Shahab-ud-Din Virk of Punjab was from a land that literally means what?
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Shahab-ud-Din Virk Chaudhry Sir Shahab-ud-Din Virk (died 1946) was a Punjabi lawyer and politician of British India.
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Punjabis The Punjabis (Punjabi: , ਪੰਜਾਬੀ), or Punjabi people, are an ethnic group associated with the Punjab, who speak Punjabi language. The name Punjab literally means the "land of five waters" in Persian: panj ("five") āb ("waters"). The name of the region was introduced by the Turko-Persian conquerors of South Asia and more formally popularised during the Mughal Empire. Punjab is often referred to as the breadbasket in both Pakistan and India.
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History of Sudan The history of Sudan includes both the territory that is today part of the Republic of the Sudan as well as a larger region known by the term "Sudan". The term is derived from Arabic: بلاد السودان‎ ‎ "bilād as-sūdān" "land of the black people", and can be used more loosely of West and Central Africa in general, especially the Sahel.
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Western India Western India consists of the states of Goa, Gujarat, and Maharashtra along with the Union territory of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli of India. The region is highly industrialized, with a large urban population. Roughly, Western India is bounded by the Thar Desert in the northwest, the Vindhya Range in the north and the Arabian Sea in the west. A major portion of Western India shares the Deccan Plateau with South India. Before the partition of India, the now-Pakistani territories of Sindh and Balochistan were also included in this region.
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History of Mithila Region Mithila (IAST: "mithilā " , also known as Mithilanchal, Tirhut and Tirabhukti) is a geographical and cultural region located in the northern part of South Asia. The native language is known as Maithili and its speakers are referred to as Maithils.
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Etymology of Karnataka Karnataka is an Indian state. Several etymologies have been suggested for the name Karnataka. The region was popularly referred to as 'Karnata desha' in Indian history. However, historically, the names "Karnatak" or "Carnatic" have been misapplied to refer to the regions in or beyond the Western Ghats (Kodagu and Kerala) as well as to a region in present-day Andhra Pradesh (Telangana). The other accepted derivative comes from the Kannada words "karu" and "nādu" meaning "elevated land", or from the Kannada words "kal" and "nādu" meaning "rock country", referring to the rocky terrain of the state.
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Satpanth Satpanth is a Sanskrit term used initially by Nizari Ismailis and Ismaili Sufis to identify their faith formed by conversions from Hinduism over 700 years ago by Pir Sadruddin "(1290-1367)." Though the term today is used mainly by its subgroup formed over 600 years ago in the 15th century by his grandson Pir Imam Shah (1430-1520) which itself consists of various sub-sects, and differs from the mainstream Nizari Khojas in that they reject the Aga Khan as their leader and are known more commonly as Imam-Shahi, and are more likely to outwardly identify themselves as Hindu. Uniquely, the term Satpanth has been historically used by Ismailis that claim to be Muslim, as well as by adherents of subgroups that claim to be Hindu. There are villages in Gujarat which are totally 'Satpanthi' such as Pirana near Ahmedabad where Imam Shah is buried. Satpanthi Dargahs are known to be venerated with a stark contrast in the devotees, with outward Muslims who may wear a hijab, and outward Hindus wearing traditional garb such as the sari.
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Talyshistan Talyshistan also spelled as Talishistan, Tolishistan, Talyshistan is an unofficial designation meaning the land of Talysh people, for the historical "Land of Cadusi.".
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Bhati (region) Bhati was a large region of medieval Bengal, referred to by Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak and by others until at least the 17th-century CE, during the period of the Mughal Empire. It encompassed the river delta area now lying on the borders of Bangladesh and West Bengal and often referred to as eastern Bengal.
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Khunjerab Pass Khunjerab Pass ( ; Urdu: درہ خنجراب‎ ) or (elevation 4693 m ) is a high mountain pass in the Karakoram Mountains in a strategic position on the northern border of the Pakistani region of Gilgit–Baltistan Hunza – Nagar District on the southwest border of the Xinjiang region of China. Its name is derived from two words of the local Wakhi language : 'Khun' means Home and 'Jerav' means a creek coming from spring water/water falling.
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Greater Nepal Greater Nepal (Nepali:विशाल नेपाल) or Akhand Nepal (अखण्ड नेपाल) are irredentist terms literally meaning "Undivided Nepal"
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Cholistan Desert The Cholistan Desert (Urdu: ‎ ; Punjabi: ), also locally known as Rohi (), sprawls 30 km from Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan and covers an area of 26300 km2 . It adjoins the Thar Desert, extending over to Sindh and into India.
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History of Uttarakhand Uttarakhand is both the new and traditional name of the state that was formed from the hill districts of Uttar Pradesh, India. Literally "Northern Land" or "Section" in Sanskrit, the name of Uttarakhand finds mention in the early Hindu scriptures as the combined region of Kedarkhand and Manaskhand.
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Shikarpur, Bulandshahr Shikarpur means Shikar-hunting and Pur-"a lot" as per the Bible and Persian language. It is a town and a municipal board in Bulandshahr district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is also known as Jaat Land. There is no clear evidence that who laid the foundation of Shikarpur, however it was administered and developed by a saint named Sayyed Abdullah in Lodhi period as it is believed that he was appointed by Ibrahim Lodhi as an administrator of Shikarpur.
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Dogar The Dogar or Dugar is a community historically found in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan. They were nomadic livestock herders who became owners of land in the relatively arid central area where cultivation required vigorous work. Unable to adapt, they eventually lost their position with the rise of more industrious agriculturist communities, notably the Jats.
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Kekaya Kekayas or Kaikeyas (Sanskrit: केक‍य ) were an ancient people attested to have been living in north-western Punjab—between Gandhara and the Beas rivers in modern Pakistan since remote antiquity. They were the descendants of the Kshatriyas of the Kekaya Janapada hence called "Kekayas" or "Kaikeyas". The Kekayas were often associated with the Madras, the Usinaras, and the Sibis, and their territory had formed a part of the Vahika country, according to the evidence furnished by Pāṇini.
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Persian literature Persian literature (Persian: ادبیات فارسی‎ ‎ "adabiyāt-e fārsi"), comprises oral compositions and written texts in the Persian language and it is one of the world's oldest literatures. It spans two-and-a-half millennia, though much of the pre-Islamic material has been lost. Its sources have been within Greater Iran including present-day Iran, Iraq, the Caucasus, and Turkey, regions of Central and South Asia where the Persian language has historically been either the native or official language. For instance, Mowlana Rumi, one of best-loved Persian poets, born in Balkh or Vakhsh (in what is now Afghanistan), wrote in Persian, and lived in Konya, then the capital of the Seljuks in Anatolia. The Ghaznavids conquered large territories in Central and South Asia and adopted Persian as their court language. There is thus Persian literature from Iran, Mesopotamia, Azerbaijan, the wider Caucasus, Turkey, western parts of Pakistan, India, Tajikistan and other parts of Central Asia. Not all Persian literature is written in Persian, as some consider works written by ethnic Persians in other languages, such as Greek and Arabic, to be included. At the same time, not all literature written in Persian is written by ethnic Persians or Iranians, as Turkic, Caucasian, and Indic poets and writers have also used the Persian language in the environment of Persianate cultures.
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Zamindar A zamindar in the Indian subcontinent was an aristocrat. The term means "land owner" in Persian. Typically hereditary, zamindars held enormous tracts of land and control over their peasants, from whom they reserved the right to collect tax on behalf of imperial courts or for military purposes. Their families carried titular suffixes of lordship, such as Babu, Sri, Rai, Pillai, Rao, Chaudhuri, Khan, Sardar, Malik, Thakur, Wadero, Reddy, Thevar and Naidu. In the 19th and 20th centuries, with the advent of British imperialism, many wealthy and influential zamindars were bestowed with princely and royal titles such as Maharaja (Great King), Raja (King) and Nawab.
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Tarkhan Tarkhan (Old Turkic "Tarqan"; Mongolian: "Darqan" or "Darkhan"; Persian: ترخان‎ ‎ ; ; Arabic: طرخان‎ ‎ ; alternative spellings "Tarkan", "Tarkhaan", "Tarqan", "Tarchan", "Turxan", "Tarcan, Tárkány, Tarján, Torgyán" or "Turgan") is an ancient Central Asian title used by various Turkic peoples, Indo-Europeans (i.e. Iranian, Tokharian, Punjabi), and by the proto-Mongols, Hungarians and Mongols. Its use was common among the successors of the Mongol Empire.
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Tianzhu (India) Tianzhu is the historical East Asian name for India. Originally pronounced as Hin-duk 天竺 in Old Chinese , it comes from the Chinese transliteration of the Persian "Hindu", which is itself derived from the Sanskrit "Sindhu", the native name of the Indus River. Persians travelling in northwest India named the region after the river around the 6th century BC. "Tianzhu" is just one of several Chinese transliterations of Sindhu. "Yuāndú" (身毒 "n̥i[ŋ][d]ˤuk") appears in Sima Qian's "Shiji" and "Tiandu" (天篤 ) is used in the "Hou Hanshu" (Book of the Later Han). "Yintejia" (印特伽 ) comes from the Kuchean "Indaka", another transliteration of "Hindu". A detailed account of Tianzhu is given in the "Xiyu Zhuan" (Record of the Western Regions) in the "Hou Hanshu" compiled by Fan Ye (398–445):
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Nardak The Nardak area lies in Nissing, Nilokheri and Assandh development blocks of Karnal district in Haryana, a state in North India. However, its water is saline and not fit for irrigation and the soil is of a loamy nature. The land-owners in the Nardak region are Rors, Rajputs and Sikhs. The Sikhs mostly came from present-day Pakistan after the partition of India in 1947.
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Pind Jata Pind Jata (Urdu: پنڈ جاٹا‎ , "pinḍ jāṭā " ) is a village situated near the outskirts of the town of Dina in the district of Jhelum in the Pakistani province of Punjab. The word "pind" means "village" in the eastern Saraiki language, and "jata" refers to the Jatt tribe which is prominent in the area where Pind Jata is situated, so Pind Jata might be a compound word meaning "village of the Jatts".