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Faizan Fakhar
@FaizanFakhar6
Researcher | Lecturer | Writer | History Buff | @SSDeptNDU Alumnus with a knack for honest social interactions. Researcher @Ipri_pak
Jan 11, 2023 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
Rajasthan in Karachi.

A palace built by a husband out of love for his wife. Not the tale of Taj Mahal, but Mohatta Mahal.

The final residence of Fatima Jinnah & the centre of politics in 60s.

A 🧵 on the fascinating history of love, partition & politics in Mohatta Palace.

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Image Shivratan Chandraratan Mohatta was a successful businessman frm Rajasthan. His wife suffered frm a grave illness & the doctors said tht the refreshing winds of the sea would cure his wife. So, in 1927, he had the Palace built by the sea side of Karachi out of love for his wife. Image
May 6, 2022 • 10 tweets • 6 min read
History of Pakistani Jews - The lost tribe. 🧵

It may come as surprise to many but Pakistan used to be home to a thriving Jewish community whose history dates back to the 19th century. 1950's archival photos of the Magain Shalome Synagogue in KaJewish community celebrating a religious festival in Karachi The first recorded migration of jews to Pakistan puts them around mid 19th century, when Pakistan used to be a part of United India. Most of the Jewish families fled Persia and settled in this land, while some moved from Afghanistan and Central Asia too.(Photo 2:Chaim Teitler) Persian Jews in Tehran synagogue during the Qajar Period (18Young Afghan Jews in a Synagogue of Afghanistan