Marhara

Marehara has been the heart throb of millions of Sunni Muslims around the world right from the time of Mughal emperor Jehangir. The great seer and the direct descendant of the Holy Prophet, Mir Abdul Jaleel Bilgrami settled in Marehra around eleventh century and his spiritual circle covered the entire region of Braj (from Agra to Bareilly), Rohailkhand (from Bareilly to Kanpur), Awadh (from Kanpur to Kalpi) and Bundel Khand (from Kalpi to Jhansi). His was a dynasty of established scholars, well recognized poets in Braj, Hindustani, Urdu, Persian and Arabic.

Marehara is a city and a municipal board in Etah district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh near Aligarh. As of 2001 India census GR India, Marehra had a population of 17,772. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Marehra has an average literacy rate of 40%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 49%, and female literacy is 30%. In Marehra, 18% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Marehra, a small town some 200 Kms. from the National Capital of Delhi has been famous for its plums, mangoes and glass bangles. India’s Poet Laureate Mirza Ghalib in his letters to Syed Sahib-e-Aalam, a Sufi Saint of Marehra, has mentioned his burning desire ‘to come to Marehra and eat its sweet and delicious mangoes and plums.’ But he could never come to Marehra. It is said that Mirza Ghalib’s famous book ‘Ood-e-Hindi’ was compiled by Syed Sahib-e-Aalam in Marehra.