Mohan is a Qasba of Awadh region and Nagar Panchayat in Unnao District of the State Uttar Pradesh in India. It is the birthplace of Maulana Hasrat Mohani, a poet, freedom fighter, prose writer, patriotic and a remarkable human being. Mohan is also famous for Unani doctors and other personalities of various walks of life.
There is a legend that Mohan is derived from Moh meaning devotional love in Hindi and Han signifying to loss. A tale is told that when Rama was going to self imposed exile for fourteen years, Mohan is the place where he separated from his wife Sita thinking that he may suffer Han in Moh due to the worldly love hence continued forward with his journey. Another approach is that the word Mohan was given by the first inhabitants of this place. They migrated from a small city Mohan in the Kerman province of Iran thereby naming the place after their homeland.
During the Mughal and British empires, Mohan flourished as a town known for its literate people. During the days of the Nawab of Awadh of the Nawab and earned large fortunes. The town was well known for its Unani Hakims, mimics and actors. Locals affectionately used to call it as Mohan Khitta-e Unan meaning Mohan as a part of Greece , due to a number of well known Hakims (doctors of Unani Medicine.
Mohan, lies on the left bank of the Sai River, about 6 km east of Hasanganj and 38 km north-east of Unnao. Roads lead from this place to Malihabad in Lucknow district on the east, Nawabganj on the south and Bangarmau on the north-west. Mohan is located at 26.78°N 80.67°E. It has an average elevation of 128 meters (419 feet). In the British period Mohan was part of Lucknow District. After independence it got merged into Unnao District.
There is Dargah of Qasmim in Mohan that is located in its heart which is also a spiritual place for Shia Islam. Every year on the 7th Muharram of Islamic calendar people gather here to pay homage to Qasim ibn Hasan of Karbala and organize a procession to the Imaam chowk. This procession witnesses mourners from many sects and religions.
Other Dargah include:
- Dargah of Imamzadeh Hazrat Syed Mahmood Nishapuri Al Mohani R.A .
- Dargah Hazrat Syed Shah Wajihuddin Mohammad Qadri R.A . Mureed o Khalifa Hazrat Syed Shah Hasan Rasoolnuma Dehlvi R.A .
Syeds of Mohan
Sayyids from Iran initially chose four places to settle in India. These were Hallaur, Baraha, Mohan and Bilgram. Sayyids of Mohan are descendants of Hazrat Syed Musa Al Mubarraqa Alaihissalam Son of 9th Imam of Islam Maula Imam Mohammad Taqi Ibne Maula Imam Ali Raza Alaihissalam, Hazrat Syed Mahmood Taqvi Rizvi Neshapuri R.A who migrated from Iran and settled in Mohan, Unnao, India . He belongs to the 20th generation of Hazrat Maula Imam Ali Alaihissalam & Hazrat Sayyeda Fatima Zahra Salamullah Alaiha. One of the branch of Moosavi and Nishapuri Sayyids from Mohan settled at Bijnor, near Lucknow.
Notable Personalities:
- ImamzadehHazrat Syed Mahmood Nishapuri R.A Jadd e Aala Sadaat e Mohan.
- Qutub e Zamana Hazrat Syed Dost Mohammad Mohani R.A, Wali e Kamil and a famous Buzurg of his time in Awadh. His Mazar Shareef Situated in Badi Kasmandi, Barabanki District.
- Syed Shah Wajihuddin Mohammad Mohani R.A, a well known sufi of Silsila e Qadriya and Khalifa of Syed Shah Hasan Rasoolnuma Dehlvi .
- Hazrat Makhdoom Syed Jayu Mohani R.A Khalifa of Hazrat Makhdoom Shah Shafi R.A Safipur Shareef .
- Hazrat Makhdoom Syed Mohammad Yaqoob Ali Shah Mohani R.A, a Sufi Darvesh, & Wali e Kaamil Of Silsila e Chistiya Safviya Mohammadiya, His Mazaar Shareef is situated in Takiya Bisatiyan, Bakarmandi Kanpur.
- Syed Fazlul Hasan Mohani Al Maroof Maulana Hasrat Mohani , a well known Urdu poet, A Sufi, Krishna Bhakt and freedom fighter of Indian independence from British rule.
- Syed Mohd Mudassir Mohani, a well known Sufi preacher, General Secretary of Sufi Islamic Board-Awadh Zone and President of Promotion for Indian Sufi Culture and Education Federation .
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