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Muslim India: A living legacy
India’s Muslim past is a core part of India. There is a massive legacy, not least that India has a huge Muslim population. There are more Muslims in India, than in Pakistan. The Muslim past is alive now, it is in the food, language, literature, arts and culture, architecture as well as in the DNA of its people.
Malik Ambar: Ethiopian ruler in India who resisted might of Mughal Empire
Malik Ambar (1548 – 13 May 1626), was a military leader and prime minister of the Ahmadnagar Sultanate in the Deccan region of India.
Born in present-day Ethiopia, Malik was brought to India as a slave, with Changiz Khan, the Prime Minister of Ahmadnagar.
A female-led whirling dervish group based in Afghanistan, is reclaiming the country’s deep-rooted Sufi heritage.