Exploring Islamic History & Culture
Audrey Truschke writes: "Aurangzeb exited this world more than 300 years ago, in the winter of 1707. He was buried in a simple, open-air grave in Khuldabad, Maharashtra. In contrast to Humayun's imposing tomb of red sandstone in Delhi, or Shah Jahan's ...
The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Mazaar (shrine) of last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar in September 2017. PM @narendramodi at the Mazar of Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Mughal Emperor, in Yangon. #IndiaMyanmar pic.twitter.com/EhA ...
#1 In 1304 CE, Bahri Mamluk Sultan Rukn al-Din Baibars, or Sultan Baibars II commissioned a Qur'an, which was completed in 1306 CE. The seven-volume Qur'an is handwritten in gold, in a form of thuluth, a cursive Arabic script that was usually reserved ...
Famous Muslim thinker, philosopher, and Urdu and Farsi poet Allama Muhammad Iqbal visited the Great Mosque of Córdoba (Masjid e Qurtuba) during his visit to Spain in 1932/33 CE. The Great Mosque of Córdoba was converted into a Catholic Church in 1 ...