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Sitapur city is located in the Uttar Pradesh (UP) state of India. It is about 50 miles from the state capital, Lucknow. My nanihal is from Sitapur and I am the third generation of where this story starts from. My nana (maternal grandfather) was Syed Talmiz Husain Rizvi and my nani (maternal grandmother) was Syeda Mehdi Begum.

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Shajrah of Syed Talmiz Husain Rizvi can be seen here (Page 1 and Page 2).

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We used to call our nana, BhaiAbba although his pet name was Bechchu. Similarly, we used to call our nani, Apa, although her pet name was Munni Begum.

 

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