First bridge (Amira Kadal) was built by Afghan governor Amir Khan Sher Jawan in 1774-1777 with the help of local boatmen (Hanjis). With the help of this strong and sturdy class he also built Sher Garhi Palace on it. (1/n)
Second bridge (Habb’e Kadal) was been built by Sultan Habib Shah who reigned from 1557-1561 C.E. Some historians attribute its construction to Yusuf Shah Chak (1579-86) and is said to have been named after Habba Khatoon.
This bridge was rebuilt after the deluge of 1893. (2/n)
Third bridge (Fateh Kadal) was originally constructed by Sultan Fateh Shah in 1520 C.E. It was an 88 yard long 3 Pier wooden Cantilever structure. (3/n)
Fourth bridge (Zaeine Kadal/Zaina Kadal), this 92 yard bridge was constructed by Zain-ul-Abidin (1420-74) in 1427 C.E. in 6 years. It was a typical wooden bridge of cantilever design and was aimed at being used as a market place as well. (4/n)
Fifth bridge (Aael Kadal) was built by brother of Zain-ul-Abidin, Sultan Ali Shah (1413-19) in 1415. Its is said to be named after Zain-ul-Abidin’s son. (5/n)
Sixth bridge (Nawa Kadal) is Named after one Nur Din Khan Bamzai in 1666 C.E. (6/n)
Seventh bridge (Safa Kadal) Built by Saif-ud-Din (Suha Bhatta), Chief Wazir of Sultan Sikandar and Ali Shah. Some historians attribute the building to Saif Khan during the reign of Aurangzeb. It used to be 60 yards long. (7/n)
Zero (Zor Kadal/Zar Kadal) and its naming: The zeroth bridge was constructed in 1950s. It is said to have been named so because traditionally the Amira Kadal bridge was regarded as the first bridge on the Jhelum as it entered Srinagar and the Zero bridge preceded this (8/n)
first bridge.
Another lesser known anecdote behind its etymology is that the Contractor of Zero Bridge, Sona Ullah Shora of Shore Garee Mohalla Nawab Bazar was hard of hearing (“zorr” in Kashmiri) and sadly even the (9/n)
section officer and assistant engineer were hard of hearing and thus the attribution of Zero bridge (Zearri bridge).(n/n) freepresskashmir.news/2021/04/25/kad…
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Omar Ibn Said of the Tukolor Fula ethnicity was born in 1765 in Futa Toro, West Africa, present-day Senegal. He had received eduction in Arabic and religious studies for 25 years. The region was raided by the imperialists (1n)
and he was taken a captive and sold as a slave in South Carolina to a cruel man called Johnson. To escape from his cruelty, Said ran away but was caught and jailed at Fayetteville, North Carolina. The pious man started writing in Arabic on the walls of the jail. (2/n)
He was eventually taken to the household of Jim Owen whose brother John, was the Governor of North Carolina. His “master” was fully convinced that Omar had converted to Christianity, Omar kept on practicing his faith clandestinely. Inside the Bible given to him by Jim, (3/n)
While flags usually represent solidarity of a people, the flag below represents disintegration of a Universal unity into “nation-ness” driven geographical fragments, designed and extended by Western imperial interests. The flag of Arab revolt against the Ottomans during WW1. (1/n
The flag had been designed by Mark Sykes. Flags inspired by it include those of Egypt, Jordan, Palestine, Iraq, Kuwait, Sudan, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Somaliland, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and Libya. The Sykes–Picot Agreement (2/n)
was a 1916 secret treaty between the UK and France, with assent from the Russia and the Kingdom of Italy, to define their mutually agreed spheres of influence in Muslim world. No doubt, the Ottoman empire was at its nadir, politically, religiously (3/n)
Hejaz Railway was an epidemic-avoiding (cholera), cheap conveyance for Hajis that ran from Damascus to Arabian Peninsula constructed from 1900-1908. Apart from its religious and political significance its importance lay in the fact that it marked Muslim solidarity. (1/n)
It was proposed by an Indian Muslim by the name of Muhammad InshaAllah in 1897 who was a teacher and journalist. It was commisioned by the Turk Abdulhamid II as a mark of pride and defiance to European colonisers. It was build purely from Muslim money which was (2/n)
was raised by Indian Muslims (living under British), Arabs (Colonised by British, French etc), Bosnians (living under Austrio-Hingarian rule) and those throughout the world, penny by penny. (3/n)
Indian Muslim soldiers in Singapore executed by the British after refusal to fight against Turkey, 1914-1915.
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The Fifth Light Infantry regimen of British Indian Army from Madras was sent to replace Yorkshire infantry. They consisted of Muslims who were Pathans and Rajputs and were mainly from the Haryana and Punjab areas. The Ottomans had sided with their (1/n)
German allies against the British and its allies. Sultan Mehmet V, who was the Khalifa, i.e. the head of Caliphate system which began after the demise of Muhammad ﷺ, had urged Muslims all over the world to fight the British. After the arrival of the infantry in Singapore, (2/n)
The world’s first university was founded in 9th century C.E by a Muslim woman Fatima al-Fihri (also called “Umm-ul-Banayn). Established in the year 859, the University of al-Qarawiyyin was the first degree-granting educational institute in the world (as recognised by UNESCO (1/n)
and Guinness World Records). Fatima was born in Tunisia and later migrated to Morocco. Upon the death of her father she inherited a large fortune. She invested the money in funding a local mosque and educational institution which took shape of a huge university named after her (2
birthplace – Qayrawan – in Tunisia.
Al-Qarawiyyin University was the first university to grant a degree in medicine and the first scientific hub to grant academic degrees in various types of Islamic sciences, literature, mathematics and astronomy. (3/n)