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Jahan ( Persian: جهان, Urdu: جہاں, Bengali: জাহান) is a word of Persian origin meaning "world" or "universe". It is used as first name or surname in the Middle East, Central and South Asia. The Turkish rendering of the same name is Cihan. Along with Jehan, it is also a variant and ancient form of French name and surname Jean.
Ehsan Danish ( Eḥsān Dāniš, 2 February 1914 – 22 March 1982), born Ehsan-ul-Haq Eḥsānu l-Ḥaq ), was an Urdu poet, prose writer, linguist, lexicographer and scholar from Pakistan. [1] [2] [3] Ehsan Danish had penned down over 100 scholastic books on poetry, prose, linguistics, lexicography and prosody. At the beginning of his career ...
Masjid-i-Jehan-Numa ( Persian: مسجدِ جهان نما ), commonly known as the Jama Masjid ( Urdu: جامع مسجد, romanized : jāme masjid) of Delhi, is one of the largest mosques in India. [1] It was built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan between 1644 and 1656, and inaugurated by its first Imam, Syed Abdul Ghafoor Shah Bukhari.
The Tomb of Nur Jahan ( Urdu: مقبرہ نورجہاں) is a 17th-century mausoleum in Lahore, Pakistan, that was built for the Mughal empress Nur Jahan. The tomb's marble was plundered during the Sikh era in 18th century for use at the Golden Temple in Amritsar. [1] [2] [3] The red sandstone mausoleum, along with the nearby tomb of Jahangir ...
Noor Jehan, (نور جہاں) sometimes spelled Noorjehan (born Allah Rakhi Wasai (Punjabi/Urdu: اللہ رکھی وسائی); 21 September 1926 – 23 December 2000) also known by her honorific title Malika-e-Tarannum (Queen of Melody), was a Pakistani playback singer and actress who worked first in British India and then in the cinema of Pakistan.
Jan Nisar Akhtar (18 February 1914 – 19 August 1976) was an Indian poet of Urdu ghazals and nazms, and a part of the Progressive Writers' Movement, who was also a lyricist for Bollywood. [1]
Genre. Nazm. Songwriter (s) Faiz Ahmed Faiz. Dasht-e-Tanhai ( Urdu: دشت تنہائی) is a popular Urdu Nazm with the title "Yaad". [1] It was written by Faiz Ahmed Faiz. [1] Originally composed by Mehdi Zaheer for Iqbal Bano, a premier Pakistani ghazal and semi-classical singer, it was later sung by Tina Sani and Meesha Shafi ( Coke Studio ...
Tarana-e-Milli. Iqbal. " Tarana-e-Milli " ( Urdu: ترانۂ ملی) or "Anthem of the Community" is an enthusiastic poem in which Allama Mohammad Iqbal paid tribute to the Muslim Ummah (nation) and said that Islam is the religion of the world. He recognized all Muslims anywhere in the world as part of a single nation, [1] [2] whose leader is ...