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{{Infobox mountain
| name = Moula Ali hill<br>مولا علی پہاڑ
| photo = MoulaAli_1875.jpg
| photo_alt = Moula Ali hill in 1875
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| photo_caption = Moula Ali hill in 1875
| elevation_m = 614.7
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| location = [[Moula Ali]], [[Hyderabad]], India
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| easiest_route = 484 steps
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| label_position = center
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| map_caption = Moula Ali hill is located in northeast [[Hyderabad]]
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'''Moula Ali hill''' is a [[monadnock]] or dome-shaped hill located in [[Moula Ali]], [[Hyderabad, India]]. It is well known for the Moula Ali [[dargah]] and a holy stone, which are both on top of the hill. The area is maximally inhabited by Muslims.

==Overview==
[[File:Moulali Paint 1793.jpg|thumb|A view of Moula Ali Hill in 1793]]

[[File:Hill1.jpg|thumb|A view from the hill at the dusk]]

The Moula Ali hill is approximately {{convert|614|m|ft}} tall.<ref name="Deccan">{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=wgo97XF0XuYC&q=moula+ali+hill+history&pg=PA17|title= Landmarks of the Deccan: A Comprehensive Guide to the Archaeological Remains|author= Syed Ali Asgar Bilgrami|isbn= 9788120605435|year= 1927}}</ref> It has 484 steps from dargah to bottom of the hill and has about 600 [[tomb]]s around it.<ref name="History of Hyderabad" />

There is another hillock near the Moula Ali hill, called "Qadam -e- Rasul", on which the sacred relics of the [[prophet]] were deposited by Mohammad Shakrullah Rahan, a servant of [[Asaf Jahi]].<ref name="Deccan" />

==History==

The area near the hill has been inhabited by humans since [[Neolithic]] times. Excavations have found pottery, iron tools and fragments of human skeleton near the site.<ref name="History of Hyderabad">{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=b_THAAAAIAAJ&q=moula+ali+hill+history |title= History and legend in Hyderabad |author= Hyderabad (India). Dept. of Information and Public Relations |year= 1953 }}</ref>

In 1578, a [[eunuch]] of the [[Qutub Shahi dynasty|Qutub Shahi]] court named Yakut was ill. He dreamt that a man in green dress told him to visit Moula Ali hill because [[Ali]] was waiting for him on top of the hill. In his dream Yakut went to the hill with the man and saw Ali sitting on top of the hill resting his hand on a stone. The next morning, Yaqut's illness was cured and a stone was found on the hill, which is said to have had the hand marks of Ali on it. After hearing about this incident, the Sultan visited the hill and ordered a dargah to be built on top of the hill. The stone that was found is kept in the shrine on top of the hill.<ref name="Deccan" /><ref name="Lonely Planet">{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=9XzyAAAAQBAJ&q=moula+ali+hill+history&pg=PT510|title=Lonely Planet South India & Kerala
|author1= Sarina Singh
|author2= Lindsay Brown
|author3= Paul Harding
|author4= Trent Holden
|author5= Amy Karafin
|author6= Kate Morgan
|author7= John Noble|isbn=9781743217948
|date=2013-09-01
}}</ref><ref name="White Mughals">{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Xhr2aR-O7c0C&q=moula+ali+hill+history&pg=PA171 |title= White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India |author= William Dalrymple |isbn= 9781101098127 |date= 2004-04-27 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ww3GYpMrwysC&q=moula+ali+hill&pg=PT6|title=The Untold Charminar |author= Syeda Imam |isbn=9788184759716 |date=2008-05-14 }}</ref>

[[File:MoulaAli 1902 2.jpg|thumb|right|220px|View of bazaar with Maula Ali Hill in the background., circa 1902]]

The hill was named 'Maula Ali', which means 'My Lord Ali', after the incident. The stone became popular for [[sufis]], [[ascetics]] and [[mysticism|mystics]] because of the belief that the stone has healing powers.<ref name="White Mughals" />

[[File:The Nizam VI riding an elephant in a procession from Moula Ali, circa. 1895.jpg|thumb|right|220px|The Nizam VI riding an elephant in a procession from Moula Ali, circa 1895 with Moula Ali Kaman in the background]]

Qutub shahi sultans began an annual pilgrimage on 17th Rijab to the hill from [[Golconda]], but after sunni Muslims conquered Hyderabad in 1687, the festival temporarily stopped. In the [[Nizams]] rule, this festival became one of the two important national festivals.<ref name="White Mughals" />

==Moula Ali dargah==

[[File:MainArch.jpg|thumb|The final arch atop the hill leading to the Dargah]]

[[File:SepentineRoad.jpg|thumb|Serpentine Road up the hill laid for vehicles.]]

[[File:Hill23.jpg|thumb|The hill as seen from a hillock nearby.]]

The Moula Ali [[dargah]] is located on top of the hill. It was built by Sultan [[Ibrahim Qutub Shah]]<ref name="Deccan" /> and it is the only dargah dedicated to [[Ali|maula Ali]], son-in-law of [[Prophet Muhammad]].<ref>{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=f5w9_mkaCYkC&q=Moula+Ali+hill&pg=PA114 |title= Days Of The Beloved |author= Harriet Ronken Lynton |isbn= 9780863112690 |year= 1987 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=2SQLAQAAIAAJ&q=moula+ali+hill+history|title=Andhra Pradesh District Gazetteers: Ranga Reddy|author= Director of Print. and Stationery at the Government Secretariat Press; [copies can be from: Government Publication Bureau, Andhra Pradesh], 2000|year=2000}}</ref> Its interior is decorated with thousands of mirrors<ref name="Lonely Planet" /> and it is one of the 11 heritage sites in Hyderabad, identified by the "Heritage conservation committee" of [[Hyderabad Urban Development Authority|HUDA]].<ref>{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=n6qbAwAAQBAJ&q=intach+hyderabad+rock+Moula+Ali&pg=PT182 |title= A Guide to the Heritage of Hyderabad |author= Madhu Vottery |isbn= 9788129125842 |date= 2012-12-11 }}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

[[Category:Hills of Telangana]]
[[Category:Geography of Hyderabad, India]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Hyderabad, India]]

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