As a descendant of the 11th-century Sufi saint, Khawaja Ahmed Yasawi - a mystic, poet, and founder of the Yasaviyya Sufi order in Central Asia - Affan carries a rich spiritual legacy. LESS ...

(credit: JCFA) Sufism is often described from the outside as Islam’s version of mysticism, divided into four main schools of thought called “tariqas” or paths. Rooted in eighth- and ninth ...

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The second story focused on Hamida Banu Begum, the wife of Emperor Humayun and mother of Akbar, whose competence ... creating a syncretic cultural landscape. Sufi mystics played a key role in ...

Boredom was viewed and welcomed as a gateway to knowledge and self-discovery in the past. Sufi mystics interpreted this emptiness as a divine invitation to transcend the ego and establish a ...

It’s not too hot at all. There are two other naked women on the slab. Although the Sufi mystics used hammams for spiritual purification, they were generally secular spaces that provided a social ...

The history of comedy in India is defined by the witticisms of Birbal in Mughal emperor Akbar's court or Tenali Rama in Sri Krishnadevaraya's court. Those who grew up watching Doordarshan will ...

Apart from Hindu puranas (scriptures), even the Ain-i-Akbari written by Mughal emperor Akbar's court chronicler Abul Fazal mentions there was a Hari Mandal temple in Sambhal, which was a Vishnu ...

Apart from Hindu puranas (scriptures), even the Ain-i-Akbari written by Mughal emperor Akbar's court chronicler Abul Fazal mentions there was a Hari Mandal temple in Sambhal, which was a Vishnu ...

Judge Leslie Halligan of the Montana Fourth Judicial District Court, Missoula County, denied the state’s motion for summary judgment and held that the plaintiffs, a group ...

The history of India includes the prehistoric settlements and societies in the Indian subcontinent; the advancement of civilisation from the Indus Valley Civilisation to the eventual blending of ...