India (al-Hind)

الهند

The Indian subcontinent, the land of al-Hind in Islamic geography.

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Region
South Asia
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Abd al-Hayy al-Lakhnawi· Abd al-Rahim Khan-i-Khana· Abd al-Samad, Safavid-trained Mughal painter· Abd al-Sattar al-Kardari· Abdul Aleem Farooqui· Abdul Bari Firangi Mahali· Abdul Batin Nomani· Abdul Hameed Azhari· Syed Abdul Haq Nafay Kakakhail· Abdul Karim Khan· Abdul Khaliq Madrasi· Abdul Majeed Sohdravi· Abdul Majid Daryabadi· Abdul Rahman Kamilpuri· Abdul Salam Rustami· Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai· Abdul Wahhab· Abdullah Chakralawi· Abdullah Haroon· Abdur Rahim· Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak· Abu'l Hasan, Nadir al-Zaman· Abu Dawood Muhammad Sadiq· Abu Dulaf al-Yanbui· Abul Hasan Qutb Shah (Tana Shah)· Adham Khan· Ahmad Shah I Bahmani· Ahmad Shah I of Gujarat· Ahmad Yar Khan Daultana· Ahmadullah Shah· Ahmed Ali Assami· Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi· Aizaz ul Haq Shams· Akbar Allahabadi (Urdu satirical poet, 1846–1921)· Al-Barbahari, al-Hasan ibn Ali· al-Harith ibn Murra al-Abdi· Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah· Ala al-Din Humayun· Aladdin Imad Shah· Alamgir II· Alauddin Khan· Ali Adil Shah I· Ali Adil Shah II· Ali Barid Shah I· Ali ibn Ahmad Mahimi· Ali ibn Muhammad al-Hindi· Ali Khan· Ali Mardan Khan· Alladiya Khan· Amanat (Sayyid Agha Hasan, Lucknow poet, 1815–1858)· Amir Barid Shah I· Amir Khan (Pathan chief, founder of the state of Tonk, 1768–1834)· Amjad Ali Khan· Arif Jameel Mubarakpuri· Asaf Ali· Asaf Jah I· Asghar Ali Engineer· Atarid Ibn Muhammad· Aurangzeb (Alamgir I)· Azad Moopen· Mir Azam Jan Khan· Azam Shah· Azim ud-Din I of Sulu· Balchand (Mughal painter)· Bichitr (Mughal painter)· Bishan Das· Darayat Khan (Abdallah), calligrapher· Daud Khan Panni· Diya al-Din Ali· Farrukh Husain (painter of Bijapur)· Govardhan (Mughal painter)· Hafiz Rahmat Khan· Hasan ibn Nuh al-Bahrugi· Hashim (Mir Hashim, Mughal painter)· Ismail Hossain Siraji· Jalal al-Din Ahsan· Khalid Hussain Qasmi· Khalilur Rahman Qasmi· Khan Zaman Ali Quli Khan· Khanum Sultan Begum· Khas Mahal· Khusrau Mirza· Kifayat Khan (Muhammad Ja'far Khan), calligrapher· Lutfullah Muhandis· Mai Safoora Qadiriyya· Malik al-Muhaddithin, hadith master of Gujarat· Manohar (Mughal painter)· Milo Cleveland Beach· Mufti Barkatulla· Muhammad ibn Ali al-Tahanawi, al-Faruqi· Muhammad ibn Khalifa al-Nabhani· Muhammad Jabir Qasmi· Muhammad Sajid Khujnawari· Mulla Da'ud, author of the Chandayana· Mulla Lutf Allah Korwi· Mushir Husain Kidwai· Rahmatullah Mir Qasmi· Salman Khan· Sartor Faqir· Sayyid Mahmud Khan Burha· Sheikh Hasina· Maulana Tanveer-ul-Haq Thanvi· Ubaidullah Anwar· Umar Khalji

People and things also explored

Jahangir· Shah Jahan· Kifayat Khan (Muhammad Ja'far Khan), calligrapher· Shikasta script· Aurangzeb (Alamgir I)· Darayat Khan (Abdallah), calligrapher· al-Harith ibn Murra's Qiqan Raid and Death· Coronation of Aurangzeb at Delhi

Sources

  • Wikidata
  • GeoNames gazetteer
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Draft card for Jahangir, fourth Mughal emperor, named from an open reference description (Wikidata); his entry in Hasan Ibrahim's Tarikh al-Islam is not yet checked on the page, so no dates are given.