To the East India Company and the British Raj that followed it, mapping was an obsession. The empires that came before them, such as the Mughal and the Marathas, did not engage in cartography in ...

The "Mushafs of the Sultans" exhibition at Rami Library showcases rare Qurans from Ottoman sultans, highlighting exquisite calligraphy, art and cultural heritage spanning over 1,000 years The "Mushafs ...

A team of scholars has pinpointed the route Ottoman Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror (Mehmed II) used when he captured northern Türkiye's Trabzon in 1461, following a thorough investigation of historical ...

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Saad Abubakar III, who is also a member of BOBA, including the school’s old boys association, is challenging the lower court judgment. The court further dismissed ...

Ottoman beds are a fantastic piece of furniture, solving the bed vs storage trade off in bedrooms once and for all. But you might be aware that ottoman beds can be prone to becoming mouldy, and it ...

On February 12th, 2025, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent presented the outline of a proposed deal in which the U.S. would receive a 50 percent stake in Ukraine’s rare earth minerals to offset past aid ...

Syed Danial said the first day of fasting for all states was set according to the order of His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, after being consented by the Rulers. The announcement was ...

On a misty February afternoon, when the mammoth Jaipur Literature Festival was underway in another part of the city, I found designer Tahir Sultan busy working on a textile-based sculpture.

Fantasises much too often about cruising down Treacher Road (Jalan Sultan Ismail) in a Triumph Stag that actually works, and hopes this stint here will snap him back to present reality.

Dr. Unver Rustem will explore art and fashion of the Ottoman Empire in a talk on Tuesday at the State University of New York at Fredonia. “Shown in a Lifelike Way” (or ‘No Great Art Therein ...

Kenya’s presidency is a Frankensteinian relic, a trifecta that creates a toxic culture of personality politics, where leaders prioritise self-preservation over service. As a social consciousness ...