Al-Ḥīrah (from Syriac ḥirtā, warehouse), English Hira , ancient city south of al-Kūfah in south-central Iraq; it was prominent in pre-Islamic Arab history. The city was originally a military camp but in the 5th and 6th centuries ad it was the capital of Lakhmiden who were Arab v
Egyptian Mythology occupied a central place in the history of ancient Egypt, the Egyptian gods exerting a strong influence on society and daily life in the land of the pharaohs. Very sophisticated, the Egyptian pantheon is one of the mythologies including the most deities. For over 3,000 years, the
In February 1940 the German navy decided to attack British fishing vessels in the North Sea in the area of Dodger Bank. The mission codenamed Operation Wikinger (Viking) was assigned to the 1st Destroyer Flotilla. The flotilla consisted of the destroyers Z1 Leberecht Maass, Z3 Max Schultz, Z4 R
While many Congress leaders including Gandhiji, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan and Maulana Azad still understood that partition would be averted in some way or the other, Mountbatten knew what the truth was! Mountbatten wrote - Jinnah was so intent on partitioning the country that none of my words entere