Hyderabad: When it comes to royalty, controversy and gossip often go together. Some call him a Casanova, some a reckless spendthrift and a few see him as
One of the performances under way. White Star
KARACHI: The four-day 12th Tehzeeb Festival concluded online on Monday evening with no fewer than eight performances recorded in Karachi.
Since the session took place in the capital of Sindh, artists from Sindh and Balochistan took part in the last day’s event.
The show kicked off with alghoza nawaz Akbar Khamisu Khan’s delightful instrumental. Listening to musicians such as him makes one believe that folk and Sufi music in Pakistan is thriving and going from strength to strength. He is the son of the renowned alghoza player Khamisu Khan.
What followed was a heart-warming rendition of raga Yaman by sitar player Ritika Dhanja. The young woman, who hails from Hyderabad, played the instrument with endearing creative flair.
When Britain accused Hyderabad’s Nizam of overlooking slavery
By Mohammed Hussain Ahmed| Edited by Sameer | Updated: 26th February 2021 11:57 am IST Representational photo
Hyderabad: The British Indian government had charged the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Mahbub Ali Khan, with promoting slavery and discrimination in his state against African people. The government then had vehemently denied the charge and said except for a few stray incidents, there were no cases of slavery in the whole region of Hyderabad.
According to city historians, slavery system was widely prevailing in many parts of the world in the late nineteenth century. But in the princely state of Hyderabad, they said every citizen – irrespective of his religion, caste, creed, or colour – had equal rights.