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'''Tasmia Qwani''' also known as ''Bismillah'' is a centuries old traditional [[Hyderabadi Muslims|Deccani muslim]] family ceremony in which a Muslim child is initiated to read the [[Quran]]. The ceremony is celebrated with multiple traditional customs.

After a Muslim child grows to the age of four years and four months the traditional ''Bismillah'' ceremony is performed in which, any elder person from the family or a religious head from the community make the child to recite the first five verses from [[Al-Alaq|Surath Al-Alaq]]—(96th Chapter of the Quran), and from then on wards the child is regularly taught to learn the Quran.

The ceremony is celebrated on any convenient day with relatives, neighbors and friends, on the ceremony day early morning [[Naqqar khana|Naubat]]—(drummer and [[shehnai]] players are placed on a small podium) is played outside the house, in the evening ladies play ''Dholak ke geet''— (household songs based on local Folklore) in a family gathering, later the child is prepared to get ready for function and this preparation is called ''Haldi''—([[Turmeric]] and [[Sandalwood]] paste is applied on the body for fragrance) before shower, female child’s hands and foot are decorated with ''[[Henna]]'' fortnight of ceremony, the male garb is [[Sherwani]] and female is [[Khara Dupatta]] and [[Gajra]]. Once all the relatives arrived, particularly after ''[[Isha prayer]]''—(Late night 5th and last prayer of the Day) the child is set to recite the verses of the Quran after which the relatives congratulates the parents and present gifts and flower garlands to the child and parents. The traditional [[Marfa Music]] is played followed with sword dance by the youngsters.<ref>{{cite book|title=An African Indian Community in Hyderabad|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DigPvwHTqJ4C&pg=PA157|last=Yimene|first=Ababu Minda|pages=157–158|isbn=3865372066|publisher=Cuvillier Verlag|year=2004|accessdate=12 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=A Policeman Ponders: Memories and Melodies of a Varied Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vlFwuITRF2wC&pg=PA6|last=Muhammad|first=Mahmood bin|pages=6–7|isbn=9788176480260|publisher=APH Publishing|year=1999|accessdate=12 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Locating Home: India's Hyderabadis Abroad|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HQCvgavbQjgC&pg=PA71|last=Leonard|first=Karen Isaksen|page=71|isbn=9780804754422|publisher=Stanford University Press|year=2007|accessdate=12 November 2015}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://extrazoom.com/image-16926.html Prince Mukarram Jah on his Tasmia Qwani]

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