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Mullah Nasruddin is a beloved figure in folklore across the Muslim World including Pakistan, whilst Amir Khusrow is often known as the father of Urdu poetry. A thread on stories of wit, humour, and wisdom in Khusrows words:

Legend has it that there is a breathtakingly beautiful crystal glass castle atop Nanga Parbat. It is home to the fairies. #FairyTaleTuesday
To protect their home and their secrets, those who try to scale the peak meet their death.

Behram Khan and Gul Andama
A tale of love, war and intertwined fates of a Roman Prince, a Chinese Princess, & a Pakistani Jinn 

Anarkali
Remembering Shehzada Saleem and his beloved

Hani Shah Mureed, also Shahdad & Mahnaz
Iconic romances from Balochistan

Day two: #FifteenDaysOfArt a Mughal-era miniature style digital painting! “The Queen Blossom” by Aleena Jarrar for our #anthology #ThoseDamnedLands

Hop on with your art!
#BookTwitter #AuthorsOfTwitter #WritersLift #Art #Illustrations #artistsontwitter

“Slut era” she says whilst she stays holed up in her room, illustrating stories all day

When Samarkand was besieged by Shaybani Khan, Babur was eighteen, and once again abandoned by his family. Shaybani asked Babur for his sister’s hand, Khanzada Begum, 23 at the time, either for his life, or for a truce. Anyhow, six months of siege had left the city in tatters.

Israfeel (A); one of the four archangels in Islamic belief. His duty is to blow the trumpet on the Day of Judgement. #ArtistsOnTwitterCommunity

Later, in the 1900s, the diamond was owned by two Russian princesses, Leonila Galitsine-Bariatinisky and Nadia Vygin-Orlov (who gave the diamond its current name). Eerily, both of them are believed to have leapt to their deaths from tall buildings after owning the stone.

Illustrated Sekhmet. The Egyptian Goddess of war, healing, protector of the sun god, Ra.

In Norse mythology, the goddess Sól drove the chariot of the sun across the sky. At night, her brother Máni took the same trip with the moon.