Lot 2• in Bonhams (2015) A LARGE ILLUMINATED QUR'AN, BY REPUTE TAKEN FROM THE BAGGAGE OF NANA SAHIB AFTER HIS...

Rana Safvi is a well known author and historian with a passion for culture and heritage. Read on to know...

‎Calligraphed scorpion, mid-19th c, attributed to Bahadur Shah Zafar: ‎It reads: ‎نیش عقرب نه از ره کینه است ‎ مقتضای...

Shaykh Kaki wrote some beautiful poetry of his own that is still peformed by qawwals today: Dil pareshan dida hairan...

I had read about Battisi Baoli so was determined to find it. It is the largest Baoli in Chanderi and...

Some glimpses of the original building built by Dara Shukoh and the new additions You can read more here: The...

If you've seen Red Fort recently you would wonder where these paintings are from! Almost 52 buildings inside the Red...

The Chhatta Chowk or Bazaar e Musaqqaf ( covered marked) is located behind the Lahori Gate and is set within...

Zafar Mahal was constructed during the reign of Bahadur Shah II in 1842 and named after him. This pavilion stands...

‘A Baolee near the old city of Delhi’ a coloured aquatint by Thomas Daniel, circa 1802. From Thomas and William...

Aihole is one of the earliest places for structural temple architecture — Read on www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/a-chalukyan-legacy/article23543433.ece

This is not the first time rape has been used as a tool of war to subjugate those who are...

A post by Mahindra Vist A Persian poem written in Bahadur Shah's hand. It was a sign of friendship to...

Though it’s still as majestic, I despair at its shoddy state. — Read on www.dailyo.in/variety/delhi-jama-masjid-grand-mosque-world-mughal-chandni-chowk-shahjahanabad/story/1/23316.html Glorious history of Delhi's Jama...

Satpula Dam: During the second decade rule of Sultan Muhammad Shah Tughlaq, the economic conditions of the Delhi Sultanate was...

In Burhanpur is the medieval village of Zainabad from where the love of Aurangzeb 's life Zainabadi came. Ppics from...

No, Mughals didnt loot India. They made us rich — Read on www.google.co.in/amp/s/www.dailyo.in/lite/politics/mughals-contribution-indian-economy-rich-culture-tourism-british/story/1/19549.html No, Mughals didn't loot India. They made...

His instructions on keeping the army happy, selecting a chief justice are kept in the United Nations as an example....

On Mahlaqa Bai, the first to give Urdu poetry a feminine voice — Read on www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/the-moon-faced-ladys-dargah/article23402810.ece WHERE STONES SPEAK |...

Sultan Firoz Shah Tughlaq got a madarsa built on the banks of the reservoir Hauz Alai which was built by...

Two tombs of two unknown ladies from the Lodi era in Hauz Khas

An inscription over its central archway describes that it was built inA.H. 911 (A.D. 1505-06) during the reign of Sikandar...

On a perfect day in March 2014 I went exploring Hauz Khas with Asif Khan Dehlvi and he clicked with...

Baam-o-dar* khamoshi ke boojh se choor AasmaanooN se juu-e-dard ravaaN *roof and doors Chaand ka dukh bhara fasaana-e-noor Shah- raho'N*...

Hazrat Amir Khusrau heard Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya say when he saw some people praying: Har qaum raast raahay, deen-e wa...

The Mughal ruler is usually portrayed as a calculating, warring ruler. But that is just part of the story. —...

British forces were only able to recapture the city in September, after a three-month siege of Delhi. —scroll.in/article/807524/how-a-massive-explosion-on-this-day-in-1857-signaled-to-the-british-that-delhi-was-taken HISTORY REVISITED...

VALENTINE'S DAY How Humayun convinced the love of his life to marry him Hamida Bano grew up to be a...

The Mughal king was tried and convicted for the murder of 56 Europeans taken prisoner by the soldiers. scroll.in/article/835316/may-16-1857-how-a-massacre-by-rebel-sepoys-at-the-red-fort-felled-bahadur-shah-zafar May...

scroll.in/article/849997/this-is-the-book-that-lovers-of-urdu-literature-needed-to-understand-its-history This is the book that lovers of Urdu literature needed, to understand its history An anthology of poetry and...