Sir William Muir, Maulvi Deputy Nazir Ahmad and his Urdu translation of the Holy Quran:
Deputy Nazir Ahmed was a talented Urdu novelist, journalist and activist. After finishing his primary education in Madarsa he moved
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Author: M S Siddiqui
Anjuman-i-Islam: London and Mazharul Haque of Bihar
‘Haque was born at a village in the Patna district, in December 1866. In 1886 at the rather advanced age
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“Bertrand Russell’s Last Message” on Israel and Palestine.
‘This statement on the Middle East was dated 31st January, 1970, and was read on 3rd February, the day
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Tipu Sultan’s swords and ring in two Museums in London:
On 4th of May 1799, the legendary Indian ruler Tipu Sultan was killed, fighting the East India Company Army. His
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‘First Khilafat delegation at Woking for Eid Prayer-1920’
I am sharing below a very rare photograph, that is one hundred years old. A few months ago I bought
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Sir Maulvi Rafiuddin Ahmad- Queen Victoria’s special envoy to Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
A few days ago, there was a viral image ‘Portrait of an Indian in Istanbul in 1900’, on social media.
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Theodore Beck : A British Educationist & Second Principal of Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College
Muslims, of the Indian subcontinent are celebrating centennial of the formation of Aligarh Muslim University (1920) from Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental college
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Zinat Un Nisa Masjid: Which was used by the British as barrack and later as a bakery.
Also called Ghata Masjid is one of the famous historical mosques of Shahjahanabad (Dehli). The name of the mosque is
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Sale’s Quran and it’s influence on the Western perception of Prophet of Islam (PBUH):
The American elections in recent years, the victories of a few newly elected Muslim Congress men/women and their wish to
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The First Prime Minister of Bihar. His grave lies at Brookwood Cemetery in Woking, England.
I have been visiting Shah Jahan Mosque and the Brookwood cemetery in Woking for a few years now. Woking, is
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