The most popular image when one googles majolica tiles or Uzbekistan tourism is the mausoleum of Shirin Bika in the...

Every mausoleum in Shah e Zinda in Samarqand is exquisite but one of the most breathtaking is the tomb of...

"Heart which has no divine mystery Should be broken into a thousand pieces" Mahmud Pahlavon I am in glazed tiles...

Mas'ūd b. ʿAbd Allah Bayḍawi* (Arabic: مسعود بن عبدالله بیضاوی) (d. 769/1368), famous as: Bābā Rūkn al-Dīn Shīrazī (Persian: بابا...

The arc ( citadel) of Khiva was built as a self contained universe inside Khiva. The mud walls ( will...

I had shared that the Jama Masjid, Delhi has relics attributed to the Prophet pbuh anf Hazrat Ali. This is...

Uzbekistan is full of madrasa, Sufi shrines and speaks of an atmosphere of learning and knowledge. One such place was...

On the facade of the Bukhara Madrasa is quoted the Prophet's famous hadith: It is the duty of every true...

All of us are familiar with the image of a rather corpulent Nawab Wajid Ali Shah wearing an angarkha in...

When Sultan Mohammad bin Tughlaq gave orders for the shifting of the capital from Delhi to Daulatabad, he ordered Sufi...

In Islam, death & burial are regulated by sharia & are linked to the redemption of the soul. The body...

What very few people know is that after being brought from Burhanpur in Dec 1631, Mumtaz Mahal was buried in...

‪Here rests Bi Mamola and may she rest in peace. Her's is one of the prettiest graves I've seen.‬ ‪#TurkmanGate...

The other Sunehri Masjid of Nawab Roshanud Daula Sir Syed Ahmad Khan writes in Asar us Sanadid : "There is...

12th May / 17 Ramzan 1857 On 12th May 1857 the Indian sepoys who had come from Meerut took out...

When Mumtaz Mahal passed away, Bebadal Khan wrote the chronogram for her that yielded 1040 — the Hijri year of...

AkshayVat is a Bargad tree in Allahabad / Prayag Raj, under which Lord Rama took shelter in banbaas and gave...

India is home to many amazing stepwells. I have visited many of them all over India. Today a different stepwell-...

Shayad issi ka naam hai muhabbat Shefta Ek aag si hai seene ke andar lagi huyi Perhaps this is what...

During the reign of Khiva Khan, Muhammad Rahim-khan II (1863–1910) one of his main officials was a certain Syed Islam...

‪Dopahar aur roza thoda mushkil ho jaata Hai.‬ ‪That's the time when you need a "Qaylulah" (borrowed from arabic ...

The enclosure for the grave of Qazi Hamiduddin Nagauri is on the left of the main entrance to the shrine...

Makanpur Dargah, near Kanpur is the resting place of Shah Madar who came to India from Syria in reign of...

Zulfiqar Sword of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib Painting by Suleman Rehman Ali's double edged sword called Zulfiqar had mystical...

Kushk e Mehndiya’n painting by Daniells 11th Rabi us Sani, the Islamic month, marks the gyarvin sharif or the urs...

Painting: Solomon Receives a Message from the Hoopoe, Mughal 2nd half 17th c, calligraphy - Abd al-Rahim Anbarin Qalam depicts...

The first time I heard of Mysore silk as a special kind of silk was when the serial Mahabharata was...

A 2nd century Buddha in Chandigarh museum. At the time of partition it wasn't only land that was divided, museums...

Ranakpur Jain temple is one of the four major pilgrimage points for Shvetamber Jains. Made of marble it was built...

Kumbhalgarh Fort has many temples. The Neelkanth Mahadev Temple was built by Rana Kumbha in AD 1458. Facing west, it...