Subah of DelhiToday part ofIndiaDelhi Subah, also known as the Shahjahanabad Subah, was one of the subahs (provincial-level administrative division) of the Mughal Empire. During the Mughal Empire, the Punjab region consisted of three subahs: Lahore and Multan subahs, and parts of Delhi Subah. Delhi remained an important place for the Mughals, who built palaces and forts.
Mughal EmpireThe Mughal Empire was an early modern empire in South Asia. At its peak, the empire stretched from the outer fringes of the Indus River Basin in the west, northern Afghanistan in the northwest, and Kashmir in the north, to the highlands of present-day Assam and Bangladesh in the east, and the uplands of the Deccan Plateau in South India.
Kandahar ProvinceKandahar (Pashto: د کندهار ولايت, romanized: Da Kandahār Wilāyat and Dari: ولایت قندهار, romanized: Wilāyat-e Qandahār) is one of the southern provinces of Afghanistan and is widely regarded as one of the country's most historically influential and politically significant regions. It borders Helmand to the west, Uruzgan to the north, Zabul to the east, and the Balochistan province of Pakistan to the south.SubahA Subah is a term for a province or state in several South Asian languages. It was introduced by the Mughal Empire to refer to its subdivisions or provinces; and was also adopted by other polities of the Indian subcontinent. It was later adopted by the Maratha Empire, from 1720, as part of many reforms introduction by Shahu I. The word is derived from Arabic and Persian.
Safavid IranIran under the Safavid dynasty from 1501 to 1736The Guarded Domains of Iran, commonly called Safavid Iran, Safavid Persia or the Safavid Empire, was one of the largest and longest-lasting Iranian empires. It was ruled by the Safavid dynasty from 1501 to 1736, albeit others place the end on the year 1722, when Isfahan fell to the Afghans. It is often considered the beginning of modern Iranian history, as well as one of the gunpowder empires.
PunjabGeographical region in South AsiaHistorical regionPunjab ( ; Punjabi: Panjāb, pronounced) is a geographical, ethnolinguistic, and historical region in South Asia, located in its northwestern part, comprising areas of modern-day Pakistan and northwesternIndia.
Subah of LahoreToday part ofIndiaPakistanThe Subah of Lahore (Persian: صوبه لاهور, romanized: Sūbah-yi-Lāhor) was a subah (province) of the Mughal Empire in the Punjab region, encompassing the northern, central and eastern Punjab. It was established as one of the twelve original Mughal subahs under the administrative reforms carried out by Akbar in 1580. In 1752, the subahdarMuin ul-Mulk transferred his allegiance to Ahmad Shah Durrani.
Persian languagePersian, also known by its endonym Farsi, is a Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian subdivision of the Indo-European languages.
PashtunistanPashtunistan (Pashto: پښتونستان, lit. 'land of the Pashtuns') or Pakhtunistan is a historical region on the crossroads of Central and South Asia, located on the Iranian Plateau, inhabited by the Pashtun people of southern and eastern Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan, wherein Pashtun culture, the Pashto language, and identity have been based.
Punjabi languageIndo-Aryan languagePunjabi (sometimes spelled Panjabi) is an Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family. It is primarily spoken by the Punjabi people native to the Punjab region of Pakistan and India. With over 156 million speakers across all its varieties, it is the seventh most spoken native language and the twelfth most spoken language by the total number of speakers in the world.
BalochistanBalochistan is a historical region in West and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian plate and the Arabian Sea coastline. This arid region of desert and mountains is primarily populated by ethnic Baloch people. Balochistan is significant because of its strategic location, mineral wealth, long coastline along the Arabian Sea, the Gulf of Oman and potential for discoveries of oil and gas.
Romanization of PersianRepresentation of the Persian language with the Latin script The romanization of Persian is the representation of the Persian language (Iranian Persian, Dari and Tajik) with the Latin script. Several different romanization schemes exist, each with its own set of rules driven by its own set of ideological goals. A sign shows the name of a stationwith both Latin and Persian scripts at Varzeshgah-e Azadi Metro Station.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.