by Khalid Bin Umar | Jun 4, 2021 | Bhikan Shah, Guru Granth Sahib, Historical Narratives, Monuments, People stories, Sikh History, Sufi, Sufiway
Shah Bheeka/Bhikhari of Kakori (1485-1574 ) India is regarded as the Land of Saints. They all had a beautiful common message i.e. righteousness and universal brotherhood. The most productive period in the history was probably the medieval period when there was no city...
by Khalid Bin Umar | May 25, 2021 | Historical Narratives, Sufiway
Mirza Abdul-Qadir Bēdil ( ابوالمعانی میرزا عبدالقادر بیدل دهلوی)1644–1720) One of the greatest persian poets of all times, Mirza Abdul Qadir Bedil was born in 1644 in Akbarnagar,(east of Bhagalpur) while most of the earlier scholars have stated Azimabad to be...
by Khalid Bin Umar | Apr 5, 2021 | Historical Narratives, People stories, Sufiway
Awadh and its Qasbas as a whole stand out in terms of intellectual heritage, significance, and contribution towards learning. They were not just being centers of literary tradition but equally perpetuated an intellectual environment through the production of men of...
by Khalid Bin Umar | Mar 31, 2021 | Historical Narratives, People stories, Sufiway
Raja Tikait Rai was the Diwan of Awadh from 1791 – 1796 during the reign of Asaf-u-daula. He was a Srivastava Kayasth from Dalmau, a qasbah in Rai Bareli. He started his career as an a account clerk and rose on to become the powerful finance minister of Awadh....
by tawarikh | Feb 17, 2021 | Gallery, Sufiway
A journey from Visual Archives Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti, a famous sufi scholar of 13th century India was born at Sistan (now in modern Iran) in 1143 CE in family of Sayyid Ghyiath al Din. From his ancestral affiliations, this family was among the descendants of Hazrat...
by Sayyid Danyal | Oct 8, 2020 | Historical Narratives, People stories, Sufiway
Imam al-Hādi ila al-Haqq Yahya bin al-Husayn: the first Imam of Yemen. Born in tenth century Medina to a scholarly family who trace their lineage to Prophet Muhammad, Imam al-Hādi ila al-Haqq Yahya bin al-Husayn served as the first Imam of Yemen. He sought to revive...
