KHalq mein tera ham-jamal kahanDhunDhiye surat-e-misal kahan(Hirma'n Khairabadi) We all know about the great freedom fighter Allama Fazl-e Haq Khairabadi...

Nawab Mohammed Ibrahim Ali Khan (1867-1930), the Nawab of Tonk, built a sunehri Kothi for poetry recitals, dance and music...

Samode is a thikana of the Nathawat clan of the Kachwaha Rajputs of Rajasthan with the head holding the title...

In #Mehrauli is the chillahgah of Baba Farid near the #dargah of 14th century Sufi saint #AshiqAllah.This adjoins an old...

SufiThursdays The tomb of Haji Rozbih, one of the first Sufi saints to enter Delhi, is near the Fateh Burj...

Rani of Natore, Rani Bhawani was one of those rare women zamindars who not only weilded power but weilded it...

Har shaam yahan, shaam e veera’n aseb zada raste galiya’nJis shahr ki dhun mein nikle thay who shahr dil e...

EDICTS FROM THE MUGHAL HAREMByS. A. I. TIRMIZI, Director of National Archives, published in 1979, showcases an edict by Marriyam...

SufiThursdays I would like to take you to a monument that's no longer a dargah though a Chishti Sufi saint...

We often talk of the Jama Masjid of Burhanpur with it's multi lingual inscription in Arabic and Sanskrit describing it's...

SufiThursdays Shaikh Nasiruddin Mahmud was the last great Chisti saint of Delhi and the Khalifa or successor of Hazrat Nizamuddin...

Let's visit Jaunpur's Jami Masjid today.Since Islam emphasised equality & brotherhood congregational prayers were encouraged.The Prophet said: "The prayer in...

Not as grand as Chattar Manzil but not too bad either!Sultan Khana in Calcutta where Nawab Wajid Ali Shah is...

First a bit about courtesans/ tawaif. The word tawaif comes from "taifa", which means Nocturnal rounds or patrols'; a people,...

SufiThursdays The dargah of Sheikh Jalal Bukhari is a very popular dargah near the western wall of the Taj Mahal,atop...

Surah An-Nur—the verse of Light (24:35): "God is the Light of the heavens and the earth; the likeness of His...

Surah An-Nur—the verse of Light (24:35): "God is the Light of the heavens and the earth; the likeness of His...

In 2015 I first visited the Dargah of Sheikh Najibuddin Mutawakkil, brother of Baba Farid in Adhcini (Delhi). Mehboob e...

While Sher Shah Suri's tomb is well documented the tomb of his father Hassan Khan Sur in Sasaram lies neglected...

One of my favourite wedding ceremonies is called the Arsi-mushaf.It is very common in Awadh and families of Awadh origin...

This is an Imam zamin a tradition where coins are wrapped in a cloth and tied around the right upperarm...

I decided to check into Sarai Nur Mahal and experience 17th century hospitality.As this sarai was on the caravan route...

There was a time when rulers went out of their way to promote secularism. One such enlightened ruler was the...

When one loses the way one finds another!Trying to navigate ourselves out of the city of Nakodar into which we...

Driving from Sarai Nur mahal to Kapurthala we lost our way in Nakodar and that was a lucky as I...

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List of books on Mughals Fathpur Sikri by S Ali Nadeem RezaviThe Reign of Muhammad Shah 11719-48) by Z U...

Now you see it, now you don't!Walking down towards dargah of Sheikh Ahmad Bukhari I saw glimpses of a grand...