Yakhni Pulao
July 7, 2019
Shakshouka – an Iranian dish
July 8, 2019
Jung aur Aman by Sahir Ludhianvi
March 23, 2016
Mausoleum of Mahmud Pahlavon in Khiva, Uzbekistan
May 30, 2023
SufiThursdays I am a traveler, You are my road.I go from You to You.Zeynep Hatun Her Holiness Bibi Zuleikha Saheba, ...
Read moreHarkî raft az dîdah dâghe bar dîl-e mâ tâzah kard dar zamîn-e narm naqsh pâ nomâyân meshawad The one who ...
Read moreOne of my favourite PG Wodehouse novels is Damsel in Distress. Wodehouse's heroines were usually grande dames who could evoke fear ...
Read moreJodha Bai, the queen who wasn't Depending on your age, you would associate Jodha Bai with Durga Khote or Aishwarya ...
Read moreLast year, a kind of morbid curiosity drew me to Malcha Mahal, the 14th century shikargah or hunting palace of ...
Read moreKhairul manazil or best of houses is a chronogram which gives the year of construction 969 AH or 1561-62 AD ...
Read moreThe Chhatta Chowk or Bazaar e Musaqqaf ( covered marked) is located behind the Lahori Gate and is set within ...
Read moreIn the second half of Muhammad bin Tughlaq 's reign the kingdom particularly Delhi was facing economic distress due to ...
Read moreGallery Text : It was not unusual for the resident British of nineteenth-century Delhi to buy ruined or abandoned Mughal ...
Read moreGallery Text : It was not unusual for the resident British of nineteenth-century Delhi to buy ruined or abandoned Mughal ...
Read moreOn the third Diya, Badshah is weighed in Gold and Silver …. The Qila is illuminated on all sides. Puffed ...
Read moreBOOKS 30 November 2018 Twilight Diaries Swapna Liddle A rare look into the everyday life of the last Mughals City ...
Read moreDr Chiman Lal who ran a dispensary in Daryaganj and was also the Mughal Emperor 's physician was one of ...
Read moreIs Sir Syed’s built legacy decaying? Az Naksh wa nigaar e dar wa deewar shikasta Asaar e padeed ast sanadeed ...
Read moreNear Nai Sarak in ShahJahanabad I came upon this charming Shri ChitrGupt Mandir with a mix of Urdu, Farsi and ...
Read moreAt Dhaula Peer Dargah with Yajanekka Aroraa and Asif Khan Dehlvi
Read moreJanab Bashir Ahmed Nizami has been leading prayers for 70 years in the Khairul Manazil mosque. Says now he's so ...
Read moreShah e Mardaan in Jorbagh More details in my book The Forgotten Cities of Delhi https://amzn.to/2uczskp The dargah where Qadam ...
Read moreAt the badly encroached tomb of Shamsuddin Atgha Khan. Akbar's foster brother and senior minister. It was built next to ...
Read moreThe grave of Mirza Jahangir brother of Bahadur Shah Zafar in Dargah of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya Built by his mother ...
Read moreShahJahanabad 's iconic Digambar Jain Mandir started as Urdu Mandir in a soldier's tent in Shah Jahan 's reign, with ...
Read moreThen and NowBegum Samru 's palace in Delhi is now the Central Bank and in shambles.It's located in Bhagirath Palace ...
Read moreTucked away behind a board next to the Dargah of Hazrat Turkman is the Holy Trinity Church It was built ...
Read moreLala Chunnamal, a wealthy textile merchant helped the British during the Uprising of 1857 and women their favour. When the ...
Read moreIn 2014 while researching for Where Stones Speak the blessings of Qutub Sahab & luck helped us and Syed Mohammad ...
Read moremere mahboob kahiN aur mila kar mujhse bazm e shaahi meiN ghareeboN ka guzar kya maani sabt jis raah pa ...
Read moreIt was called Qila Qadam Sharif with a fortified wall, bastions & grand gateways. Now just another neglected and rundown ...
Read moreAll those who read Prof Shamsur Rahman Faruqi's book Mirror Of Beauty or who follow early 19th century history will ...
Read more"Sir where will I find Sheikh Ibrahim Zauq's grave here" "Next to the KoodaKatta" (rubbish dump) Kaun jaye Zauq" par ...
Read moreWritten on the walls of Yaadgar e Zauq - Khaqan e Hind/ poet laureate (Yaadgar because original tomb demolished to ...
Read moreCome, explore and fall in love the Beauties of Delhi (Dilli ki Ranaiya’n) and the World with me, Rana Safvi
I have a masters in medieval history from the prestigious Centre for Advanced Studies, Dept. of History, AMU. A firm believer in our Ganga Jamuni Tehzeeb, I am passionate about gaining and sharing knowledge and these days I am doing it via the social media platform.
© 2018 Rana Safvi - A blog Exploring Ganga Jamuni Tehzeeb of India, website handcrafted by Abu Sufiyan.
© 2018 Rana Safvi - A blog Exploring Ganga Jamuni Tehzeeb of India, website handcrafted by Abu Sufiyan.