#mehrauli #delhi – Rana Safvi https://ranasafvi.com A blog exploring India's Ganga Jamuni Tehzeeb or its rich multi plural multi cultural heritage via its adab, tehzeeb & tareekh Wed, 26 Apr 2023 10:48:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://ranasafvi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image-7-75x75.jpg #mehrauli #delhi – Rana Safvi https://ranasafvi.com 32 32 179612229 AN abandoned house in Mehrauli, Delhi https://ranasafvi.com/an-abandoned-house-in-mehrauli-delhi/ https://ranasafvi.com/an-abandoned-house-in-mehrauli-delhi/#respond Wed, 26 Apr 2023 10:48:22 +0000 https://ranasafvi.com/?p=38444

An abandoned house, which must have been built with a lot of dreams and been filled with love and longings in Mehrauli Archaeological Park kept reminding me of Nazir Akbarabadi ”s Banjaranama
“sab thaath pada rah jaavega jab laad chalega banjara ”

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Three layers of superb carving combining vegetal motifs and calligraphic inscriptions cover the surface of this Qur’an stand. The inscriptions include decorative arrangements of the words Allah, ‘Ali, and Muhammad, and blessings upon the Prophet and the Twelve Imams. In addition, they provide us with the information that the stand was made by Hasan [ibn] Zain ibn Sulaiman al‑Isfahani for endowment to a madrasa, or theological college, in the year 1360.

https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/10.218/

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