Showing posts with label HISTORY. Show all posts
Showing posts with label HISTORY. Show all posts

Thursday 12 January 2017

First Indian Freedom Movement, Muslim's Wahabi Movement

Muslim's Wahabi Movement, First Indian Freedom Movement

The Wahabi Movement was a part of the Indian freedom struggle as it offered a serious threat to British supremacy in India in the 19th century. The movement was led by Syed Ahmed Barelvi, who was greatly influenced by the teaching of Abdul Wahab of Arabia and the preaching of Delhi saint Shah Walliullah. The Wahabi Movement essentially condemned all changes and innovations to Islam. It was a revivalist movement which held that the return to the true spirit of Islam was the only way to get rid of the socio- political oppression.

Wednesday 11 January 2017

Mir Osman Ali Khan, Richest man of South Asia all time

Mir Osman Ali Khan Siddiqi Bayafandi Asaf Jah VII

Nizam: 29 August 1911– 17 September 1948
Titular Nizam: 17 September 1948– 24 February 1967
Religion: Islam
His Exalted Highness Nizam Sir Mir Osman Ali Khan Siddiqi Bayafandi Asaf Jah VII (Urdu: آصف جاہ‎), born Mir Osman Ali Khan Bahadur (Urdu: عثمان علی خان صدیقی بہادر‎; 6 April 1886 – 24 February 1967), was the last Nizam (or ruler) of the Princely State of Hyderabad and of Berar. He ruled Hyderabad between 1911 and 1948, until it was annexed by India. He was styled His Exalted Highness The Nizam of Hyderabad. Later he was made the Rajpramukh of Hyderabad State on 26 January 1950 and continued until 31 October 1956, after which the state was partitioned on linguistic basis and became part of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra.

Mansa Musa, richest man of all time

Musa I of Mali

Reign c.: 1312–37 (25 years)
Religion: Islam
Mansa Musa, or Musa I of Mali is considered to be the richest man to ever walk the face of the Earth with his wealth at $400 billion (at the time of his death in 1331). Musa was the tenth emperor of the Mali Empire, one of the prosperous Sahelian kingdoms that developed along the Saharan slave trade routes in the later medieval period. Musa Keita I (c. 1280 – c. 1337) was the tenth Mansa, which translates as "sultan" (king) or "emperor", of the wealthy West African Mali Empire.

Thursday 10 November 2016

Father of Pediatrics, Rhazes, Abū Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariyyā al-Rāzī


Muhammad ibn Zakariya

Born:  854 CE Rey (near Tehran), Iran
Kown as: Father of Pediatrics, Rhazes
Religion: Islam

Abū Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariyyā al-Rāzī (ابوبكر محمّد زکرياى رازى Abūbakr-e Mohammad-e Zakariyyā-ye Rāzī, also known by his Latinized name Rhazes or Rasis) (854 CE – 925 CE), was a Persian polymath, physician, alchemist, philosopher, and important figure in the history of medicine.

Friday 22 July 2016

Mohammed Shahid, Indian field hockey player

Mohammed Shahid (14 April 1960 – 20 July 2016) was an Indian field hockey player. He is considered one of India's best to have played the game and was known for his dribbling skills. He was a member of the Indian team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. He was awarded Arjuna Award in 1980–1981 and Padma Shri in 1986.

Sunday 10 July 2016

Hamza Bendelladj, Genious computer Hacker

 Hamza Bendelladj, known as Cyber Robin hood is an Algerian computer science genius. He is also known as "Happy Hacker". Hamza Bendelladj was dubbed the 'happy hacker' because he was photographed smiling after he was taken into custody in Bangkok  Police[EPA]. He hacked more than 200 American banks and financial institutions and donate millions of dollars to Palestinian charities. Hamza co-creator of a banking Trojan horse called SpyEye. 

Thursday 5 May 2016

Fazlur Rahman Khan, structural engineer and architect, father of tubular designs

Fazlur Rahman Khan, structural engineer and architect, father of tubular designs for high-rises such as Willis Tower(AKA Sears Tower) and the John Hancock Center

Fazlur Rahman Khan (3 April 1929 – 27 March 1982) was a Bangladeshi-American structural engineer and architect who initiated important structural systems for skyscrapers. He is recognized as one of the most influential engineers and architects of the 20th century, and has been called "the father of tubular designs for high-rises" by the American Society of Civil Engineers. Khan was also a pioneer in computer-aided design. He is the designer of the Willis Tower, the second-tallest building in the United States and the 100-story John Hancock Center.
 

Monday 14 March 2016

Al-Biruni, a polymath, Founder of Indology and geodesy

Abū Rayḥān Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Al-Bīrūnī

Abū Rayḥān Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Al-Bīrūnī Image البيروني


Al-Biruni is regarded as one of the greatest scholars of the medieval Islamic era and was well versed in physics, mathematics, astronomy, and natural sciences, and also distinguished himself as a historian, chronologist and linguist. He was conversant in Khwarezmian, Persian, Arabic, Sanskrit, and also knew Greek, Hebrew and Syriac. He spent a large part of his life in Ghazni in modern-day Afghanistan, capital of the Ghaznavid dynasty which was based in what is now central-eastern Afghanistan. In 1017 he traveled to the Indian subcontinent and authored “Tahrikh Al-Hind” (History of India) after visiting India. He is given the titles the "founder of Indology". He was an impartial writer on custom and creeds of various nations, and was given the title al-Ustadh ("The Master") for his remarkable description of early 11th-century India. He also made contributions to Earth sciences, and is regarded as the "father of geodesy" for his important contributions to that field, along with his significant contributions to geography.

Tuesday 8 December 2015

King of Saudi Arab Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques



King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman bin Faisal bin Turki

Born: 1 August 1924, Riyadh, Najd (KSA)
Bayah: 2 August, 2005
Died: 23 January 2015, Riyadh, Najd (KSA)
Profiles: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_of_Saudi_Arabia; forbes.com/profile/abdullah-bin-abdul-aziz-al-saud/
Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Arabic: عبدالله بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود‎‎, ‘Abd Allāh ibn ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd; 1 August 1924 – 23 January 2015) was the King of Saudi Arabia and Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques from 2005 to his death in 2015. He ascended to the throne on 1 August 2005 upon the death of his half-brother, King Fahd.
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia died at age 90 in January 2015. His successor is his 79-year-old half-brother, Crown Prince Salman. In addition to previously being one of the world's few remaining absolute monarchs, he was custodian of Islam's two holiest cities and presided over the largest oil producer in the Middle East.

Wednesday 13 November 2013

Richest Peoples ever in History

There is a list and short descriptions of several recorded Richest peoples in History:

Mansa Musa, or Musa I of Mali

Mansa Musa, or Musa I of Mali is considered to be the richest man to ever walk the face of the Earth with his wealth at $400 billion (at the time of his death in 1331). Musa was the tenth emperor of the Mali Empire, one of the prosperous Sahelian kingdoms that developed along the Saharan slave trade routes in the later medieval period. Mansa Musa ruled made his fortune by exploiting his country’s salt and gold production. Mansa Musa was reportedly quite pious and very generous to the common people upon his Hajj, such that the citizens of Cairo, Mecca and Baghdad told tales of his visit for generations. Read more>>

Quran, Science and Islamic Golden Age with Top 20 list of Muslim Scientist in History

Qur'an, Science and Islamic Golden Age a simple article with list of Top 20 Muslim Scientist in History

Quran  imageIn the history of science, science in the Muslim world refers to the science developed under Islamic civilization between the 8th and 16th centuries,during what is known as the Islamic Golden Age.
From an Islamic standpoint, science, the study of nature, is considered to be linked to the concept of Tawhid (the Oneness of God), as are all other branches of knowledge. In Islam, nature is not seen as a separate entity, but rather as an integral part of Islam’s holistic outlook on God, humanity, and the world.