A history of typography and printing for languages which use the Abjad Writing System - Arabic, Persian and Urdu.

This is the story of how the Hijri Calendar came around.

The history of Nastaliq typography - a script notoriously complex to adapt for fonts and typefaces.

The History and Evolution of Urdu as a Language, and an analysis of contemporary debates around it.

Notes on the Zeenatnama | Volume 1 | Sindh | The Borrindo, a wind instrument from the Indus plains.

A brief history of the Nastaliq Script, also known as al-Khatt al-Farsi.

Many believe that not many words use the letter ( ژ ), but they do! We don't often use them in colloquial Urdu.

It’s always the small anecdotes which often remind us that our heroes, too, like Jinnah, were human.

A visual journey exploring how ethnic Pakistani attire reflects shared heritage with neighbouring cultures and the styles carried along old trade routes.

A lesser-known chapter in 18th-century history is the Afsharid Empire, ruled by the Kurdish Emirs, encompassing modern-day Iran, and parts of modern-day Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, and Azerbaijan.

Khilafat-e-Isakhelistan, a micro-nation in Pakistan.

The Paisley motif, originally known as Boteh, Ambi, Koyari, or Kalka in the Indo-Persian world, drew inspiration from the Cypress tree...

Read more about the first Pakhtun Kingdom in history.

The Empire of Alexander the Great stretched to South Asia. After conquest, he named many cities Alexandria, some of which are now in Pakistan.

Developments which led to the Battle of the Indus and the fall of Khwarzem and Khorasan to the Mongols.

A brief history of the Mughal-Safavid Wars for Qandahar, modern-day Afghanistan, the Crown Jewel of Khorasan.

A note on the life, rise to power, and demise of Bairam Khan, a friend to Humayun, and Regent to Akbar the Great.

Ajab Khan Afridi is a hero in Pakistani history and folklore, who made it to pop-culture for his courage against fighting the British Raj.

Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khanan, a noble at Akbar's Court, put together the Nagar Shobha, a work of poetry, womanhood and their professions.

Twitter Threads | Sultana Khadija Rehendhi of Maldives