Hazrat Shah Abban Badar Chishti (Amroha)
( شاہ ابٌن بدر چشتی رحمتہ الله علیہ ( امروہہ ا امروہہ شمالی ہندوستان کی ایک نہایت زرخیز بستی ہے جس کو علمی ادبی اور روحانی حوالے سے تمام برصغیر میں ایک خاص مقام حاصل ہے اس...
Al Khwarizmi: A Medieval Polymath
A review article| Khalid Bin Umar During the time of the Renaissance, Europe labelled a medieval polymath as being the “original inventor of algebra.” The person who wrote the first book on Algebra, & first to describe the systematic solution and quadratic...
Zarda: Story of an exotic Mughal dessert
Food story by Indo-Islamic Culture Zarda is a traditional dessert of Indian subcontinent that is also popular among the locals as Meethe Chawal (Sweet Rice). It has been prepared by boiling rice, & adding flavors by the colors, milk, sugar, cardamoms, raisins,...
Origin of Pindaris
By Barmazid The origin of the Pindaris is shrouded in obscurity. They first come into notice as a class of unpaid auxiliaries attached to Maratha armies of the eighteenth century who lived by plunder and devastation of the enemy country. The name is Marathi and...
Dr. Zakir Hussain, the third President of India
Pic source: Syed Naseer personal collection Dr. Zakir Hussain, the third President of Indian republic (1967-1969), was born on 8 February, 1897 in Hyderabad, which is presently the capital of Telangana. His father Fida Hussain Khan and mother Nazneen Begum were...
TIPU SULTAN (1750-1799)
Pic source: Syed Naseer Album ballocks.nethe has a good pointshop on Pic source: Syed Naseer Album Syed Naseer|Tipu Sultan, the ‘Tiger of Mysore’, was a great visionary who exposed the expansionist designs of the British imperial forces. He gave a clarion call to his...