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ON 100TH YEAR OF THE PARENTAL COMPANY THE METAL & METAL CAME INTO EXISTANCE IN 1985.WITH ACTIVITIES  IN EXPORTS,HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY AND SHIP BREAKING                    

         "Sheikh Muhammad Razi" present CEO born in 1964 is the great grandson

 of  " Sheikh Madar Ullah " known as the founder of the Indian Carpet Industry.

         A BRIEF HISTORY OF INDIAN CARPET INDUSTRY

A group of master craftsmen and traders from SHIRAZ of IRAN,
on the invitation of the Mughal rulers, came in to India during the late 18th century and started trading IRANI hand-made carpets. 

During their tour to Uttar Pradesh, then called the United Province of India, near the village Madhosingh (Aurai) on Grand Trunk Road, the caravan was looted and plundered by the local robbers. 

After losing everything the survivors decided to settle down in near by villages.

The head of the family Mr. Sheikh Madar Ullah, started making
hand - knotted carpets there himself. The craftsmanship was soon
appreciated by the local rulers and he was promoted by them. 

And this is how a regular carpet manufacturing industry was started in early 1800's and Sheikh Madar Ullah was called the 'Founder of Indian Carpet Industry'.

As a result, the family emerged as successful traders and manufacturers of hand made carpets and in the year 1835 established their first ever registered unit of Hand knotted Woolen Pile Carpets under the name and style "Mirzapur Carpets"at Mirzapur.

As time passed by the establishment was named "Madarullah Abdul Karim" which was finally converted to 'Rahamatullah &  Brothers', the world-renowned exporters of carpets from India in 1885. 

The new promoters were two sons of  Haji Sheikh Abdul Karim, Sheikh Rahmat-Ullah and Sheikh Salamat- Ullah.    

In the next 100 years the group diversified into other industries like fisheries, shipping and metals. The group also had a good command over trading of precious metals.

Alhaj Sheikh Abdul Jabbar, the younger son of Mr. Rahmatullah took over the company in 1945 and traveled the whole world to take the business to new heights and worked till 1974 and retired.

In 1985, after 100 years of the establishment of the original parental company, Metal & Metal came into existence headed by present CEO Sheikh Muhammad Razi, and restarted the carpet manufacturing export along with other industries such as Scrap milling , Hotels and Pharmacy Industry.

Time changed, people changed but the PLACE OF PRIDE ,our address remains  unchanged  SHEIKH'S COMPLEX, SOUTH GATE,IMLAHA,MIRZAPUR-231001