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Sarkar-e-Bansa Abdul Razzaq Banswi alias Syed Sahab, was born in 1630s. He was a born Wali (Mystic, Friend of GOD) during the reign of the emperor Shahjahan. His ancestors, during the reign of Babar, migrated from Badakshan Valley to Delhi via Multan. He followed the Spiritual Chain of Qadriyah in his lifetime. But he also…
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Syed Hasan Badayuni is revelry addressed as Hazrat Sultanul Aarifeen Syed Hasan Sheikh Shahi. His name was Syed Hasan and epithet Sheikh Shahi Raushan Zameer Mue Taab. He was a Husaini Syed. His father migrated from Yemen to Badayun during the reign of Sultan Shamsuddin Iltutmish. Some historians say he had three brothers and others…
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Jamia Qadria main building. This Islamic Seminary was founded by Shere Bihar Mufti Aslam Razvi Rahmatullah Alaihe
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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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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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Rehana Nawab is a contemporary port of Urdu, popular in the poetry symposium.
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Ateeya Parveen Bilgrami is a prolific fiction writer of Urdu. In preface to her short story collection ‘Ye Mera Zarf Dekh’, she writes: “Why do I write, it is a bit difficult to explain. My heart and pen motivate me to write. A motivation stirs within me, which is the cause of my creativity.” Ateeya…
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Nizami Badayuni was a polymath from Badayuni, a poet, journalist, printer, publisher and an author, writing and editing books on various subjects and topics. He was born in 1872 CE / 1288 in his ancestral home situated in Mohalla Sooth of Badayun, a legendary land were the genius personalities such as Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya and…
