Thursday, December 13, 2018

Walking Through History

 Three and half year old Shahrukh Khan (right) and his six year old sister, Zamzam Khan, doff their shoes before entering the Shah Jahan Mosque
 Circa 1946: Muslim leader Mohammed Ali Jinnah (L) holding press conference renouncing Indian Cabinet Plan & declaring intention to create Pakistan.
 TOPSHOT - Pakistan muslim women take selfie photographs after offering Eid al-Fitr prayers at the Badshahi Masjid in Lahore on July 6, 2016
 Pathan Man, North West Frontier, The term 'Pathan' is a corruption of the term Pashtun meaning a member of one of the inter-related tribes on both sides of the Pakistan-Afghanistan border; they are famous for their independence and enjoy almost total autonomy in Pakistan's tribal areas, Pakistan, 191
 circa 1925: The Aga Khan III (Aga Sultan Sir Mohammed Shah, 1877 - 1957), leader of the Ismaili sect of Muslims and race horse owner, with his wife.
 17th January 1936: Aga Khan III (Aga Sultan Sir Mohammed Shah, 1877 - 1957), spiritual leader, or imam, of the Ismaili sect of Muslims and race horse owner, with his wife Andree Carron and Syed Amjad Ali at their house in Delhi, India.
 23rd August 1947: An elderly Muslim on board a train departing from New Delhi Station, when 600 Delhi Muslims where transported from the soil of Hindustan to the promised land of Pakistan

 celebration of the Muslim martyrdom of Hussain during Muslim month
 December 1947: Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah, the Gov. of Sind, w. his servants, killing sheep in his backyard during Baqr Id, the Festival of Sacrifice
 December 1947: Lady Nusrat Haroon, Muslim League activist, reading the Koran aloud as her servant kills sheep for Baqr Id, the Festival of Sacrifice
 May 1946: Speaker addressing crowd of Indians incl. some Sikhs on platform emblazoned w. PAKISTAN OR DIE at Muslim League rally for autonomy in the British govt.'s plan for India's Independence, at Anglo-Arabic College.
 Circa 1946: Muslim men & women walking & lying in the street
 Circa 1946: Muslims taking water fr. pool in front of a Mosque
 Circa 1946: Muslim woman in purdah walking w. others through pottery stall in a market.
 Circa 1946: Muslim mother in purdah, holding her baby as she walks w. others through a market
 A special train takes 600 Muslims from New Delhi to the new Muslim republic of Pakistan, 7th August 1947. A railway official checks several crates of government documents before departure.
 Mirza Ali Khan, the Faqir of Ipi (c. 1897 - 1960), circa 1945. For years he waged guerrilla warfare against the British Empire in north-west India, later Pakistan
 Muslim woman, North West Frontier Province. Caption reads: 'Pathani Begging Woman'. Photograph taken early 20th century.
 Preaching 'Holy War' during an uprising in British India, 1897. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 3rd October 1897.


 Syud Sabir Ali Shah of Tattah, a Muslim man.
 Sunni Muslim Fisherman
 KARACHI, PAKISTAN - SEPTEMBER 05: A Pakistani breeder use crane to carry his animals down from the roof for transporting them to the livestock market for the Muslim's Eid al-Adha in Karachi,
 Three Muslims at an Islamic monument near the town of Mangla, in Pakistan
 An Indian girl, one of the many thousands of Muslims heading for the Indian free state of Pakistan. Carries a goat as the refugees proceed on the road to freedom.
 An Indian mother carries her sleeping child and leads livestock as the Muslim refugees proceed along the long trail to their section of free-India-Pakistan.

The driver of the specially assigned train to bring Muslims to Pakistan is photographed in his cockpit at the New Delhi Railway Station, India in 1947

 Mohammed's birthday celebrations in Karachi - Sindh, Pakistan, 1930.
 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi on his return to India. at a civic reception during his first visit to Karachi. 1916. Gandhi (2 October 1869 Ð 30 January 1948). was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience. Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.
The Mosque of Nazir Khan, Lahore, Image taken circa 1890, Pakistan, circa 1890

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