Top 13 Historical Forts in Azad Kashmir
The mountainous and beautiful region of Azad Kashmir is home to several impressive fortresses that have played a significant role.
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Folkloristan
- Dec 16, 2022
- 2 min
Cultural Appropriation: "Pari" not "Fairy"
Faeries are otherworldly creatures or spirits that appear in folklore.
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Maaz ud-din
- Nov 10, 2022
- 2 min
Sunehri Masjid, Lahore
Sunehri Masjid, or The Golden Mosque, was built in Lahore during the era of Mughal decline in 1753, twelve years before the Sikhs invaded th
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Folkloristan
- Oct 30, 2022
- 2 min
Punjabi Resistance Against the British
British raided the village of Jhamra to take a political prisoner. He was absent, so they arrested women and children instead.
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Folkloristan
- Oct 25, 2022
- 2 min
Aisan Daulat Begum
Umar Sheikh Mirza, the father of Mughal emperor Babur, died in 1494, leaving the empire behind to his twelve-year-old son Babur. With his...
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Folkloristan
- Oct 25, 2022
- 2 min
Khanzada Begum
Babur was eighteen and once again abandoned by his family. Shaybani asked Babur for his sister’s hand, Khanzada Begum.
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Folkloristan
- Oct 25, 2022
- 2 min
Timurid Queens of Babar's Zenanah
Bibi Mubarika, Babur's forgotten queen, remained childless. However, after Babur's demise, she was a part of her stepson, Humayun's, Zenanah
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Folkloristan
- Oct 25, 2022
- 2 min
Top 6 Haunted Cemeteries in MENA and South Asia
Cemeteries, where the dead rest, or dare we say, those who do not find peace, live on. Here are six historic burial grounds in South Asia, t
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Folkloristan
- Oct 22, 2022
- 2 min
Baloch Resistance against Portuguese Invaders
The Baloch were mentioned in Portuguese documents as Nautaques, which means "pirates" this was the name given to the Baloch from Jask-Gwadr
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Folkloristan
- Oct 22, 2022
- 4 min
The Tale of a Smuggled Urdu Magazine
Rumour has it there once was an Urdu magazine so popular that it was smuggled across the border and sold for exorbitant prices.
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Folkloristan
- Oct 2, 2022
- 2 min
History of Shalwar Kameez
what we know as the Angrakha today is a cousin of the national dress of Uzbekistan. The tunic, made from lighter and more flowy fabric.
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Folkloristan
- Sep 20, 2022
- 3 min
"One Week in Leningrad" - Excerpts from an Urdu Travelogue
“I noticed how different the land and air of Leningrad was from back home in India. It was barely morning, and smoke from factory chimneys.
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Folkloristan
- Sep 20, 2022
- 1 min
The Modern Circus in Pakistan
Performers and entertainers traveled around, earning coins for their skills, a practice in modern-day Pakistan.
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Folkloristan
- Sep 20, 2022
- 1 min
Did you know about the history of Kundan Jewellery?
Kundan jewellery is one of the oldest crafting styles; it was brought to South Asia several centuries ago.
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Rida Baloch
- Sep 7, 2022
- 4 min
Nomadic Culture, Migration, and the Effects of Colonialism
According to research, Many Baloch people migrated during the “Little Ice Age” to different parts of Punjab in diverse waves.
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Folkloristan
- Sep 1, 2022
- 3 min
Vanguard Hunter Askari
Askari Mirza was the second youngest son of Mughal Emperor Babur. As such, it was unlikely that he would ever become the heir-apparent.
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Folkloristan
- Aug 30, 2022
- 2 min
Pakistan's Postal History
As a colony of the British Empire, postal stamps minted in the name of the British Monarch were used in the Indian Subcontinent.
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Folkloristan
- Aug 30, 2022
- 2 min
Did you know about the history of paper currency in Pakistan?
1861: Paper Currency Act, the British Crown gains monopoly of issuing paper currency .
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Folkloristan
- Aug 30, 2022
- 2 min
Did you know about links between medieval Gwadar and Muscat?
Kech-Makran coastal region of Balochistan held immense importance during medieval times.It was an important link between the Middle East
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Folkloristan
- Aug 30, 2022
- 1 min
Did you know about the colonization of insanity in the subcontinent?
Transplanting European ideas of treating the mentally ill into Indian society, however, proved difficult.
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