Hunting: The Terai region, with its alluvial soil, glasslands, river valleys and mixed decidous forests was once home to over 20 species of big game mammals like tiger, leopard, elephant, rhino, bear, bison and wild buffalo. It was known to be one of the best hunting grounds for Shikar or big ga...
Copy of negative. Hunting of wildlife was the favourite sport of the Rana rulers lasting 3 to 6 months with more than 200 helpers involved in the plains of Terai forest. Seen in the picture are Prime Minister Juddha Shumsher with Bahadur Shumsher and Mohan Shumsher along with the skins of 300 an...
Abdul Majeed Khokhar Yadgar Library, a collection of Urdu books and literary journals.
Scope & Content:
This collection contains digital images of 11 Urdu language periodicals. The periodicals cover many different subjects including history, religion, poetry, social and economic issues, letters, illustrations, criticism, travelouge, juvenile literature, women literature, etc. Custodial history: T...
A quarterly literary magazine of the students of Osmania University, Hyderabad Daccan. This magazine was published into two sections Urdu and English. Which contains numerious articles on language, history, personalities, religion, criticism and translations etc. Dimensions: 24×17.5 cm; 23×18 cm...
Monthly "Tamadun" very popular literary Urdu periodical published from Lucknow and Dehli under the editorship of Shaikh Muhammad Ikram and Allama Rashid al-Khairi in 1911. It contains articles about social life, civilization, philosophical, ethical, historical and literary etc in Urdu. Dimension...
Adabi dunya, a monthly Urdu journal begins in May 1929 from Lahore and it become one of the most polular and respeted Urdu magazine. It is an extremely important literary Urdu magazine edited by prominent writers; perhaps the cheapest available magazine of its time. Adabi dunya includes numeriou...
Mushfiq Khwaja Library and Research Centre, Karachi-Pakistan, a collection of Urdu books and journals.
Scope & Content:
This collection contains digital images of 10 Urdu language periodicals. The periodicals cover many different subjects including history, religion, poetry, social and economic issues, letters, illustrations, criticism, travelouge, juvenile literature, women literature, etc. Custodial history: T...
Monthly "Burhan" a very popular religious Urdu periodical. Most of the articles written with an Islamic perspective, Islamic philosophy, religion, history, geography, language and the arts, culture and current issues in Islamic discourse and in the history of Muslim world. It also contains artic...
Nigar the oldest and one of the most influential Urdu cultural and literary journals. Nigar was first published by Niaz Fatehpuri in February 1922 from Agra, India. In 1926 both Niaz and the periodical office moved to Bhopal, India Fifteen years after the creation of Pakistan, in 1962, Niaz move...