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#Langar is a Persian origin word which means 'an almshouse' or 'a place for the poor and needy',
Practice and institution of Langar was first started by Baba Farid 12th century Punjabi Sufi mystic
The practice of Langar adopted by Sikhism inspired from this Sufi practice
An old photo of great story teller Mir
Baqar Ali Dehalvi with title
Marhoom Mir Baqae Ali Dastango Dehalvi with foot note
Zamana bade shauq se sun raha tha. Hami so gaye dastan kahte kahte
Sale Rahlat ba Shehr Khamoshan c 1928
#Dastangoi
Via @tawairkh
#Urdu
#Delhi
#Muslin(Malmal)is cotton fabric of plain weave.
got its name from the city of Mosul,Iraq which the Europeans believed to be its place of origin
However,its origins were actually from #Dhaka
In 17th & 18th centuries,
#Mughal Bengal was the foremost muslin exporter in the world
Rashid ul Khairi at Indian Women Conference held in 1928. :
“I say it openly and plainly:
Let the Muslim men try to crush women to their hearts’ content, but the laws of nature lie beyond their control.
A backlash on the part of women is inevitable.
It will be a moment of crisis
Khairi was the founder of ISMAT (عصمت), a social and literary magazine for women, which served the cause of Muslim women education in India and fought for their legal rights
Khairi's work depicts the circumstances of women,
what they had to face during that time in British India
Asaf Ali (1888-1953) was a freedom fighter and a noted Indian lawyer.
A prominent leader of Congress,who defended Shaheed Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt as a lawyer, after they threw a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly
He became first Indian ambassador to USA in 1947
"Tabeeb"
("Tibb":Medicine)
&
"Chaarahgar"
("Chaarah":Treatment)
Two common words used for Doctor in #Urdu
"tadbīr mere ishq kī kyā fā.eda tabīb
ab jaan hī ke saath ye āzār https://t.co/SbjCM1d6vKā
#Mir
Daagh e Dil gar nazar nahi aata
Bu bhi aye charahgar nahi aati
#Ghalib
The earliest general #hospital was built in 805 in Baghdad by Harun Al-Rashid.
By the tenth century, Baghdad had five more hospitals, while Damascus had six by the 15th century and Córdoba alone had 50 major hospitals.
#COVID2019
#Corona
#JantaCurfew
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Wuḍūʾ (Arabic: الوضوء ) or Wuzu is
an Islamic ritual purification/cleaning or ablution performed before the prayers or Reading Holy Quran.
Wudu involves washing the hands, mouth, nostrils, arms, head and feet with water and is an important part of ritual purity in Islam.