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In the News (Mon 28 Dec 09)

  
  Baba Sheikh Farid Shakarganj Pakpattan Wale
Genealogy of Baba Sheikh Farid ji is given in the Jawahi-r-Faridi (The gems of Farid), preserved at the shrine of Pak Pattan, by Ali Asghar of Bahadal, a town near Sarhind.
Baba Farid’s Grandfather Shaikh Shaib abandoned their country and took refuge in the Panjab in A.D. The Qazi of Kasur who was acquainted with the high position Shaikh Shaib had held there, treated him and his relatives with great respect and hospitality.
O Farid, thou hast not walked in God’s way ; therefore He hath no appeared unto thee Who is there who hath knocked at God’s door for whom it hath not been opened Lost thy life on the way of the Friend if thou desire to be even as those holy men.
www.sikh-history.com /literature/essays/farid.html   (1951 words)

  
  The Suris
The rise of Sher Khan was disliked by the nobles of Lohani and hence drove him away of possession of tghe same.
After the death of ruler of South Bihar, Sher Khan was appointed the deputy governor of Vakil and during this period, he won the hearts of nobles and follower.
Alarmed at the activities of Sher Khan, Humayun marched to Chunar and besiezed it in 1537.
prabhu.50g.com /sultanates/sul_suri.html   (873 words)

  
 Sher Shah Suri
Originally bearing the name of Farid, he began his life in a humble way, and, like many other great men in history, had to pass through various trials and vicissitudes of fortune before he rose to prominence by dint of his personal merit.
Farid was soon taken to Sasaram by his father, Hasan, who had been granted a jagir there by his master, Umar Khan Sarwahi, entitled Khan-I-Azam, when the latter got the governorship of Jaunpur.
The brave garrison of Sher Khan at Chunar baffled all the attempts of the assailants for six months, while Sher Khan was left free to utilize that time for the reduction of Gaur by April, 1538.
www.afghan-network.net /Culture/shershah.html   (3568 words)

  
 Politics inspires Falak
On a Friday evening, 27-year-old Farid Khan is hanging out at the Ram in the Rye with some friends, sporting a goatee and a brown suit.
Khan and Siddiqi are part of a five-member rock band called Falak, which means "unreachable distance" in Urdu, Pakistan's national language.
Khan and Siddiqi say the MTV ban worked in their favour as it created publicity and they received emails of support from around the world.
www.ryersonline.ca /articles/2232/1/Politics-inspires-Falak/Page1.html   (787 words)

  
 Criminal Justice
The head of the Mastoi tribe, Faiz Buksh Mastoi, one of the accused in the rape case, is Nasrullah Khan Jatoi's close-aide and the local police have a history of favouring the Mastoi tribe.
The head of the aggrieved camp, Atta Muhammad Khan, demanded 12 million rupees in compensation and 20 young girls as per the local tradition, but upon the intervention of the Nawab of Kalabagh and other influentials of the area, the aggrieved party brought down its demand to eight million and eight unmarried young girls.
The remaining two rishtas were yet to be determined, since Aslam Khan, headmaster of the local primary school, whose wife is incidentally Abdullah Khan's cousin, refused to give his young daughter's hand in marriage and agreed to pay an additional one million rupees to the aggrieved party.
www.newsline.com.pk /NewsAug2002/cover1aug.htm   (3572 words)

  
 1472-1540 : Early Days of Sher Shah Suri - Sify.com
Farid's father Hasan Khan was the jagirdar of Sasaram in Bihar.
Humayun realising the strength of the Afghan marched to oppose Sher Khan in December 1537 and besieged Chunar.
And finally in 1539, Sher Khan was able to defeat Humayun at Chausa (situated near the boundary of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh).
sify.com /itihaas/fullstory.php?id=13233571   (618 words)

  
 Farid Disambiguation: 19 Articles
Farid Esack, South African anti-apartheid activist and Muslim scholar.
Farid is a common male name in the Middle East, South East Asia, and other places with large muslim populations.
Farid is also Arabic name for red ruby.
www.bookrags.com /disamb/Farid   (85 words)

  
 American Muslim Politics and Policy
Farid Senzai (Fellow and Director of Research at the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding) and Mr.
Farid Senzai discussed the inadequacy of past US diplomatic efforts and the administration’s gimmicky and counterproductive tactics used since 9/11.
Farid Senzai is a doctoral candidate at Oxford University and the Director of Research at the Institute of Social Policy and Understanding [www.ispu.us].
www.ijtihad.org /AMGPP-USIP.htm   (1261 words)

  
 Tele Buzz
Must say the janta this time has a tough job ahead of it — before exercising their franchise and choosing between the candidates, they have to decide on the channel to tune into for the election specials.
Farid Khan, the son of Kader Khan, follows in the footsteps of his father playing a villain in Mr Dhansukh.
Farid plays a baddie, a don at that, in the serial and he has some major confrontation scenes with his talented dad.
www.screenindia.com /feb07/tele3.htm   (919 words)

  
 ANGAAR Review
With a flick of a telephone or one raised finger jahangir khan is able to solve more problems then the judiciary system and the law order of india.
Farid khan has been trained to take over the whole crimeworld after jahangir khan retires from his seat.
Anwar khan will do anything that jahangir khan asks him to, because he was picked up from the streets by jahangir khan ever since then he’s been loyal to his boss.
www.mouthshut.com /review/Angaar-71617.html   (703 words)

  
 Chowk: History: Sher Shah Suri
Sher Shah Suri, whose real name was Farid Khan, was born to an Afghan-Muslim jagirdar of the Sur Tribe of the Afghans.
Soon mistrust and suspicion forced Sher Khan to flee from the Mughal camp to join once again his old master Bahar Khan's service where now Bahar's son, the minor Jalal Khan was ruling.
Sher khan asked the Hindu ruler of Rohtas to give his family shelter, while he goes to battle against the Mughals.
www.chowk.com /articles/5030   (1233 words)

  
 ‘My daughter and wife are destroyed. i have nobody left’ - [Sunday Herald]
Farid Khan, a resident of Margalla Towers, in Islamabad, did not have a slightest idea he was saying his last goodbye to his wife and daughter yesterday.
Yesterday, weeping father Farid Khan was just one of hundreds whose loved ones were trapped under the debris of the upmarket 27-apartment Margalla Towers in the federal capital of Islamabad.
Ataullah Khan Wazir, police chief in the northwestern district of Mansehra, said authorities there pulled the bodies of 250 students from a girls’ school that collapsed.
www.sundayherald.com /52223   (1299 words)

  
 DNA - Mumbai - Faiths unite to salute humanity - Daily News & Analysis
It was Khan who helped the disaster-struck family to get a compensation of Rs2.25 lakh from the state government and other institutions.
Khan is the secretary of the Quami Mazlis a Shura, a Muslim organisation based in Colaba.
Khan learnt about the sad plight of the Rathod family from some newspaper articles and TV reports.
www.dnaindia.com /report.asp?newsid=1060207   (435 words)

  
 The Statesman
Khan’s two sisters Tanveer Bano and Ishrat Parveen live in the same building as his family.
Farid has been trying to make a living for himself but is facing great odds, the prime being the fact that he is Rasheed Khan’s son.
He is the youngest of Khan’s children — three sons and one daughter.
www.thestatesman.net /page.arcview.php?clid=6&id=77688&usrsess=1   (544 words)

  
 Man shot dead by son -DAWN - National; August 9, 2002
Rahim Khan, a known figure of the Tanawal area, had some three decades ago allegedly killed a former education minister, Farid Khan of Beer, to avenge the murder of his father who was allegedly killed by Farid Khan.
Rahim Khan was also charged with the murder of a lawyer, Sajjad Khan and his two sons in mid 80s.
Sajjad was the nephew of the slain former provincial minister.
www.dawn.com /2002/08/09/nat18.htm   (196 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Wales | South East Wales | Imam hired as hospital chaplain
Imam Farid Ahmed Khan has been hired by the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport to look after the needs of Muslim staff and patients.
Imam Khan joins a team of chaplains led by Reverend Alan Tyler at the hospital which already has a prayer and room and a chapel.
Imam Khan speaks six languages and is one of south Wales' most prominent Muslim leaders.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/wales/south_east/3523324.stm   (489 words)

  
 Australian Story - A Wealth of Friends - Transcript
FARID KHAN, FRIEND: The Australian public should have been given more chance to appreciate this hero.
FARID KHAN, FRIEND: The church was full of wonderful people, and we all cried our heart out.
FARID KHAN, FRIEND: His job was a tennis coach.
www.abc.net.au /austory/content/2006/s1678428.htm   (3157 words)

  
 Two held for passport fraud -DAWN - National; October 12, 2005
Farid Khan, son of Mohammad Gul, a resident of Peshawar, was arrested when he tried to clear himself with an Afghan passport at the immigration cell at Peshawar airport while showing himself as Afghan national Gul Mohammad, said assistant director Inamullah Khan Gandapur.
The accused, Farid Khan, had switched the original photograph with his on Afghan passport No KA-633556 issued to Mohammad Gul by the Afghan passport authorities.
He showed his national identity card to the officials and it was found to be fake, said the immigration cell in charge at the airport.
www.dawn.com /2005/10/12/nat42.htm   (296 words)

  
 The Hindu : Metro Plus Delhi / Down Memory Lane : Where are those serais?
On the stretch of road leading from Tehraha Bairam Khan in Daryaganj towards Suiwallan, and Matia Mahal is Kamra Bangash, built by Faizullah Khan Bangash in the 18th Century.
Serai Kale Khan was built of "rubble masonry and originally surrounded by arched cells, with their outer walls crowned by battlements".
The tomb of Kale Khan, also know as his palace, is not far from the serai which was built by Sher Shah Suri.
www.hindu.com /mp/2005/06/06/stories/2005060600420200.htm   (813 words)

  
 Life of newly-weds burnt out in minutes - Deccan Herald - Internet Edition   (Site not responding. Last check: )
When the Sharjah-based Farid Khan of Mysore wedded Karwar girl, Sajida, on Sunday, the couple must have dreamt of a long and a blissful life.....
When the Sharjah-based Farid Khan of Mysore wedded Karwar girl, Sajida, on Sunday, the couple must have dreamt of a long and a blissful life together.
Farid, who was a PRO in a company in Sharjah, was to fly back to Dubai with Sajida after a week.
www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/nov92005/state1912182005118.asp   (426 words)

  
 ..:: falak ::..
Khan has been a fixture in the Toronto underground music scene for years.
Folk Singer and Rock ’n’ Roll troubadour, Khan’s powerful vocals and melodic guitar work are Falak’s distinctive voice.
He is the founding member of the band, and a truly versatile musician.
www.falak.ca /theBand.asp   (56 words)

  
 Farid ud-Din Attar : Poems and Biography
Farid ud-Din Attar was born in Nishapur, in north-east Iran.
Farid ud-Din Attar was apparently tried at one point for heresy and exiled from Nishapur, but he eventually returned to his home city and that is where he died.
Poet: Farid al-Din Attar - All poems of Farid al-Din Attar
www.poetry-chaikhana.com /A/AttarFaridud   (817 words)

  
 AMB
NAWAB KHAN -/1818, Chief of the Hindwal sept of the Tanawali tribe, which was of Janjua descent, defeated the Durranis, but met his death at the hands of Sardar Azim Khan in 1818, married and had issue.
PAINDA KHAN 1818/1840, vigorously opposed the Sikhs, but lost all his territory to them, except for the tract around Amb, married and had issue.
JAHANDAD KHAN 1840/-, recovered part of the lost territiories with the help of the British Government and the Maharaja of Kashmir, married and had issue.
uqconnect.net /~zzhsoszy/ips/a/amb.html   (269 words)

  
 Sher Shah Suri and early Mughal period
become ruler of Bihar, captured Bengal, and appointed muhammad khan sur as the governor of Bengal.
Two generals of Islam Shah, tAj Khan and Dariya Khan defeated him, and when he revolted again, killed him and sold his sons to Turani traders.
His son, Jalal al-din Muhammad Akbar (1556–1605, very tolerant of various religions), initially with Biram Khan as a regent, defeated Muhammad Shah Adil on the 5th of November 1556.
tanmoy.tripod.com /bengal/sher.html   (500 words)

  
 Farid pictures and videos on Webshots
Farid, Aisha, Ali and Sarah at McKibbens 1
Sharon, Jenny, Latiff, and Farid...or is it Farid and then...
Carmel and Farid in the Bahai Centre of Paris
www.webshots.com /search?query=Farid   (146 words)

  
 malerk3
1493, the daughter of Rai Suba Khan, of Sonepat.
1538 - 1545 Khan Muhammad Shah, Rais of Maler.
I would be grateful to hear from anyone who may have changes, corrections or additions to contribute.
4dw.net /royalark/India/malerk3.htm   (181 words)

  
 Ustad Lala Ghulam Farid khan, Lahore Pakistan
My name is “Ghulam Farid Khan” known as Lala Farid Khan.
After that I started living in Kasoor and continued this hobby of pigeon keeping there with my uncles “Ghulam Ahmad Khan” (Lala Ahmad Khan of Kasoor), “Qamar Din Khan”, “Ahmad Nawaz Khan” and other senior and old pigeon keepers of Kasoor.
My grand father “Hafiz Muhammad Nawaz Khan” was a very renowned “Hakeem” and had been unchallenged vice president of Ferozpur for forty years.
www.geocities.com /loft_gfkhan/page1   (312 words)

  
 Shahrukh Khan : Bollywood News
He was awarded the best actor for his performance as Kabir Khan, skipper of the impossible Women’s hockey team in Chak De India.
You’d need to make sure that the scenes and songs you choose to include in your promotional trailors reflect the spirit and theme of your movie and are able to draw your target audience to theatres and multiplexes.
FARID KHAN on Now a Salman Khan statue at Madame Tussauds : O MY JAN MY SALMAN IS THE BEST.I M THE GREATEST PAKISTANI FAN OF SALMAN KHAN.THE KING OF BOLLYWOOD IS THE SALMAN KHAN.WISH U ALL THE BEST SALMAN.MY SWEET JAN.
www.desifans.com /blogs/category/bollywood-stars/shahrukh-khan   (456 words)

  
 Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry
In his welcome address, ICCI President Mian Akram Farid listed a number of hurdles faced by the trader's community of Islamabad and demanded for their immediate removal.
Mian Farid drew the attention of the Chairman EPB that the Central Board of Revenue (CBR) was delaying payment of rebate on exported goods to the exporters.
The President ICCI told the Chairman EPB that the Margalla dry was being set up to offer facilities regarding exports to the business community of the capital and suburban areas.
www.icci.com.pk /epb.html   (551 words)

  
 Angaar (1992)
The patriarch, Jehangir Khan (Kader Khan) is toughest Underworld don in the city and is now enjoying his retirement by solving issues of the poor folks in his "Durbar" (court).
His younger son, Farid (Mazhar Khan) handles the daily affairs of the underworld empire.
Jaggu and his friends avenge their colony by bringing down Majid's high rises and the movie culminates in an over-the-top, fantastic climax where the State assembly is blown away as a part of Jaggu's "cleaning up the system" plan.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0103689   (621 words)

  
 Salman Khan : Bollywood News
On Shanti Om has made 7+ crores in its first week in Mumbai alone, while Saawariya, which promised eternity to begin with, is now a slowly fading blur on the horizon.
Salman Khan has topped the poll that was to decide who from Bollywood should be featured at the Madame Tussauds Studio, next.
This time it is in close friend, Farah Khan’s second venture as a director—Om Shanti Om, a tale based on love and reincarnation.
www.desifans.com /blogs/category/bollywood-stars/salman-khan   (562 words)

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