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eid mubarak ✨🌙

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So, black people of South Asia - a thread. The Siddi people (or Sheedi, Makrani, Habshi) are people of African descent living in present-day India and Pakistan. They mostly concentrated in Sindh and Balochistan, as well as Hyderabad, Karnataka and Gujrat. [0]

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The lost written scripts of Pakistan - a thread Between 1868 to 1947, the official written script for Sindhi was the Khudabadi script. Khudabadi script was in widespread use between 16th century Sindh and Partition of India. Today, it's been almost entirely forgotten.

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"jani bike nikal chal tube well chalte hain"

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🌈⭐🌙 queer people forced to marry partners they don't feel sexual attraction for is a regular occurrance in pakistan. despite being out to my family I am asked every month to marry a girl. forced marriages ruin BOTH lives. #btsarmypakistan

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Karachi ☕🌃 when you're here, you're home.

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...was given the prestige of being a nobleman in the court of Razia Sultana (the first Muslim female ruler of Hindustan). A black person being given such prestige, under a female Sultan, was supposedly a source of controversy among the Turkic nobility and royalty at the time. [2]

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In present day Pakistan, we have the famous Urdu poet Noon Meem Danish. In 2018, Tanzeela Qambrani, the first Sheedi person in Pakistan to be represented in provincial assembly was chosen to represent the women's seat in Sindh Assembly. [10]

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While we are talking about BLM in US while sitting in Pakistan and India, it is important to recognize that injustices against and erasure of black people are global phenomena. The Siddi communities are entrenched in poverty...

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i was putting off posting this one but i guess it is - t - i - m - e -

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@UmairNajeebKhan I'm Jalebi, I'm 26yo from Karachi, and I make queer desi art. 🌈🚬

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...black students in India have to suffer from repeated instances of racism. [12][13] Let's take this opportunity to amplify black representation and remember our own millennium old black communities who perhaps have suffered through similar neglect and possible antagonism.

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The Siddi people have been present in South Asia for thousands+ years and unfortunately they are not at all represented in media, education, popular culture. They are only footnotes in history books, and in Sindh and Balochistan their communities continue to be ruled by poverty.

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While many of them came to Hindustan as slaves, others came as sailors, soldiers, mercenaries, merchants, eunuchs, concubines and pearl divers. [1]

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Siddi influence on Sindhi culture is present in songs like Bija Teer Bija, which has a strong Makrani rhythm. [11] Mithu Tahir, a Sheedi singer, appeared in Coke Studio to a mainstream audience singing a rendition of "Pere Pawandi Saan". Abid Brohi went viral with "Sibbi Song".

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Siddi merchants were supposedly one of the first people to make Muslim contact with Hindustan in what is today's Gujrat. Later, the Umaiyyad caliphate's expansion in 712 AD into Sindh by Muhammad Bin Qasim brought in black solidiers to Sindh (possibly African Zanj slaves).

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In the Deccan Muslim empires of Hindustan, there were several prominent Siddi rulers such as Malik Ambar, who was the Nizam Shah of Ahmadnagar in 16th century. Malik Ambar has a long-lived legacy as a successful and influential leader in both Siddi and Deccan Muslim History. [5]

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The Sultanate of Bengal was established in 14th century and African-origin soldiers were recruited in the army who later became magistrates, law-enforcers and tax collectors. One such person, Shahzada Barbak, seized the throne in a coup and established Habshi dynasty in 1487. [3]

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Freed black slaves being enlisted as soldiers was seen throughout different Islamic eras, as well as with the rulers of the Delhi sultanate. Jamal-ud-Din Yaqut is one of the famous early African Siddi slaves during the Mamluk Dyanasty (13th century) who...

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CHODA 👅💦 August mubarak #IndependenceDay #14August "is parcham ke saaye taley ham ek hain" indeed

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Ikhlas Khan was a slave-turned-Chief Minister of Bijapur in the 1580s, and held an important position in administration and finance under Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II. Others in the bloc of important Siddi noblemen included Daulat Khan, Malik Raihan Habshi, Randaula Khan. [7][8]

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In 19th century Sindh, Hoshu Muhammad (also known as Hosh Muhammad Sheedi) fought against the British at the Battle of Dabbo in 1843 and coined the iconic Seraiki phrase, repeated by every Sindhi person at least once in their lives: "marvesu par sindh na desun" [9]

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Bhaiyon. I don't want to meet. I can't meet you. Please stop sending me DMs asking me to. I can't send you my picture. I'm not available to have sex with you. I don't want your dick pic. Khuda ka khauf karo. This is my art account.

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In 17th century, Yakut Khan was a Siddi admiral who served the Bijapur Dynasty in South India with many stories of valiant bravery and leading important battles against English, Portugese and Marathas. [6]

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The Siddi people have had their own principalities and states in Hindustan, such as the Janjira State (founded 1489) in Maharashtra and the Jafarabad State (founded 1650) state in Gujrat. Both of these were dissolved after India was created. [4]

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[0] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Ikhlas Khan:The Abyssinian Who Ruled The Deccan | Madras Courier

In the 16th-century, Ikhlas Khan, an Abyssinian slave, ruled the Deccan sultanate as the Prime Minister.

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thought id update my pfp🌹

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[9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

This Man’s Brutally Honest Account of Racism in India Calls for Introspection

Many Indians have rushed to support Nana Kofi Yalley on social media following his post.

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Just want to add: Despite the millennium-old presence of Siddi people in Hindustan, the biggest inflow of black people into Hindustan came much later - through the Indian Ocean Slave Trade in 17th and 18th century Oman. [14]

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that fine line between "best friend" and "i want to rip your clothes off and make love to you all night" #Queerantine #GayPakistani #LGBTpakistan

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"It is said that the Talpur rulers of Sindh used to buy hundreds of African slaves annually." [15] There are ~250,000 Makrani people living in Southern Sindh, most of whose ancestors in recent history were slaves. [16] So this is an important perspective to keep in mind, IMHO.

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Guess who spent almost entirely too long on a throw-away piece of art that was meant for practice (me, it's me.)

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"[Black slaves] from Mombasa, Zanjibar and other African regions were imported to Balochistan annually. Females were in great demand and priced at 50 pounds. Children were bartered for grain, cloth and other goods. (...) From Makran the African slaves were sold to Sindh" [15]

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stuck with work and stuff, so here's a quick illustration i did for a collab

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Hi @instagram my acc which I've organically grown for 1.5 years was disappeared without warning ( @artqueerjalebi on insta) b/c of mass reports from spammers. My art does not go against any terms of use. It is bizarre that I'm losing business over this. Pls help rectify.

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@halalscam > implying this is not the daily reality of Pakistan. I've had sex in public buses, airports, my boss's office, in parks, seaview, in the water at clifton beach, in hostels, in railway, in car, and of course at my home. 😂 and a million others do too. Koi anokhi cheez nahi.

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@pashtungoddess_ It is... lol. Have you ever seen a boys hostel

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[14] [15] [16]

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Historically, however, Sindhi was written in more than 21 scripts. It was written in Landa scripts, such as Thattai, Khudabadi, Lohanaki, Shikarpuri, Memonki, Khojiki, Multani, Gurmukhi, Hatkai. In the tree, you can see how these writing systems were related.

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@laibadejong It absolutely does lmao.

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Btw, this is art for @SikandrKaMandr 's new song. cheeeeckkk it out. #btsarmypakistan

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Balti was written with a Tibetan alphabet from 727 AD until the late 14th century, when the Balti people converted to Islam and started using a the Persian alphabet. However the Tibetan alphabet continued to be used until the 17th century and is recently seeing some revival.

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Wanted to draw something diff & was inspired by @futterwackening 's Sheer Qorma. So, this is my tribute! Sheer Qorma explores family, religious and cultural expectations of being South Asian + queer + Muslim. The trailer resonated with me a lot 🌺🌈🧕 These stories need to be told

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Today, all languages in Pakistan are written in the Perso-Arabic script with modified characters for each written language. Urdu, Sindhi, Pashto, Punjabi, Khowar, Shina, Balochi and the rest are all written with modified forms of Perso-Arabic script.

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let's not focus too much on the anatomy ok the colors are pretty.

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I want to talk about one more Sharada script: Takri. Takri is a non-Landa script that was supposedly used to write Kashmiri, Dogri, Gujari and other Pahari languages. But of course today, in Pakistan at least, this script is completely dead.

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This consolidation provides us great insight into how construction of our national narrative has worked. It's good to remind ourselves of the richness and profoundness of our ethnic, religious and cultural roots, and that we’re more than state narratives and propaganda.

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Khojki was used in the 16th century primarily by the Khoja community to write Sindhi. Although its usage has declined, it is still used by the Nazari Ismaili community in a minor capacity. There’s one theory which even proposes that the Voynich Manuscript is in Khojki script.

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In Multan, a similar variant was used to write Seraiki called Multani. The first book printed in the Multani script was the New Testament in 1819. It was in use until the Perso-Arabic script was made standard in Multan in 19th century. Multani script is no longer in use.

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In conclusion, an infographic.

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In 3rd century BC another writing script called Kharosthi was being used in Gandhara, around present day KPK and Afghanistan. This script was used to write Pali, Sanskrit and Gandhara Prakrit. Unlike Brahmi, Kharosthi has no known descendants.

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In Rajasthan, the Mahajani script was used to write Marwari and Sindhi, and in some areas of Punjab it was used to write Punjabi within the banker communities. Pictured is also a table that shows comparison between a few other Landa scripts alongside Devanagari.

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Before the Landa script (10th century), Sharada script was in widespread use in North Western India. The Sharada script is much older and at least as old as 3rd century AD. Pictured here is Bakhshali Manuscript found near Mardan, KPK which is written in the Sharada script.

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Sharada evolved out of Brahmi script, which was used from at least 200 BC although some people estimate that Brahmi has been in use since 600 BC. Brahmi is the oldest Sanskrit written script in South Asia. Brahmi inscriptions can be found all over present-day KPK.

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Sometimes it was also written in non-Landa scripts such as Ardhanagari, Mahajani, Devanagari and others. Most of these are lost in time. Landa scripts were used all over North-Western India (today Pakistan) between roughly 10th and 19th century.

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Note: extensively referenced the work of @anshumanpandey_ who has done an amazing job cataloging and encoding these dying scripts. Initially I had references included but there were so many that I took them out. Can DM if someone asks.

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Happy International Women's Day! I was hoping to finish this by... 2 days ago. 😭 But I couldn't meet the deadline. Anyway, I'll finish it soon I promise. Also, my insta is back so please gimme a follow:

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Out of all the Sharada scripts, the only script that is still in widespread use today is Gurmukhi in Indian Punjab. Gurmukhi was primarily used to write Sikh texts in Punjab and became standardized through writing in 16th century.

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The Venn diagram of all the outraged morons in my comments, blind PTI supporters and fascist apologists is a circle.

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No indigenous forms of writing are in widespread use in Pakistan today. All of them have been replaced by the ubiquitous Perso-Arabic script (with some modifications).

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Finally, in the 16th century, Pashto script was formalized by Bayazid Pir Roshan into the Roshani perso-arabic script. Then in 19th century, the modern Sindhi script was standardized and made the official script for Sindhi in 1947.

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There are languages in Pakistan with no written record before Perso-Arabic script became ubiquitous in the 19th century, such as Brauhvi, Balochi, Hindko, Shina, Khowar, Wakhi and if there were any written records of these languages before this, they have been lost.

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Gurmukhi's Perso-Arabic counterpart, Shahmukhi, is older and had been in use in Punjab since at least 11th century. However, after 1947, use of Gurmukhi became non-existent in Pakistan. For that matter, Punjabi is rarely written even in Shahmukhi.

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finally 🌟🌈 prints are here! so if you wanted to buy prints, posters, postcards, buttons, notebooks or anything else with my artwork, you can now do that here: (worldwide shipping available)

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@nooriislit16_ @halalscam It's hilarious that you think culture where bachabazi, chokrabazi, laundaybaazi are indigenous terms for homosexuality that gay sex would be a rare thing. It is e v e r y w h e r e. 😄

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@BrownParisian2 My newest obsession is figuring out which words in Urdu come from Arabic, which from Farsi and which from Hindustani! About 30% of Urdu vocab is just straight up Arabic.

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I did not want to post this because it's not finished but... in all likelihood I will never finish it so here. something I made last year.

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@reemembrrr Everything in this illustration - places, products - are owned by pak military. DHA, Askari (petrol, bank, housing), Shaheen (schools, malls, housing), Bahria (schools, housing), FWO, FCC, even Fauji Cornflakes and Nurpur Milk and more. And ofc Pakistan itself.

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@MeTalhaaa Lube aur condoms hain ya main le ao?

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I feel a genuine sense of dread around discussions of blasphemy law b/c my generation saw the worst of talibanization in 00s. 12-15 y ago PK was a far worse country. My knee jerk response is ostriching b/c that's all you could as taliban spread into every aspect of your world.

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I haven't had the courage to post anything on my insta yet but I'll do it this week.

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Consolidated version of the information I put in my previous thread. Feel free to point out any historical mistakes. The Written Scripts of Pakistan, an Infographic.

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@BrownParisian2 Words with religious, cultural uses often come from Arabic (ikhlaaq, huqooq, aqeedat). Words that describe the material world come from Farsi (darkhwast, zameen, rastay, aasman). Whereas the words related to self are often Hindustani (ankh, hath, pair, pait).

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here's another version with less stuff in the background

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I was featured in a magazine!!!

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@nidkirm One of my favourite sindhi songs is "jiye muhnjo yar mushki" where the guy repeatedly sings about how bhooray (fair skinned) are disloyal and arrogant so he is going to stick to his mushki (dark skinned) lovers

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hello kese ho yar? corona crisis is making us look inwards and reevaluate our lives. so here's a page to put all my quarantine art. hopefully i'll do it justice. 🇵🇰 #Pakistan #LGBTQuarantine #Queerantine #GayPakistani #LGBTpakistan #artgay

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@karasschi ptff ok thora nangapan hai

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@nooriislit16_ @halalscam Woof I love me some wild animalistic sex 😈

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@HussainAzam13 My family is also answerable to society. So if I come out (or even refuse to marry), that reflects badly on them. My options are: 1. get married and ruin a girl's life or 2. don't get married and ruin my family's reputation. In both cases I hurt ppl & lose.

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@PPakoray Hehe, not sure which Karachi you're living in but for me these are lived experiences

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@OkCupid5 The Perso-Arabic script was made official in Sindh in 1854. Then, in 1868, Bombay Presidency replaced it with Khudabadi script, which led to protests and discontent among Sindhi Muslims. Then in 1947, the Perso-Arabic script was reinstated as the official script.

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@itsmeeshashafi Talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show-stopping, spectacular, never the same, totally unique, completely not ever been done before, unafraid to reference or not reference, put it in a blender, shit on it, vomit on it, eat it, give birth to it.

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@BrownParisian2 You remember that movie "pyar, ishq aur mohabbat", well the funny thing is pyar is a hindustani-rooted word, ishq is Arabic-rooted and mohabbat is Farsi. Urdu's entire make-up in a nutshell.

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@IndurChhugani Partition, the great tragedy of Sindh.

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@ImGreenGuru for the record there is a dick version too, l m a o.

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@KharroosWayne Karachi is plenty green.

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@alainaejx Unpopular opinion: diaspora desis fetishizing their home cultures is appropriative and tends to be in favour of the oppressive, restrictive structures put in place by the establishment which thousands of activists in Pakistan are putting their lives on the line to undo.

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@softslut666 ahah I wanted to do this for karachi! looks dope

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@_WreckingHall @aj_12019 @ImGreenGuru I can't identify myself for my personal safety, it's not about being prudish i have my thot profile. I'm on all the apps. Just don't do it on a profile where i can't respond to the advances in any way without giving away my identity.

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