This remarkable painting from c 1750 shows Miyan Mir and Mullah Shah with two mystics.

Miyan Mir (1531/32–1653 CE) preached that there were two paths to finding God. The first was when a devotee was drawn to God himself; the other was through meditation and contemplation under a Sufi saint’s guidance.
You can read about the Qadriya silsilah and the two saints in my book

This painting is part of the Mystical Encounters series currently ongoing in @pergamonmuseumberlin sent by my son

Firoz Minar in Gaur ~
built by Saifuddin Firuz Shah (1488-90 AD), the second ruler of the Abbyssinian Slave dynasty.
It is 25.6m (84ft) high and comprises five storeys, the first three of which are decorated with chain motifs while the upper two are covered with parallel borders. On each floor there is a door which faces west and an internal staircase of 73 steps leads to the top. It was originally associated with an accompanying mosque that no longer survives.

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tribute to Rani Laxmi Bai on her birth anniversary

Nagaha chup huye sab, a gayi bahar Rani
Fauj thi ek sadaf, us mein gauhar Rani
Matla-e-jahad pe hai gairat-e-Akhtar, Rani
Azm-e-paikar mein mardo’n ke barabar Rani

Rahi Masooma Raza

[Suddenly there was silence, here comes the Rani
The army was the oyster, the pearl was the Rani
In the battlefield, shining like the stars, Rani
In bravery and courage, equal to men is the Rani]