Ahmad Shah Durrani

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    “Seal team 10” composed of the four-man group, the “Good” guys, take the fight to a young, but cruel leader Ahmad Sha, and his “Evil” Taliban group in a realistic, gun fight, called Operation Red Wings. Their hopes are to identify, and either capture or eliminate the target, Ahmad. In this nail bitting thriller, the four highly trained, special ops, navy seal, team find themselves facing some of the fatest, well prepared bad guys they have ever encountered as stated by Danny Dietz, “They’re fast man! Are they really that fast? Are they Faster than we…

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    one in my country. The dark roads, dirt on the roads, light spark far from a village and the passenger conversation are those memories which I have them from the journey from town to town back in my country. I raised up in the town called Kabul shah in the province of Kandahar in Afghanistan. The Kandahar province is one of the most famous provinces out of 36 in Afghanistan. One of the reasons for being such an important place is because most of the kings or presidents were from this region. The…

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    would end soon and peace would return to Afghanistan. However, the hope for peace and stability was shuttered when various ethnically based factions of Mujahedeens entered Kabul by force and took control of certain parts of the capital in 1992. Transition of power from communist regime to an Islamic regime came through war as well. The Mujahedeens who fought against communists for Islamic ideology were now fighting for ethnic supremacy. After the collapse of communist regime, ethnic conflicts…

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    and you realize that it is a military attack helicopter. So the first seen in the movie, the first thing you see, is a helicopter. That is all you hear and it is the only thing moving on the screen. This sets the tone for the movie right away, the lack of sound except for the helicopter focuses all of your attention on it, and from the beginning you can tell it is a very serious movie. This is a case where the lack of sound is playing a big role in what you are experiencing (Lone…

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    In his time at Aba Island, Ahmad developed his views into an ideological system on an organizational, theoretical, and propaganda level. When he started off in 1868, Ahmad was a scholar, religious intellectual, and preacher. According to Fergus Nicoll, his thinking at this time was a combination of theological intellectual, a set of abstract Islamic ideals he believed in, and a mixture of ideas and influences from various sources which he had found favorable. In the early years of running the…

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    him with a certain “ironic skepticism, and a sense of humor” that would have been a boon in such times of political decay in Delhi (Russel and Islam, Ghalib 26). He was, therefore, able to survive a feeble Mughal and oppressive British command of his home with some panache. Those are the broadest possible strokes that describe the circumstances of Ghalib’s birth, residence, and political connexion. There are, however, certain incidents that warrant specific attention and should be informative to…

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    This push towards the modern world would see the Shah going far beyond his constitutional powers and take on responsibilities and decisions that would exclude the input of other social interests such as those of the Shiite people, the Shi 'a clergy and the working class who saw modernization as an opposition to their way of life. This opposition to the Shah and his reforms came strongest from the Shi 'a clergy and in particular a priest name Ruhollah Khomeini who saw Mohammad Reza Shah as a pawn…

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    experience of life, which is what education is all about. For example, McCullough discusses the Panama Canal’s present-day significance. The canal was finished earlier and cost less than expected, and “is still running today exactly the same as it was in 1914 when it opened” (McCullough). In addition, the workers did not understand the chemistry of concrete, but they still built the canal better than people could do it today. The canal is a perfect example of engineering at its best: creations…

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    Located at the bank of the Yamuna River in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India is the Taj Mahal which is considered to be one of the greatest, most attractive monuments and is mentioned to be the 7th wonders of the world, it attracts over 3 million visitors every year from all over the world. The Taj Mahal was commissioned in 1632 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his wife, Mumtaz Mahal whom he loved dearly. The emperor wanted intended for this Taj Mahal to be one of the most beautiful…

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    The Idealized Portrait of the Mughal Empress Nur Jahan (India, Rajasthan, c. 1725-1750) was made sometime between the years 1725 and1750 in Rajasthan, India. It is a water colour paint and gold on paper. This painting shows the Mughal empress Nur Jahan in a profile view, showcasing her unnaturally large, almond shaped eyes, looking away from the viewer. Nur Jahan is nude, but covered in gold, extravagant jewels and pearls, bracelets, rings, as well as an ornate turban with a green and red…

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