by tawarikh | Feb 13, 2020 | Obituaries, People stories, Sufiway
A loss of a star in Sufi Skies On intervening night of 11-12th February, 2020 Syed Meraj Ahmad left this world for the heavenly abode. His demise was all of the sudden. He was on the way to Agra from his hometown ( Lakhimpur Kheri) when he felt sick & rushed to...
by Syed Abdul Mannan | Dec 5, 2019 | People stories, Sufiway
A mid-nineteenth century narrative of oral history Gateway to the shrine, Pic source: Syed Abdul Mannan Kakori, a small town is located fourteen kilometers north of Lucknow. It came up in the light of world history when the Indian freedom fighters snatched the British...
by Khalid Bin Umar | Oct 29, 2019 | Historical Narratives, People stories
An imaginary portrait of Iltutmish Source: Wikiimages He was the first independent Muslim ruler to sit on the throne of Delhi. It was he who consolidated the entire north India from Bengal to the borders of Afghanistan and founded the Delhi Sultanate. It was he who...
by Rehan Asad | Aug 26, 2019 | People stories
Story of Sayyad Muhammad Shah Aziz Fatima, a seventy-seven-year-old Urdu speaking lady from Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan recollects her memories from her birthplace at Ranikhet. A beautiful hill town situated in the Kumaon Hills of the Himalayas that is now a part on...
by Syed Naseer Ahamed | May 4, 2019 | Historical Narratives, People stories
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...
