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Dhaid Fort, (Also known as Al Hisn Dhaid) is a restored C18th fortification in the city of Dhaid, Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates.It has long been an important stronghold for the Ruling families of Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah and a key strategic asset in maintaining a historical Qawasim dominance of the inland areas of the Northern Emirates.
Akbar's general, Shahbaz Khan, attacked this fort in October 1577 and after the siege of 6 months, he was able to capture the fort in April 1578. But it was recaptured by Pratap in 1583. In 1818, an armed band of sanyasis formed a garrison to protect the fort, but was convinced [ clarification needed ] by James Tod and the fort was taken over ...
Habib Ali bin Muhammad bin Husin al-Habshi was born on Friday November 17, 1843 CE (24 Shawwal 1259 AH) in Qasam, a town in Hadhramaut.He grew up under the care and supervision of both his father, Muhammad bin Husin bin Abdullah Al Habshi and mother, Syarifah Alawiyyah bint Al-Hussain bin Ahmad Al-Hadi Al-Jufri, who at the time was known as a piety woman.
The Allahabad Fort was constructed by the Mughal Emperor Akbar in 1583. Abu'l-Fazl, in his Akbarnama writes: [2]. For a long time [Akbar's] desire was to found a great city in the town of Piyag [Prayag], where the rivers Ganges and Jamna join, and which is regarded by the people of India with much reverence, and which is a place of pilgrimage for the ascetics of that country, and to build a ...
The historical Ajmer fort where the museum is housed is popularly called Akbari fort as it was constructed by Mughal emperor Akbar to honour the sufi saint Khwaja Moin-ud-din Chisti. This was the fort where Jahangir met Sir Thoma Roe, a milestone meeting that paved the path of British presence in India. [citation needed]
Buland Darwaza (lit. ' High Gate '), or the "Door of victory", construction was started in 1573 by Mughal emperor Akbar to commemorate his victory over Gujarat.It is the main entrance to the Jama Masjid at Fatehpur Sikri, which is 43 km from Agra, India.
The Al Ali Fort was built in 1768 by the founder of the modern Al Mualla dynasty, Sheikh Rashid Bin Majid Al Mualla. [3] Sheikh Hamad Bin Ibrahim Al Mualla was murdered in the fort in 1929 – shot and killed on 9 February 1929, by a slave called Saeed from the household of Hamad's blind uncle, Abdelrahman bin Ahmed Al Mualla.
The fort's name al-Ukhaydir is Arabic for "the small green place". [1] According to archaeologist Andrew Petersen, the exact origin of the name is unclear. [1] A likely possibility is that it was linked to the tradition of Elijah, who is commonly identified by Levantine Muslims as al-Khadr. [1] Al-Khadr is also the subject of local Arabian ...