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Maaz ud-din
Nov 10, 20222 min read
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
Nov 9, 20222 min read
The Huntsman and the Fairy: Lovers in Summer
In Gilgit lived a famed huntsman, Kiba Lori. He was said to never return empty-handed from a single one of his hunting trips. Often with...
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Folkloristan
Oct 30, 20222 min read
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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Komal Salman
Oct 30, 20223 min read
Saadat Hassan Manto
Celebrated for his stories of partition, Saadat Hasan Manto’s creative choices have been subject to censorship.
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Folkloristan
Oct 26, 20222 min read
Lands from the Shahnameh in Pakistan
Turan "The Land of Turya" now lies in present-day Pakistan. In the Persian epic Shahnameh, the term Turan refers to the inhabitants of...
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Folkloristan
Oct 25, 20222 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20223 min read
Shahdad and Mehnaz
Mir Chakar is one of the most famed Baloch Tribal Chieftains. It so happened that his son, Shahdad, was married to his cousin, Mehnaz....
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Folkloristan
Oct 22, 20221 min read
The Yatsh's Gift
At Doyur, on the road from Gilgit to Nagyr, a man, Phuko, and his son, Laskirr, went out to fetch water for their household needs. On the...
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Folkloristan
Oct 22, 20225 min read
The King and His Seven Daughters
This artwork is copyrighted & has been created for the initiative #WhenArtHasAVoice This is the story of a king and his seven daughters....
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Rida Baloch
Oct 22, 20222 min read
Ada Jafery
Ada Jafarey was born on 22 August 1924 in the small city of Budaun, India, with the name Aziz Jahan.
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Folkloristan
Oct 22, 20222 min read
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, 20224 min read
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 8, 20223 min read
Shalir Balir
This story is about a herdsman. Back in the day, people used to give the charge of their goats and sheep to people they knew. The...
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Folkloristan
Oct 8, 20223 min read
Angaya Bangaya
Once upon a time, there was a goat. She had two little baby goats, named Angaya and Bangaya. She used to go to the forest everyday,...
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Folkloristan
Oct 2, 20222 min read
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
Oct 1, 20224 min read
Hani Shah Mureed
Once upon a time, there lived a charming young noblewoman from the Rind tribe, famed for her intelligence and strength of character. Her...
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Punnu Khan
Sep 29, 20224 min read
Ustaad Amanat Ali Khan
Ustad Amanat immersed himself in the learning of the classical tradition of ‘Khayal’ (a Persian word which means imagination and thought.
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