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Jaun Elia was born as Syed Sibt-e-Asghar Naqvi on 14 December 1931 in Amroha, British India. [4] [5] He belonged to a very educated and influential Shia family.His father, Shafiq Elia, was a Shia Muslim and a scholar of literature and astronomy well-versed in the Arabic, English, Persian, Hebrew and Sanskrit languages, and who corresponded with leading intellectuals like Bertrand Russell. [6]
An old street-scene in Lahore. According to oral traditions, Lahore was named after Lava, son of the Hindu god Rama, who supposedly founded the city. Lahore Fort has a vacant temple dedicated in honour of Lava. Likewise, the Ravi River that flows through northern Lahore was said to be named in honour of the Hindu goddess Durga.
Ottoman Divan poetry was a highly ritualized and symbolic art form. From the Persian poetry that largely inspired it, it inherited a wealth of symbols whose meanings and interrelationships—both of similitude (مراعات نظير mura'ât-i nazîr / تناسب tenâsüb) and opposition (تضاد tezâd) were more or less prescribed. Divan ...
Gakhars. The Gakhar ( Punjabi: گاکھر, romanized: Gakkhaŕ) is a historical Punjabi Muslim [1] [2] tribe with origins in the northern Punjab, Pakistan. [3] The Gakhars now predominantly follow Islam after conversion from Hinduism during the Islamic rule in Punjab. [4] [5] [6]
University of Calcutta ( D.D.S) Occupation. Dental surgeon, stateswoman. Fatima Jinnah [a] (31 July 1893 – 9 July 1967) was a Pakistani politician, stateswoman, author, and activist. [1] She was the younger sister of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder and first Governor-General of Pakistan. [2] [3] She served as the Leader of the Opposition of ...
Urdu-language film directors (1 C, 13 P) W. ... Pages in category "Urdu-speaking people by occupation" This category contains only the following page.
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Native speakers of Urdu are spread across South Asia. [note 1] [13] [14] The vast majority of them are Muslims of the Hindi–Urdu Belt of northern India, [note 2] [15] [16] [17] followed by the Deccani people of the Deccan plateau in south-central India (who speak Deccani Urdu), most of the Muhajir people of Pakistan, Muslims in the Terai of Nepal, and Muslims of Old Dhaka in Bangladesh.