Since the middle of the 16th century, Libya was under the Ottoman's sovereignty. After the Italo-Turkish war of 1912, Libya became an Italian colony, but their defeat in World War II was liberated and fell under UN Administration. In 1949, the UN General Assembly declared Libya an independent country by January 1, 1952. On December 24, 1951, Libya d…
Read moreDiscovery of Jamia Millia Islamia Jamia Millia Islamia was established in Aligarh on 29 October 1920 in response the demand of some students of the Aligarh Muslim University. It was founded by Mohammad Ali Jauhar, Hakim Ajmal Khan, Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari, Abdul Majeed Khwaja, and Zakir Hussain under the presidency of Mahmud Hasan Deobandi. The main aim was …
Read moreIn 1063 CE, Alp Arslan became sultan on the death of his uncle Tughril Bey. Soon after, in 1064, he added Armenia and Georgia to his rule. Being a new Sultan, Alp Arslan faced many internal oppositions. Kutulmish, the cousin of his father, carried Khurasan into revolt in 1064, and also his real brother, Kawurd (founder of the Kirman dynasty), rebelled twice…
Read moreSalah al-Din Ayyubi After the death of his master Nur al-Din, who captured almost all the cities of Jerusalem from the Crusaders. Also, he wanted to conquer Jerusalem from the Christians but could not succeed and died in 1174. The Zengid princes of Mosul, Aleppo, and Damascus started fighting against each other over the legacy of Nur al-Din. Thereby …
Read moreMaulana Abul kalam Azad Maulana Abul Kalam Ghulam Muhiyuddin Ahmed bin Khairuddin Al-Hussaini Azad, known as Maulana Azad, was born on November 11, 1888 in mecca, Saudi Arabia. He was one of India's most prominent and influential independent freedom fighters and a noted writer, poet, and journalist. Maulana Azad joined the Indian National Congress and…
Read moreSamrat Hem Chandra Vikramaditya or Hemu was a Hindu emperor in Delhi who got defeated by Akbar/Humanyun’s army in the Battle for Delhi. Hemu belonged to Rewari in present-day Haryana, who earlier was an adviser to Sher Shah Suri’s son Islam Shah from 1545 to 1553. On January 24, 1556, the Mughal ruler Humanyun died in Delhi and was succeeded by his so…
Read moreAllama Iqbal Life and achievements of Allama Iqbal Muhammad Allama Iqbal was born on November 09, 1877, in an ethnic Kashmiri family in Sialkot, Punjab, India (now in Pakistan). He is popularly known as Allama Iqbal, is the National Poet of Pakistan. A poet, philosopher, politician, lawyer, and scholar. He received BAs in philosophy, English literature, a…
Read morePotrait Photo: Suleiman the Magnificent The Ottoman magnificent Era The great Ottoman Sultan, Suleiman Kanuni, was born On November 06, 1494 AD/CE in Trabzon to the first Ottoman Caliph Selim I and his wife, Hafsa Sultan. Sultan Suleiman Kanuni or Suleiman the Lawmaker was the longest-reigning Ottoman Sultan, who ruled from 1520 to 1566 CE. The great archi…
Read moreIn Medicine: 1. Abu Ali Al-Hussayn Ibn Sina : was (980-1037), Latinized to the West as Avicenna, was a greatest Persian polymath, physician, and astronomer of the Islamic Golden Age. He was the father of early modern medicine. Ibn Sina, alone wrote 246 books, together with Kitab-al Shifa (The book of Healing) containing 20 volumes and Al-Qanun fi Tib…
Read moreOn 03 November in 1618 AD/CE (14/15 Dhul Qa’dah, 1027 AH), Muhi-ud-Din Muhammad popularly known as Aurangzeb Alamgir (the future Emperor of the Mughal Empire ), was born in the city of Dahod , situated in the state of Gujarat , India . He was the Sixth Mughal Emperor, who ruled over almost the entire indian subcontinent for a long-lasted period …
Read moreAligarh Railway Junction Aligarh City Amazing Facts and History of Aligarh In 1194, Qutb-ud-din Aibak mounted a successful invasion of the region, and Hisam-ud-din Ulbak appointed the first Muslim governor. His court-historian Hasan Nizami wrote that Kol to be " one of the most celebrated fortresses of Hind ". Koil is also mentioned in Ibn …
Read moreVictoria Gate AMU The life of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan and a brief history of Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh (AMU) The Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh is one of the top ranked Universities of India, the University is located in UP’s magnificence city ‘Aligarh’. Sometimes it is referred to as ‘Mecca of Higher Education’, and the city offered more than 60 a…
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