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Persian literature

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Persian literature comprises oral compositions and written texts in the Persian language and is one of the world’s oldest literatures. It spans over two-and-a-half millennia. Its sources have been within Greater Iran including present-day Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, the Caucasus, and Turkey, regions of Central Asia (such as Tajikistan) and South Asiawhere the Persian languagehas historically been either the native or official language. For example, Rumi, one of the best-loved Persian poets, born

Sayyid

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Sayyid is an honorific title denoting people accepted as descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his cousin and son-in-law Ali (Ali ibn Abi Talib) through his grandsons, Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali,:31 sons of Muhammad’s daughter Fatimah and Ali.:149 Female sayyids are given the titles sayyida, syeda, alawiyahor sharifa. In some regions of the Islamic world, such as in India, the descendants of Muhammad are given the title amīr or mīr, meaning “commander”, “general”. In Shia-Islam

Som Shah of Ramnagar

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The Maharaja Soma Shah was Koli ruler of the petty kingdom of Ramnagar, present days in Gujarat. He invented the Chauth system which was a form of the Protection fees. Contents Chauth system Disputes and Politics on Chauth Fall of Ramnagar and annexation in Maratha Empire References Chauth system It was started by Maharaja of Ramnagar when Portuguese possessed the Daman and Diu and was an annual tax

Shahar Banu Begum

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Shahar Banu Begum(1663 – ?) was Empress consort of the Mughal Empire from 14 March 1707 to 8 June 1707 as the third (and last) wife of Emperor Muhammad Azam Shah. She is popularly known by the titles Padishah Bibiand Padshah Begum. By birth, Shahar Banu was a princess of the Adil Shahi dynasty of Bijapur and was the daughter of Ali Adil Shah II and his consort

Muhammad Ibrahim (Mughal emperor)

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Muhammed Ibrahim (9 August 1703 – 31 January 1746) was a claimant to the throne of India. Contents Early life Reign Death Titles Coins References Bibliography Early life Muhammad Ibrahim was the eldest son of Prince Rafi-ush-Shan, son of Emperor Bahadur Shah I. His mother was Nur-un-nissa Begum, the daughter of Shaikh Baqi. He was the brother of Emperors Rafi

Azimabad

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Azimabad (Hindi: अज़ीमाबाद, Urdu: عظیم آباد‎) was the name of modern-day Patnaduring the eighteenth century, prior to the British Raj. Today, Patna is the capital of Bihar, a state in North India. In ancient times, Patna was known as Pataliputra. This was the capital of the Maurya and Gupta Empires. Medieval India marked Pataliputra’s invasion of Muslim Pashtun Bakhtiyar Khilji and other Muslim rulers. This event is arguably seen by modern historians and scholars as

Dargah

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A dargah (Persian: درگاه‎ dargâhor درگه dargah, Turkish dergâh, also in Urdu and Bengali: দরগাহdorgah) is a shrine built over the grave of a revered religious figure, often a Sufi saint or dervish. Sufis often visit the shrine for ziyarat, a term associated with religious visits and “pilgrimages”. Dargahs are often associated with Sufi eating and meeting rooms and hostels, called khanqah or hospices. They usually include a mosque, meeting rooms, Islamic religious schools (madrassas), residences for

Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki

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Qutb ul Aqtab Khwaja Sayyid Muhammad Bakhtiyar AlHussaini Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki (Urdu قطب الدین محمد بختیار کاکی)(born 1173-died 1235) was a Sunni Muslim Sufi mystic, saint and scholar of the Chishti Order from Delhi, India. He was the disciple and the spiritual successor of Moinuddin Chishti as head of the Chishti order, and the person to whom the Qutb Minar, Delhi is dedicated. Before him the Chishti order in India

Couplet

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A couplet is a pair of successive lines of metre in poetry. A couplet usually consists of two successive lines that rhyme and have the same metre. A couplet may be formal (closed) or run-on (open). In a formal (or closed) couplet, each of the two lines is end-stopped, implying that there is a grammatical pause at the end of a line of

Khan Zaman Khan Ali Asghar

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Ali Asghar (died ca 1155 AH/1743 AD) was one of the prominent Emir and nobleman during the Mughal empire. He was entitled ‘Khan Zaman Khan Bahadur’ by Emperor Farrukhsiyar. He remained in many important posts during the successive rules of Bahadur Shah I, Jahandar Shah, Farrukhsiyar, Rafi ud Darajat, Shah Jahan II and Muhammad Shah. The fort at Ferozepur Jhirka was built by him. He died in Shahjahanbad(Delhi) on 4 Dhu al-Hijjah 1155 AH/30