Momal Rano

Momal Rano or Mumal Rano (Sindhi: مومل راڻو‎) tells the adventures of Mumal, a beautiful and dangerous, courtesan-like woman, and her lover Rano.

Rano, wrongly assuming that she has cheated him one night, leaves her alone. Eventually, after a long period of waiting, the loving woman is purified and united with the beloved, whose light she knows and recognises everywhere.

Mumal Rano appears in Shah Jo Risalo and is one of a set of seven popular tragic romances from Sindh, Pakistan. The other six tales are Umar Marui, Sohni Mehar, Sassui Punhun, Noori Jam Tamachi, Sorath Rai Diyach and Sohni Mehar commonly known as the Seven Heroines (ست سورميون) of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai.

The same story is famous in Rajasthani literature.

Story

Mumal Rathore was a gorgeous princess and living in a glamorous palace (it was previously named as Kak Mahal) in Jaisalmer, India. The story begins with the description of the charms, clothes and perfume adorning Mumal or Momal and her seven sisters and an attendant as they weave a web of magic in the Kak palace to attract rich suitors for the hand of Mumal, deprive them of their wealth and also finish them off in a maze of labyrinths, fake ponds and other illusions of the palace.

Rano

Rano is a Local Government Area in Kano State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Rano.

It has an area of 520 km² and a population of 145,439 at the 2006 census.

The postal code of the area is 710.

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