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Masjid-e-Shamsi of Budaun is that very splendid mosque built on the order of Ruknuddin son of Shamsuddin Iltutmish. Its construction was completed in 630 AD. The plate of the royal era still exists on the main gate. Nawab Qutbuddin Faruqi renovated it in 1013 AD. Kishwar Khan, second son of Nawab Qutbuddin gave attention to…
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Fort of Budaun was a marvelous fort in ancient time, whose architecture was a fine specimen of Indian Engineering of the bygone era. Historians are not unanimous when the fort was erected. Some of them say that the founder of this castle was Raja Buddha and others are of the opinion that the year of…
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Gyanvapi Mosque was built by Aurangzeb, which has been center of disputes between Muslims and Hindus. Now, the efforts are on to replace the same with a Hindu temple.
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Uroosa Arshi has composed a moving piece of poem, titled the Mosque. I have read thousands of poems and literacy compositions but never felt a pressing desire to write anything on them. But when I got a glance the poem by Uroosa Arshi on the facebook just two days after “Pran Pratishtha” mega function…
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Nabigha Dhubyani, one of the six pre-Islamic poets, whose is still relevant.
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Mauna Sharif is a village blessed by the tomb of Maulana Abu Zafar, Siddiqui Maunavi, a pious man and son in law of the famous mystic Hazrat Hafiz Hanif Teghi, Aabadani (R). Hazrat Hafiz Hanif Teghi (R) was the first Khalifa of Hazrat Tegh Ali (R) from Surkahi Sharif. This village is a Muslim dominated…
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One of the Islamic seminaries I studied is Madrasa Tahfizul Quran, Tehai Madaripur, post Rampur Hari, Block Minapur Muzaffarpur, Bihar. This Islamic educational institution is spreading the light of the revealed Book of Islam and its sciences for more than the last 04 decades. As its name suggests, basically this seat of learning was established…
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Munni Bai Hijab is an integral part of the life and work of Mirza Dagh Dehlavi, one of the best poets of Urdu language, who was the teacher and mentor of a host of poets including Allama Iqbal and Nuh Narvi. Many courtesans have been associated with Mirza Dagh Dehlavi but Munni Bai Hijab had…
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Nora, the Nurse is a poem written by the romantic and progressive poet, Asrarul Haque Majaz. Nurse is central theme in a short story ‘Kante and Kalyan, by Akhtar Orenvi, which is the result of his first hand experience in a sanatorium where he was admitted for about one and half years. A nurse fell…
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Rehana Nawab is a contemporary port of Urdu, popular in the poetry symposium.
