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The K-Town Historic District is a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places located in the North Lawndale community area in Chicago, Illinois.A mainly residential area, its borders are West Cullerton Street to the north, South Pulaski Road to the east, West Cermak Road to the south, and South Kostner Avenue to the west.
Sikandar is claimed to have met a prolonged and painful death, [n] seemingly from elephantiasis, in April 1413. [4] [o] After his death, Sikandar's eldest son Mir was anointed as the Sultan, having adopted the title of Ali Shah. [4] Two years later, Mir was succeeded by Shadi Khan, who adopted the name Zain-ul-Abidin. [7] [1]
Ives and Degolia put 25 West Chicago up for sale after realizing they did not have time to redevelop the historic building. Coldwell Banker listed the building for $140,000.
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) operates public schools serving the community. [7] Ogden International School of Chicago has its East Campus, which houses elementary school, [8] in the Gold Coast. [9] Residents of the Gold Coast are zoned to Ogden School for grades K-8, [10] while for high school they are zoned to Lincoln Park High School. [11]
The Austin Historic District is a residential historic district in central Austin, Chicago, Illinois. The district, which includes 336 buildings, has a large number of Victorian homes, with many examples of the Queen Anne, Stick, and Shingle styles. Henry Austin, for whom Austin is named, began development in the district in the late 1860s.
Sikandar was born in the 15th-century into a ruling class Bengali Muslim Sunni family known as the Ilyas Shahi dynasty, in the Bengal Sultanate.His father, Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah, [2] was a descendant of Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah - the founder of the ruling dynasty as well as the nation.
[2] [7] After the 1889 annexation Chicago was able to leverage efficiencies as the largest United States city in area and second largest in population. [10] The township has no current governmental structure or functions, [1] other than being used by the Cook County Assessor's office for taxation valuation and record keeping purposes. [11]
His son and successor Sikandar Shah defeated Delhi Sultan Firuz Shah Tughluq during the second Siege of Ekdala Fort in 1359. A peace treaty was signed between Delhi and Bengal, with the former recognizing the independence of the latter. Firuz Shah Tughluq gave a golden crown estimated to be worth 80,000 taka to Sikandar Shah. The peace treaty ...