Category: Historical
The Kashmir File; when 22 people embraced shhadah in order to complete the Azaan..
July 1931, 22 people embraced shhadah in order to complete the Azaan..During agitation one kashmiri stood up to call Azan at the time Salah. As soon as he was shot the second Kashmiri stood to continue the Azan and so on it completed with the Shhadah of 22nd Kashmiri. (What Iqbal told about our Aslafs […]
Continue ReadingHeadgear: the helmet of Tipu Sultan
Headgear taken from Tipu Sultan’s palace at the capture of Seringapatam in 1799This fabric and metal helmet is inscribed with texts from the Holy Qur’an describing the virtues of Allah and the Prophet Mohammed. The guard is decorated with tiger’s heads, the animal associated with Tipu Sultan, Muslim ruler of Mysore, one of the most […]
Continue ReadingThe Partition of Rooh Afza
Established in 1906 by Hakeem Abdul Majeed, Hamdard (meaning “Sympathizer”) was a Yunani medicine shop in Delhi’s Lal Kuan Bazaar. Around 1907-1908, Hakeem Majeed launched a non alcohoalic medicinal concentrate called ‘Rooh Afza’ (Soul Enhancer) to combat Delhi’s hot loo winds. Packaged in glass bottles with the iconic label by Delhi artist Mirza Noor Ahmad, […]
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