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A journey through the Indo-Islamic realm, sometimes grand, sometimes tragic but always fascinating 🥀✨

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Indo-Islamic Chronicles ✍️@TheGoldenPast·
Welcome to Indo-Islamic Chronicles ✍️ A space exclusively devoted to the stories, struggles, and splendour of the Indo-Islamic civilization. Here, we’ll revisit the lives of rulers and rebels, saints and scholars, poets and patrons who shaped the Indo-Islamic realm.
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📕 Baburnama, translated by Annette Beveridge This book here is the autobiography of Zahiruddin Muhammad Babur, founder of the Mughal Empire, it is one of the most vivid and intimate memoirs in Islamic history and Annette Beveridge’s translation brings it alive. 1/10
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This likely reflects the diverse fashion sense of the medieval Indo-Islamicate women. Here, two ladies in the company of an Indian Muslim prince are painted in contrasting styles, one in European attire, the other in traditional Indo-Muslim attire. — by Rahim Deccani (c. 1680)
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Farshi Gharara, a traditional attire of Indian Muslim women, was designed by Muslim darzees (tailors) of Lucknow durbar (🇮🇳), around 1780–1830. This was specifically designed as a cultural response to the English Victorian gown.

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The introduction of domes in Southeast Asia was not due to Iranian influence, but rather to the intense migration of Carnatic (Tamil Nadu) Indian Muslims. In fact, the Indo-Muslim domes are so distinctive in its form that one can identify its origin at a glance.
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The Persian language and architecture indeed left a lasting global mark, esp in Islam The dome shaped roofs we see in mosques worldwide came frm the Sassanian/Persian empire 🕌 Before this Nusantaran mosques bear the Hindu-Buddhism’s Mount. Sumeru-inspired Tajug/Meru roofs ⛰️

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Malik Maqbul, the vazir (prime minister) of Delhi sultanate (t. 1351-70) drew an annual salary of 13 lakh silver tankas (or 15.6 million persian dirhams) This was 87% of Iraq's annual revenue (1335-41) Apart from that, all his household expenses & allowances were separately met
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Malik Muayyid al-Din Hindu Khan Mihtar-i Mubarak was a Hindu convert to Islam hailing from the region of Mahir (Bundelkhand🇮🇳). He was a Malik (Noble Lord) from 1211 till his death (sometimes after 1246). Lord of Treasury Lord of Uchh territory Lord of Jalandhar territory
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Yusuf A Ahmad Ansari یوسف انصاری
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A day of remembrance on the 128th death anniversary of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan; one of the most determined and enlightened social-reformers in Indian history. May his life and his work continue to inspire present and coming generations.
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Lost Muslim Heritage of Bihar
Lost Muslim Heritage of Bihar@LMHOBOfficial·
Patna holds a fascinating India–Iran connection 🇮🇳🇮🇷 Safavid prince Mirza Murad Safavi linked to Shah Ismail Safavi is buried here, along with Mir Muhammad Nasir Nishapuri, father of Burhan-ul-Mulk Saadat Ali. A hidden link between Safavid Iran, Mughal India & Awadh history.
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Portrait of Nawab Fateh Ali (Tipu), an 18th century Indian Muslim ruler, and his banners.
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Indian Muslims appeal to the British government for permission to join and fight alongside the Ottoman army in the Balkan War.
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During the Balkan wars (1912-13), the Indian Muslims dispatched a medical mission to treat wounded Turkish soldiers and a massive donation of 15 lakh rupees to aid and rehabilitate Balkan Muslim refugees. — an amount equal to 1,091.214 kilograms of pure gold, by 1912-13 prices.
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Ismailoğlu Pasha@IsmailogluF

Indian Muslims appeal to the British government for permission to join and fight alongside the Ottoman army in the Balkan War.

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Visual Archives from the Indo-Islamic realm 🖼️ 📸🥀🧵 Sometimes history doesn’t require words, it thrives on brushstrokes and margins of forgotten manuscripts. This thread brings glimpses from the visual world of Indo-Islamic past🧵
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Tomb of Nawab Saadatullah Khan, the first independent Nawab of Carnatic (1710-32). A Bijapuri of Navayath origin, he served the Adil Shahis before the Mughals. Hyder Ali's father Fath Muhammad had served him before entering service of the Wodeyars of Mysore.
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Hi Hyderabad
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Did You Know? The Hussain Sagar Thermal Power Station (HSTPS), commissioned in 1920 by The Seventh Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan, it was India's first thermal power plant.
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Did you know? Electricity was generated first time in Mumbai in 1905. It was costly & not easily available. An electric bulb cost 2 rs. To promote use of electricity, BEST had setup show-room in 1926 at Electric House, Mumbai to advice customers on use of elect appliances

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