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Mr. Akhtar Mahmud is one of the most favorite faculty members at the IBA, equally appreciated by students as well as the administration. He graduated from IBA with the 1978 batch. For the next 20 years, he was associated with multinationals like Unilever, DHL and FedEx. Currently, he’s CEO Brand Image – a marketing consultancy specializing in branding, advertising and publicity.
He also teaches Brand Management and Advertising at key business schools as a visiting professor. Witty, humorous, intelligent, experienced, well-researched, and caring are just some of the words that characterize his personality. Being his student is a truly enriching experience, and at the end of the term his students can actually feel the delight that comes from the wealth of knowledge he imparts over the course of the semester. Many of his students are now successful professionals and prosperous in their careers. The branding and advertisement theories taught by him are widely practiced by brand managers and ad agencies alike. He keeps his students abreast of the latest and traditional marketing practices and the depth of practical knowledge and research conveyed in his lectures cannot be matched by any text book.
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The following list of publications produced by the agencies of the Aga Khan Development Network includes annual reports, monographs, project summaries, brochures, books, videos and other related materials.
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The first privately funded restoration of a World Heritage Site in India was completed in March 2003 through the joint efforts of the The Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) and the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), under the aegis of the National Culture Fund.
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to view the brochure on the Revitalisation of the Gardens of Emperor Humayun’s Tomb
Persepolis is an Ancient Persian city, northeast of modern Shiraz in Iran. This historical site is visited by many Iranian and non-iranian tourists. (you can see tourists in the first foto)
It was built in a remote and mountainous area during the reign of Darius I, who made it the capital of Persia (Iran) replacing Pasargadae. In 330 BC Alexander the Great plundered the city and burned the palace of Xerxes I.
The city’s ruins cover an extensive area and comprise a number of colossal buildings, including palaces of early Persian kings, a great staircase, an audience hall, and a treasury.
Iran has many different beautiful sites. Related to Pre-Islamic, Islamic and modern era. In every city you can find a sign of Iranian civilisation and culture which comes out beautifully with a wonderful architecture.
Persepolis is one of those beautiful and awesome sites. One of places which is a must to see. You can completely feel the great pre-islamic civilisation in Iran. If someday you traveled to Iran, do not lose visiting the Persepolis.
“Muhammad Ali Jinnah (December 25, 1876 – September 11, 1948 ) was a Pakistani politician and leader of the All India Muslim League who founded Pakistan and served as its first Governor-General. He is officially known in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam (“Great Leader”) and Baba-e-Qaum (“Father of the Nation”). His birthday is a National Holiday in Pakistan.
Jinnah rose to prominence in the Indian National Congress expounding ideas of Hindu-Muslim unity and helping shape the 1916 Lucknow Pact with the Muslim League; he also became a key leader in the All India Home Rule League. He proposed a fourteen-point constitutional reform plan to safeguard the political rights of Muslims in a self-governing India. His proposals failed amid the League’s disunity, driving a disillusioned Jinnah to live in London for many years. Allama Muhammad Iqbal visited Jinnah in London and convinced him to return and lead Muslim League. Then Jinnah joined the Muslim League and became a prominent leader.”
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Burnaby will be marking the golden jubilee of the Aga Khan with a new 13-acre park in the Central Valley.
The “contemplative nature park” will be built on city-owned land but funded, designed and constructed by the Aga Khan Development Network, said city parks director Dave Ellenwood.
“Right now we’re just very excited at the prospect of working with such a prominent organization.”
100% of all proceeds goes to the Aga Khan development network which helps developing communities in Africa, Central/South Asia and the Middle East.
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In the tenth to twelfth centuries, an area including present-day Algeria, Tunisia, Sicily, Egypt, and Syria came under the rule of the Fatimid dynasty (909–1171), an offshoot of a Shici sect from North Africa. The Fatimid rulers traced descent from Muhammad’s daughter Fatima (hence Fatimid) via Ismacil, the seventh Shici imam, and thus presented a threat to the political and religious authority of the orthodox Sunni cAbbasid caliph. The circular design of the city of al-Mansuriya, one of their first capitals, founded in 947, can be interpreted as a deliberate challenge to the round city of cAbbasid Baghdad, the “city of peace” (madinat al-salam). This opposition became more significant following the Fatimid conquest of Egypt in 969. At this time, the Fatimids founded the city of Cairo (al-Qahira, “the triumphant”) and established it as their new capital (973). While Egypt came to enjoy enormous prosperity primarily due to its intermediary role in the lucrative trade between the Mediterranean and India, Cairo soon rivaled the cAbbasid capital of Baghdad.
sorce at here: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/fati/hd_fati.htm
The following list of publications produced by the agencies of the Institute Of Ismaili Studies London, includes aritcles, research materials and other related materials.
The Sayyidi Muhammad ‘Ali Hamdani Collection
IIS Publishes Introductory Volume on the Ikhwan al-Safa’
A Short History of the Ismailis: Traditions of a Muslim Community
Nasir-i Khusraw’s famous seven-year journey is recorded in his book Safarnama (Travelogue). Nasir-I Khusraw had travelled to Cairo, where he had spent a few years training as dai. In his Travelogue, he describes the splendour of the Fatimid capital as well as the wealth of Egypt:
“I estimated that there were no less than twenty thousand shops in Cairo… Every sort of rare goods from all over the world can be had there: I saw tortoise-shell implements such as small boxes, knife handles, and so on. I also saw extremely fine crystal, which the master craftsmen etch most beautifully… I saw the following fruits and herbs, all in one day: red roses, lilies, narcissus, oranges, citrons, limes and other citrus fruits, apples, jasmine, basil, quince, pomegranates, pears, melons of various sorts, bananas, olives, myrobalan, fresh dates, grapes, sugarcane, eggplants, fresh squash, turnips, radishes, cabbage, fresh beans, cucumbers, green onions, fresh garlic, carrots, and beets… In Old Cairo they make all types of porcelain, so fine and translucent that you can see your hand behind it when held up to the light. From this porcelain they make cups, bowls, plates, and so forth…They also produce a glass so pure and flawless that it resembles chrysolite, and it is sold by weight.”
This remarkable economic vitality led to the development of complex administrative and financial systems comprising a number of ministries including the chancery of state, and ministry of finance.
The Aga Khan III, Mohammed Shah, The spiritual leader of the Ismalian Muslims, died in 1957. He was buried in this mausoleum located above the white villa where he lived. We could see the mausoleum for quite a distance away as we were on the Nile.
ROGER MANDLE is the new executive director of the Qatar Museums Authority, whose first building is the I. M. Pei—designed Museum of Islamic Art (next) in the capital city of Doha.
Based at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture (AKPIA) is dedicated to the study of Islamic art and architecture, urbanism, landscape design, and conservation – and the application of that knowledge to contemporary design projects.
The goals of the program are to improve the teaching of Islamic art and architecture; to promote excellence in advanced research – to enhance the understanding of Islamic architecture, urbanism, and visual culture in light of contemporary theoretical, historical, critical, and developmental issues – and to increase the visibility of Islamic cultural heritage in the modern Muslim world. Established in 1979, AKPIA is supported by an endowment from His Highness the Aga Khan. AKPIA’s faculty, students, and alumni have played a substantial role in advancing the practice, analysis, and understanding of Islamic architecture as a discipline and cultural force.
source at here: http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/academic/agakhan/index.html
Based at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture (AKPIA) is dedicated to the study of Islamic art and architecture, urbanism, landscape design, and conservation – and the application of that knowledge to contemporary design projects.
The goals of the program are to improve the teaching of Islamic art and architecture – to promote excellence in advanced research – to enhance the understanding of Islamic architecture, urbanism, and visual culture in light of contemporary theoretical, historical, critical, and developmental issues – and to increase the visibility of Islamic cultural heritage in the modern Muslim world. Established in 1979, AKPIA is supported by an endowment from His Highness the Aga Khan. AKPIA’s faculty, students, and alumni have played a substantial role in advancing the practice, analysis, and understanding of Islamic architecture as a discipline and cultural force.
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What the examples I have given illustrate, I think, is how a relatively small community, acting in accordance with the social conscience of Islam, can exercise an influence for the benefit of mankind out of proportion to its numbers for the reason that its members are able to pool their knowledge and to collaborate.
Address by His Highness the Aga Khan Nairobi, Kenya. October 12, 1982
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