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4 unusual facts about Zafar


An-Nasir Muhammad

When al-Mutawakkil al-Qasim died in 1727, an-Nasir Muhammad once again claimed the imamate from his base in Zafar, north-west of San'a.

Book of Victory

Zafar-Nama, written by 15th-century Persian historian Sharafuddin Ali Yazdi

Zafar-Nameh, an epic poem written by the Persian poet Hamdollah Mostowfi

Zafar, Yemen

Musnad texts mention five royal palaces at Zafar: Hargab, Kallanum, Kawkaban, Shawhatan and Raydan, the state palace.


Ahlulbayt TV

Ahlulbayt TV frequently features many prominent Shia Muslims scholars and speakers including Sayed Fadhel Milani, Sayed Mahdi Modarresi, Ummulbanin Merali, Sayed Mustafa Qazwini, the late Barrister Murtaza Lakha, Hajji Mohammed al-Hilli, Sayed Mohammad Razavi, Sayed Zafar Abbas, Sheikh Ali Massoumian, Sayed Mohammed Mousawi, Rebecca Masterton, Zahra Al Alawi, Amina Inloes, as well as others, and also broadcast live video feeds from the Holy City of Karbala.

Ali Abbas Zafar

Zafar made his debut as a director with the YRF hit Mere Brother Ki Dulhan (2011) which starred Imran Khan, Katrina Kaif, and Ali Zafar in the lead roles.

Collaborators Act 1972

Shah Azizur Rahman, Wahiduzzaman, Mawlana Abu Zafar Mohammad Saleh, former Awami League leader AKM Shamsul Haque, A. K. Faezul Huq, AKM.

Jais

Notable religious scholars from this lineage include Syedul Ulema Syed Ali Naqi Naqvi 'Naqqan', Jannat Ma'ab Ayatullah Syed Mohammad Naqvi, Ayatullah Aqa Hasan Sb, Ayatullah Syed Kalbe Hussain Naqvi, Hujjatul Islam Syed Kalbe Abid Naqvi, Hujjatul Islam Syed Kalbe Jawwad Naqvi, Hujjatul Islam Syed Hasan Zafar Naqvi (based in Karachi), Allama Nasir Ijtehadi, Dr Kalbe Sadiq and Hujjatul Islam Syed Ali Mohammad Naqvi.

Qatabanian language

Qatabanian was spoken in an area across the kingdom of Qatabān as far as Jabal al-'Awd (near Zafar) in the southwest, and if we are to believe the Greek and Latin writers, it went as far as Bāb al-Mandab on the Red Sea.

Rashed Khan Menon

The Menon-Zafar group built a base in Khulna (in Begerhat), amongst workers near Dacca and had a student group named Revolutionary Students Union.

Salabat Jung

After Muzaffar Jung (his nephew) was killed by the Afghans on 13 February 1751, Mir Sa'id Muhammad Khan was proclaimed as the new Nizam near Lakkireddipalli Pass, by the French under De Bussy with the title Asaf-ad-Daulah, Nawab Said Muhammad Khan Bahadur, Salabat Jung,Zafar Jung, Nawab Subahdar of the Deccan.

Savage Steel

Jimmy Zafar is being considered as a "potential recruit" for the Initiative program, according to Civil War: Battle Damage Report.

Shamsuddin Firoz Shah

Similarly, the conquest of Satgaon, begun during the time of Kaikaus under his general Zafar Khan, was completed during the time of Firoz Shah.

Sikrehra Khola

Sayyed Khurshaid Hasan was a big zamindaar of this village, his son Zafar Hasan was a tehsildar & a very influential person of British period.Their great grandsons still lives in this village are respected by one and all.This family belonged to the royal bloodline of Sayyed Mahmud Khan Barha.

Zafar Ali Naqvi

Zafar Ali Naqvi attended University of Lucknow and is holding the degree of Bachelor in Arts(B.A.) and Bachelor in Law (L.L.B.).

Zafar Chaudhry

Air Marshal Zafar Ahmed Chaudhry, SQA (born 19 August 1926) was the first Chief of Air Staff and a three-star general of the Pakistan Air Force from March 1972 to April 1974.


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