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"Zulfiqar" and its phonetic variations has come into use as given name, as with former Pakistani Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. [citation needed] In Iran, the name of the sword has been used as an eponym in military contexts; thus, Reza Shah Pahlavi renamed the military order Portrait of the Commander of Faithful to Order of Zolfaghar in ...
Ain-i Akbari weaponry. Mughal weapons significantly evolved during the ruling periods of its various rulers. During its conquests throughout the centuries, the military of the Mughal Empire used a variety of weapons including swords, bows and arrows, horses, camels, elephants, some of the world's largest cannons, muskets and flintlock blunderbusses.
A military order of Imperial Persia and Iran was named after Zulfiqar, the two-pointed sword of Ali, the son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.It was founded as the Decoration of the Commander of the Faithful by Naser al-Din Shah Qajar in 1856, to commemorate the recapture of Herat.
During the 16th and 17th centuries, Ottoman war flags often depicted the bifurcated Zulfiqar sword, often misinterpreted in Western literature as showing a pair of scissors. [ 2 ] The crescent symbol appears in flags attributed to Tunis from as early as the 14th century ( Libro de conoscimiento ), long before Tunis fell under Ottoman rule in 1574.
Zulfiqar Babar (born 1978), Pakistani cricketer, right-handed batsman and left arm spinner; Mahmoud Zulfikar (1914–1970), Egyptian filmmaker; Mikaal Zulfiqar (born 1981), a Pakistani British actor and model; Mona Zulficar, Egyptian lawyer; Zulfiqar Mirza, (born 1954), a Pakistani politician affiliated with the Pakistan Peoples Party
Sources indicate that family's last name 'Zulfikar' came as a reference to the Zulfiqar sword of Muhammad. In legend, Muhammad asked God to give him a sword, and granted it to Ali to replace his old broken sword. This sword is of a high value to the Muslim world. [3]
1. Takht Kesgarh Sahib Qila at the center (now a Takhat) 2. Anandgarh Qila (fort of bliss) [3] 3. Lohgarh Qila (fort of steel) [3] 4. Holgarh Qila (fort of colour) [3] 5. Fatehgarh Qila (fort of victory) [3] 6. Taragarh Qila (fort of stars) [3] All the Qilas were joined together with earthworks and tunnels. All Qila Situated at Anandpur Sahib.
There is no hero (some versions replace hero with man) [3] except Ali; there is no sword except Zulfiqar - This slogan is very famous among Shia; [4] reported to have originated from Muhammad and is widely engraved on weapons, [5] such as swords.