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I have a fresh impetus to the hearts of men ! From Lahore to the soils of Bokhara and Samarkand Loves spark is once again kindled in Asias heart ! Once again robe-wearing Tartarians are galloping on earths four corners!
Allama Muhammad Iqbal
Trade and Commerce continued for centuries between cities of Central Asia and Peshawar, Lahore, Multan and Shikarpur. The Silk Route saw movement of traders, businessmen, scholars, missionaries, artists, artisans, invaders, conquerers and travellers between the entire Region. In Bokhara, the Sarafa bazaars and caravansarais named after Pakistani cities and we meet families of Pakistani origin whoes ancestors settled here as businessmen. In Sethi Houses in Peshawar we find hundreds of old pre-1917 Russian Currency Notes. The Region was a great economic zone for free trade and travel. The trade was carried through a common currency of gold and copper of the Kushans (1st to 4th century AD) and informal promissory notes issued by traders of Peshawar, Lahore and Multan for business houses in Bokhara, also used by English travellers in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Merchants,
artisans and craftsmen who travelled to Lahore, left their marks on urban life. Paper-making, wood-carving, tailoring, variety of copper vessels, gold and silver jewelery made today in Pakistan show deep impact of Central Asian culture.
Many
aspects of Pakistani society like; religion culture, customs, cuisine, art, poetry, languages, traditions, dresses, music and musical instruments, sufi traditions have an unbreakable link with the entire Region.
Trade
between the Indus Valley and the Bronze-age cities of Namazgahtepe and Altyne-tepe, Terracotta Art.
Parthian
state of Nisa, and Taxila (Sirkap city & Jandial Temple) in 1st century AD. Gandhara link with old city of Merv.
The Greeks and the Bactrian Greeks, the Scythians, the Kushans, The Huns, The Persians Pre-Muslim Turkish tribes (7th-8th AD), The Tarkhan Dynesty, Turki Shahi Dynesty Sultan Mehmud of Ghazni, Shahnama-e-Islam, Tomb of Ismail Samani in Bokhara Tomb of Marha Sharif in D.I. Khan. Focal points of Islamic Culture - Turki Shahi cities of Peshawar, Ohind (Hund), Nandna, Lahore, Pakpattan and Multan. Ghori Sultans blended with Tajik and Turks formed Turko-Persian culture in Pakistan and Afghanistan - Khiljis, Karlugs, Kara Khittais (from Kashgar), Kara-Khanis, Kara-Begs etc.
Historical Links
Turko-Tajik immigrants during 12th-13th centuries (Mongols Vs Kwarzam Shah) Khans and Khaqans Sufi Saints, Scholars, Scientists, Mathematicians formation of a new language Urdu. 14th century - Amir Taimur Gorgans Golden Age Central Asia, Afganistan, Iran, Mediterranean Coast, Middle East, Pakistan territories and Delhi Sultanate. A devotee of Hazrat Bahauddin Naksh-i-Bandi, Amir Taimur built many mosques madrassahs and darghahs, Bokhara, Samarkand, Shahar-eSabz, Tirmiz, Khiva. Many Nakhashbani Saints migrated to Pakistan and India. He patronized the miniature painting or the art of the book, supported art and science. His son Shah Rukh brought the architecture in Afghanistan (Herat). The Arghun and Tarkhan rulers brought this style to Pakistan (Thatta).
Taimurs grandson, Ulugg Beg, governor of Samarkand a great scholar and scientist, built the observatory in Samarkand, compiled astronomical table The observatory at Jaipur in India is a copy of his observatory. The last Taimuri Sultan Husain Bayqara (1470-1506) in Herat Persian poet Jami and Turkish poet Ali Sher Nawai The rise of Uzbeks in Mawara-un-Nahr (Shaibani Khan), Safvis in Iran and Moghuls in Afghanistan Pakistan (area) and India. The Great Moghuls Babur of Ferghana with Moghuls came Tajiks and Uzbeks who spread out to what is now Pakistan and Northern India Tomb of Baqi Beg Uzbek at Thatta (Moghuls, Begs, Mirza). People migrated from Iran, Turan and Afghanistan. Moghuls gifted, art, architecture, poetry, cuisine, culture, language (Persian, Turkish and later, Urdu) to the entie South Asia. Pakistan shared this inheritence - mosques, madrassahs, darghahs, forts, palaces, necropolis, havelis spread all over the country.
Karakoram Highway
Eight thousand tons of explosives were used to blast the KKH through nature's defences. The glacial moraines and unstable scree deposits had a disconcerting habit of collapsing without notice, taking the road with them. The famous Pattan earthquake, in December 1974, caused large landslides, blocking the road for two weeks. A 800 kms metalled dual highway snakes through awesome mountains where four giant ranges with peakes averaging 6,000 metres meet and cross. This task took 20 years. During its construction 24,500 Pakistanis and Chinese laboured to turn a dream into a miraculous reality. Some 400 of them gave their lives in the building of the KKH. There are 24 major and 70 smaller bridges along the route, all of which had to be built according to different ecological prerequisites. China has completed Urmuqi-Kaghar rail link and the Highway between Kashgar and Bishkek via Turgert Pass and Naryan. There are plans to build new roads between Pakistan and Tajikistan via Wakhan and also between Xinjiang to Taxkistan via Taxkurgan.
Hotels in Karachi
Avari Towers
Regent Plaza
Karachi Marriott
Sheraton
Pearl Continental
Paradise Point
French Beach
Quaid-e-Azam Mausoleum
Frere Hall
Empress Market
Mohatta Palace
Mermaids Palace
Chaukundi Tombs
Chaukundi Tombs
Makli Tombs
Wax-colours-on-wood
Ajrak
Embriodery work
Rilli
Harrapa remains
Camel-skin work
Hanicrafts on display
Ramada, Multan
Ramada, Multan
Sindbad, Multan
Expo Centre
Chauburji
Hotels in Lahore
Pearl Continental
Holiday Inn
The Residency
Lahore to Islamabad
Khewera Salt Mines
Ketas Temple
Rohtas Fort
Hotels in Islamabad
Islamabad Marriott Holiday Inn Islamabad
Islamabad Serena
National Monument
Rawal Lake
Faisal Masjid
Murree in winter
Ayubia Chairlift
Jaulian Monastery,Taxila Nicholsons Monument Taxila Museum Panja Sahab Orange Orchards, Khanpur
Karakoram Higway
Thakot Bridge, Indus river
Karakoram Higway
Raikot Bridge
Karakoram Higway
Meeting point of 3 mountain ranges
Meeting point of the Indus and the Gilgit rivers
Gilgit
Suspension Bridge,Gilgit Kargah Buddha
Hunza
Ultar Peak, Hunza Baltit Fort, Hunza
Gulmit
Khyber Kid
Students
Hunza Kid
School Student
Swat Shepherd
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