Prayagraj, August 02 (HS): On the 17th of Safar month, the

procession established by late Zaheer Hussain Sahib eighty-nine years ago from

the Imambara of late Sabir Hussain situated in front of Rani Mandi Dharamshala

was taken out with devotion and respect to Imam Raza. Zaighum Abbas recited the

Purdard Marsiya, while Zakire Ahlebait Raza Abbas Zaidi remembered the

martyrdom of Imam Musa Raza. Qazim Abbas, Ahmed Javed, Aijaz Hussain, Zargam

Haider, Baqir Abbas recited the ancient Noha recited by the late Zahir Hussain.

The Shabih-e-Taboot of Imam Raza, the Alam and Zuljanah were decorated with

rose and jasmine flowers and taken out for the pilgrimage. The Noha singers of

Anjuman Guncha-e-Qasimiya Bakshi Bazaar, Neyazul Hasan, Hashim Bandvi, Syed

Haider Mehndi, Baqir Raza (Faiz), Jibran Rizvi, Alamdar Hasnain, Abid Hussain,

Nazir Hussain, Mirza Shiraz, Mirza Rahib, Kaifi etc. recited the Purdard Noha.

The procession, patrolling the streets of Rani Mandi, concluded late at night

at the Imambargah of the late Maqsad Ali in Koftgran Tola. Those in attendance

included Aijaz Hussain, Waqar Hussain, Kazim Abbas, Ahmed Javed 'Kajjan',

Hussain Raza, Mirza Azad Hussain, Syed Mohammad Askari, Zargham Haider, Shajeeh

Abbas, Faiz Raza, Asghar Ali, Mohammad Raza, Zaigam Abbas Naqvi, Najmul Hasan,

Hasan Tiger, and others.

The Chehlum procession of Hazrat Imam Hussain will be held

on Tuesday. The mourning ceremony will be held from Kotwali to Nakhas Kohna. As

the day of Chehlum for Hazrat Imam Hussain (AS) and 71 other martyrs

approaches, the period of mourning processions and Shabbedari is in full swing.

Ten-day and annual majlis, some for men and others for women, are being held in

all Muslim-dominated areas, including Kareli, Karelabagh, Bakshi Bazaar, Rani

Mandi, Dariyabad. On Tuesday, August 4, the Chehlum procession will be taken

out from Rani Mandi Imambargah Azam Hussain at 9 am, which will proceed to

Karbala in Chakia via Rani Mandi, Bachha Ji Dharamshala, Kotwali, Nakhas Kohna,

Khuldabad, Himmatganj.

In this procession, mourning associations will conduct the

mourning ceremony of chains and knives (Qama) equipped with sharp knives from

Kotwali to Nakhas Kohna. Some young people also participated in the procession,

mourning the bloodless chains. Anjuman Hussainia Qadeem, Anjuman Shabbiria,

Anjuman Abbasia will be participating in the procession. Anjuman Abidiya will

also take out its traditional procession along with Anjuman Mazlumia and

Anjuman Haideria, which will go to Karbala mourning with chains. The second big

procession will be taken out from Dariyabad Imambara Salwat Ali Khan at 5 pm

under the patronage of Tahir Malik, which will proceed from Baluwaghat

intersection, Sulaki intersection Bahadurganj, Loknath intersection Kotwali,

turning to Chadha Road, stopping at Ranimandi Imambara, and again via

Attarsuiya, will reach Dariyabad Imambara Salwat Ali Khan. Anjuman Hashimiya

and Anjuman Naqvia will be participating in the procession.

Giving this information, Anjuman spokesperson Syed Mohammad

Askari said that Alam Taboot Zuljanah Amari Bed Imam Zainul will be carried in

the Chehlum procession. Abidin and Jhula Hazrat Ali Asghar will also be taken

out for pilgrimage.

Blood donation camp to be organised on the occasion of

Chehlum of Imam Hussain: In the memory of Hazrat Imam Hussain, a blood donation

camp will be organised by Inqelabi Blood Donor Association and Naaz Blood Bank

on Tuesday from 11 am to 4 pm at Yadgare Hussaini Inter College located at Rani

Mandi Kotwali. Dr Vishwadeep Kesarwani, MD Amit Yadav, Dr Naaz Fatima, Dr

Jamshed Ali and the entire staff along with the team will be present to

encourage the blood donors. Captain Mohammad Mehdi, who has donated blood the

most number of times in Uttar Pradesh, will also honour the blood donors under

the supervision of Convener Shahid Askari and Manager Gauhar Kazmi.

Procession of seventy-two coffins on Friday, August 7: On

23rd Safar, Friday, August 7, from Imambara Jaddan Mir Saheb (Mojiznuma)

located in Dariyabad, under the patronage of Raza Hasnain Advocate, President,

Anjuman Khuddam-e-Mojiznuma and under the direction of Najeeb Allahabadi, the

historic procession of seventy-two coffins will be taken out in which along

with the famous and renowned associations of the city, associations from

outside cities will also participate in the painful scene of the burial of the

martyrs of Karbala.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi