To accommodate 235 Haj pilgrims from Bhopal, Sehore and Raisen at the Bhopal Rubat (Royal Waqf accommodation/lodge) in Mecca, the Shahi Auqaf on Thursday carried out the Qurra (lottery) here at Sufiya Masjid.
Shahar Qazi Bhopal Syed Mushtaq Ali Nadwi carried out the draw while member of the executive board of the Auqaf-e-Shahi and chairman of Reliable group Sikandar Hafiz Khan and Reliable group ED Abdul Tahir were also present on the occasion.
The executive board of the Auqaf-e-Shahi has the discretionary powers to provide free accommodation to the pilgrims from princely State of Bhopal that also includes Raisen and Sehore.
The Qurra was mainly held for the 235 births at Mecca for which over 800 pilgrims from Bhopal, Sehore and Raisen were considered while all the pilgrims would get accommodation at Medina.
The executive board of the Auqaf-e-Shahi has told the Haj pilgrims who have been allotted accommodation in Mecca Rubat that they should deposit 10 passport size photographs while those who have been allotted accommodation for Medina should deposit 5 passport size photographs at the Shahi Auqaf office.
He was all praise for the Nazir of Mecca Rubat Saleh Mohammed Mohammed Saati, Ismail Surti and Aziz Surti for their cooperation in getting accommodation for Rubat while he also lauded Medina Nazir Abdul Kareem, Yousuf Barri and Yunus Dehelvi for their efforts.
Bhopal’s begums had built these palatial accommodations for the pilgrims from the then princely State.