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Bhysties (water carriers) of Delhi' from ‘Rays from The East, or Illustrations of the Holy Scriptures, derived principally from the Manners, Customs, Rites, and Antiquities of Eastern Nations’ (1871) #Delhi #Occupations #Bhishtis
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Two views in timeline of Bazaar-i-Musaqaf aka Chhatta Chowk from Red Fort, Delhi.
1. c 1850s, Ghulam Ali Khan with caption, The Chhutta within the Lahore Gate of the Palace
2. 2019 by Kumar Vikrant
Source: Wiki images #Redfort #Delhi
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Hindoos going to an Idol Temple' from ‘Rays from The East, or Illustrations of the Holy Scriptures, derived principally from the Manners, Customs, Rites, and Antiquities of Eastern Nations’ (1871) by Joseph Austin Benwell. #Engravings #Art #History
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Khan Bahadur Khan with his sheer courage held onto entire Ruhilkhand till May, 1858. One of last places in North India that was regained by British forces almost 10 months after siege of Delhi. @ubbermensch
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Robert Hay,ILLUSTRATIONS OF CAIRO, LONDON: MOYES & BARCLAY FOR TILT AND BOGUE, 1840. Hay was one of pioneers of Egyptology & financed many early excavations in Egypt. He spent several winters between 1828 & 1836 living in a tomb
https://t.co/PmCkBcqh2P
@MuslimCulture #Cairo
Ali Kemal Bey was an Ottoman Journalist, Poet & Liberal politician who was b 1869. Wrote for Ikdam. Also 3 mnts Interior minister in Gov of Ferid Pasha in 1919. Politically murdered in 1922. Grandfather of Stanley Johnson & great-grandfather of @BorisJohnson #history #Heritage
Peshawar Market Scene C 1867 Coloured lithograph from William Simpson. #Peshawar #Markets #Lockdown #COVID2019 #LifeInALockdown
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@khalidkoraivi @MuslimCulture
@MuslimCulture @DalrympleWill @MohdMuzzammilK @Everyday_Muslim @sufimusafir @BatraK9 @hemantsarin @IslamicLandmark @khawajaajmer @dargah_hamzapir @WonderfulWande5 Akbar's Mosque, Ajmer, 1880, by picture by Baudesson with biographical note on Hazrat Khwaja Muinuddin & his tomb. The white marble mosque donated by Akbar was built in about 1570. https://t.co/jmbxmDuEL1 #Ajmer #Sufiheritage #Chishti #Mosques
@mosquesty
Almost two months before Independence & partition, the police in Delhi searching Tanga (Carriage) for arms in apprehension of any violence by Khaksars on partition. Pic 10 June 1947, #Delhi Source: Columbia University #DelhiViolence #DelhiPolice @ssharadmohhan @NafeesRehmanDr
Two pics of Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah
1📷Francis Frith C 1850-70
2📷Lawrie & Company
Source: https://t.co/1aAVe3XA4u
Shaikh Nizam-ud-Din Auliya (1236-1325) of Chishti order was Delhi’s most revered Muslim saint and his tomb or dargah is still a site of pilgrimage @sufi_centre