"During the reign of Jahangir, who laid out many lovely gardens and villas in Kashmir, the Subadar of Kashmir became enamoured by the beauty of a Hindu girl. When he could not obtain her consent without making trouble he had to resort to a ruse.

1/12 He persuaded an elderly Mohammedan woman to appear veiled before his court and whilst personating the aforesaid Hindu girl, professed her love for the Subadar and was ready to marry him, but was prevented by her father under the influence of his co-religionists.

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Few weeks ago I wrote a thread about the Muslim dynasties who ruled the India but were from Pakistan- so here is the second part.

Did you all know that there was a time when ruling dynasties of both eastern & western costal regions of India were from what is now Pakistan?

1/21 Muzaffarid dynasty of Gujarat- founded by Zafar Khan I in 1407 after declaring independence from the Tughluq dynasty of Delhi Sultanate.

Sultanate of Gujarat was a major medieval power of Indian subcontinent and Arabian Sea in 15-16 century.

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Depalpur- a city relatively unknown by the masses but the witness of some of the important historical events.

As according to legends it was built by Raja Dipa Chand. Prince Lal Ras was his younger son who sank into the earth because of his stepmother's curse.

1/n So Raja decided to built a monastery in the memory of his son, named Dipalpur.

The fort of Dipalpur was the same place where Amir Khusrow was jailed by the Sultans of Delhi Sultanate.

A beautiful Timurid Quran : Unfortunately sold by Christie’s for £7 million.

The Quran was likely to have been commissioned by the one of the grandsons of Amir Timur, the Asian conqueror. The manuscript’s aesthetic properties stop the heart. Each of its 534 folios are dyed in rich hues of deep blue, turquoise, pink, purple, orange, green and cream—the kaleidoscopic variety meant to both honour God in all His infinite variety.

So this thread is about a festival named "Ginani" which is traditionally celebrated to mark the beginning of harvesting season in the Hunza Valley.

However it is also celebrated in Gilgit by the name of Ganoni and in Baltistan by the name of Strublah.

1/6 Usually it takes place in the middle of the June when the wheat & barley ripe. The headman of the village fixes & proclaims the date of the event before fews days of ceremony, depending upon the situation of crops. In Hunza traditionally this date is fixes by Mir of Hunza.

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So this is about the "Fabulous creature of Winters" from the deep forests & snow mountains of Kashmir, locally known as "Rantas" (plural rantse).

Rantas is metonym for mysterious witch in Kashmiri folklore, known for abducting husbands & children among mortals.

1/11 By appearance she is a female with the size of one-and-half human having dishevelled & long hairs that reaches to her feet. Those hairs actually help her to hide her body.

She has also the wings from neck down to the feet, ​bestial teeth & extended arms.

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According to one theory Chandragupta Maurya was originally from the Indus Valley/modern Pakistan not from the Eastern India as it is mostly believed.

He was the founder of Mauryan Empire, the largest empire in South Asia's history covering 5,000,000 km2.

1/6 Usually two possibilities are associated with this theory. First one is Chandragupta Maurya belonged to the Mor/Mori clan of Jatts. He was born in today's Pakistani Punjab and the name of his empire was also derived from the name of his clan.

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The most important war of succession in history of Timurid Mughals.

The most powerful person of the most powerful empire of world can be defeated by a rebel brother if you know very little about art of warfare, military & politics.

Hard times make great people.

https://twitter.com/Mughal_imperial/status/1398507116634181635

And if Prince Muhi-ud-Din Muhammad later the Emperor Aurangzeb had lost this war, then maybe I wouldn't be also here today.

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Most of the times we talk about Greek/Kushan sites of North Punjab and KPK (mainly the Gandhara region) but today here I'm going to share some facts related to such a forgotten site of Central Punjab, Satgarah. Currently it is a small town in District Okara.

1/4 Name- there are different theories about the origin of it's name and the most interesting is that when Alexander invaded the Indus Valley, some of his injured soliders (from the ancient town of Stageira in Macedonia) resided there and they named it Stageira.

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Mughals were also Turks. Actually you know Turkish President Emblem has 16 stars representing 16 historical Turkic Empires and the intersting part is that only one star representing Ottomans while two stars are representing Mughals-Timurids.

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https://twitter.com/desibaddiee/status/1397739359756038144

Ottomans remained vassals of Timurid-Mughals. During 17th century Mughal Emperor was used to be the most powerful person of world by controlling 1/4 population, economy, industry & trade of world as well as having more than one million military personnels.

Some interesting aspects about Noor Mahal of Bahawalpur

* It was built by the fifth ruler of Royal State, Nawab Sadiq Khan IV who often quoted as "Shah Jahan of Bahawalpur".

* It was built for Begum of Sadiq IV but spent just one night here and then abandoned the palace.

1/5 The legend associated with this is that when the next morning Begum woke up and looked out from the balcony of her bedroom, she could see Basti Malook Shah, a nearby graveyard, so she refused to stay here and moved to Darbar Palace.

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Tomb of Shah Rukn-e-Alam in Multan, Punjab. It was built by Tughluq Sultans and is considered one of the most impressive shrines in Islamic world.

This tomb was initially made by Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq for himself before becoming Sultan when he was governor of Dipalpur.

[1] But laterly Sultan Muhammad bin Tughluq gifted this shrine to descendants of Shah Rukh e Alam and ultimately Shah's remains were also shifted here from the shrine of Bahauddin Zakariya were he was buried earlier.

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How many of you know Sind (Pakistan) had a Queen long before the Razia Sultan of Delhi Sultanate?

Zainab Tari ruled Sindh including neighbouring parts of Balochistan & Multan from 1092 to 1102 AD. She was not just able ruler, infact she extended the boundaries of kingdom.

1/4 She was born to the Asamuddin Dodo I of Soomra dynasty. Dodo I ruled the Sind for 15 years and now he wanted to retire from the responsibilities of throne but the problem was his son Sanghar was minor at that time. So he nominated his daughter Zainab as his successor.

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Lesser known fact:

Around 1140's, members of Muslim Samma tribe of Sind migrated to Gujarat of today's India, settled there, adopted the mixed practices of "Islam & Hinduism" but laterly left Islam & embraced Hinduism fully. They also managed to establish kingdoms in Kutch.

1/n But how all this started? This all started when Samma chieftain of Thatta, Jam Jada was childless and in need of legitimate heir to the throne. So he decided to adopt his brother's son, Lakho and nominated him the future lord of his lands.

Famous Palestinian poem "Identity Card" by Muhammad Darwesh

Write down !
I am an Arab
And my identity card number is fifty thousand
I have eight children
And the ninth will come after a summer
Will you be angry?

#SheikhJarrah

1/n Write down!
I am an Arab
Employed with fellow workers at a quarry
I have eight children
I get them bread
Garments and books
from the rocks..
I do not supplicate charity at your doors
Nor do I belittle myself at the footsteps of your chamber
So will you be angry?

I never understood why mythical folktales more fascinate to people rather than the actual cultural/historical achievements of any nation.

No one knows about great poets of Punjabi, Sufi culture of Punjab, cultural norms of Punjab, Rigveda and Vedic culture of five rivers

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https://twitter.com/MHuzaifaNizam/status/1389599731236675590

world's first university was in Punjab, Porus resistance to Alexander, Buddhist culture of Taxila, Taanka Empire of Punjab, Lahore as cultural capital of Persainate world, Punjabi influence in establishment of Tughluq dynasty, Khokhars resistance to Amir Timur,

On this day (10th Ramadam, 8 AH), Muslim forces under the command of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ entered in the Makkah unpretentiously and peacefully, completing the conquest of Mecca. No house was looted, no human was insulted, no child was enslaved and also no woman was raped.

1/9 The allies of Querishis, Banu Bakr broke the pact of Hudaibya with Holy Prophet Muhammad ﷺ by killing some men of Khuza tribe and Khuzas were allies of Muslims.

People of Khuza asked for help and on their call, Prophet ﷺ left the Madina with 10,000 men on 10 Muharram 8 AH

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Thread: Hindu Lord Ram spent his exile period in the Saidpur, near the capital of Pakistan.

So the story begins when the Prince Ram along with his wife Sita and brother Laxman were exiled for 14 years by his father Dasaratha due to plotting of his stepmother Kaikeyi.

(1/13) Initially they spent their time in different jungles and caves but for once they also came to the lands of today's Pakistan.

According to legends Rishi Vishwamitra had performed a penance at this place, due to which Lord Ram along with Sita and Laxman appeared to him.

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Last night space session was really amazing. Basically it wasn't about something specific but about everything. From history to ethnicities to scary stories.
However due to some technical problem I couldn't share my grandfather's story about jinns.

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https://twitter.com/MHuzaifaNizam/status/1383851242116452366

Now I thought yahan hi share kar lee. So the story begins when my grandfather was about 20 and very fond of hunting. One night because of some reason he planned to stay at fields and didn't go back to haweli. However near 12 clock the weather changed....

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Pakistan faced it's first invasion around 800 BC when Queen Semiramis of Assyrian Empire invaded the country of Indus.

At that time Stabrobates was the King of Indos (Pakistan) who successfully repelled this invasion while Assyria was the most powerful state of world.

(1/15) According to the accounts of ancient Greek historians Diodorus and Ctesias, the Queen Semiramis “resolved to subjugate the Indos/Pakistanis on hearing that they were the most numerous of all nations, and possessed the largest and most beautiful country in the world”.

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Apalala, the Water Dragon of #Gandhara who lived during the time of Buddha was intially saviour of Swat valley but laterly became sign of destruction for his own people.

According to the legend originally he was born as a man named Gangi along the banks of Suvastu/Swat River. He used subtle charms to restrain the power of the wicked dragons in the region so that they could not afflict the crops with violent storms. The people of his land were grateful for his protection because now their crops were healthy, abundant and save from evil dragons.