in Multan, Lahore and Delhi but his haughtiness as an upper class Iranian with great scholarly and literary talents earned him more enemies than friends. He even refused to occupy a coveted post offered by the Mughal emperor. Finding the atmosphere in Delhi not congenial for his mission to propagate the true teachings of Islam, he headed for Bengal in 1748 but found solace in a pre-dominantly Hindu city in 1750.The scholar who had declined royal favor of a powerful king accepted the land grant and cash from a petty ruler to build two mosques and a tomb for himself. He did so after observing the keenness of elite Hindus, especially Brahmins, to learn Persian and encourage multi-religious characteristics.
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