SECRET EXPERIMENTATIONS M.A. RAHMAN CHUGHTAI;
NOBODY REALLY KNOWS, YES PUBLIC FOR FIRST TIME.
THE HIDDEN CHUGHTAI ART NOBODY WILL EVER KNOW.

It was 1957, I was studying in 2B Saint Anthony’s High School, and a call came from the Principal’s office. Brother Henderson communicated that a Silver Cup had been received from India as an award for Arif Chughtai, for his work exhibited at the Shankar Children Competition in Delhi, India. And the Principal would come to the class of Madame Cooper to present it to me. I was not only frightened but also embarrassed, for I had done nothing like that at all. The secret was that my father had made a small children painting of a zoo, with a tiger and animals in it and some children watching the tiger from outside the cage. Totally childlike, and yet with exceptional talent. I had not done it. But the Indian judges in Delhi recognized it as an exceptional work of a 7 years old child. It was printed in colour in Shankar’s Annual but we miss it now. However the cup is still with me. And the load of its memory makes me uncomfortable even now.
My father Abdur Rahman Chughtai liked to experiment things. Not only that he used to secretly make some Western type paintings and he exhibited them in name of his guide and German lady friend Elza Huiffner. These works were exhibited at various shows in 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, and received accord for their aesthetics. A different technique and media tested by M.A. Rahman Chughtai in secret  experimentations.

Not only that, at times letters written in pseudonym names to express opinions about things they did not want to be referred to in their own names. The dialogue with Dr Munhsmmed Din Taseer is famous for such communication, as Taseer himself used a pseudonym. These are hidden aspects which with time no one will really know. It is best to write all things as a historical record for the future. But it does show the exceptional talent the artist Abdur Rahman Chughtai had. I have myself seen him correcting the composition of his friend Ustad Allah Baksh, not with malignancy but as an act of advice of loyalty. The artist actually posed for his portrait done by Ustad Aziz, adopted son of Ustad Allah Baksh, and not only that he corrected features of his own portrait. Certainly years of training and learning, but in all ways,  an inherited DNA programmed to aesthetics. People writing about him in the past knew little, but at present literally nothing. It needs a certain exceptional framework of mind to indulge in studies about Chughtai Art.

IN SEARCH OF ANY POETIC CREATION LEFT BY,
USTAD AHMAD MIMAR LAHORI, TERMED AS NADIR:
NADIR NAMAH LOVE OF SULTAN MAHMOOD AND AYAZ.
FROM SADI TO JAMI TO FAMOUS EPIC POEM OF ZULALI.

Many years back a manuscript reached me, and it was not a very old one, but dated around 1273 AH, the scribe was Jalaluddin son of Mian Raheem Baksh Rajpoot of Mitranwali, and the poetry was of Abdur Rahman takahallus khuldi, resident of Heranwal. It was titled as Nushka Maumma, the art of sealing the name of a person in form of guess work. In our terms naming a person like a puzzle or paheli. It had four maummas of the name of Ahmad Nadir. It also listed othes. The reference was that of Sheikh Ahmad with takahallus Nadir, not much more. The poet Khuldi did not even know the burial place of Ahmad Nadir. He did make a conjecture of his mausoleum, but in a maumma he referred to him as having Royal Profession. That was the only reference in my decades of research on this name.

Let us go back a little. Researchers have pointed out that Ustad Ahmad Mimar Lahori was also a poet and wrote in the name of Nadir. In fact his son Attaullah Rushdi specifically mentions the title of Nadir attached to his father and perhaps comes from the fact that he had the title of Nadir Ul Asar from the Emperor himself.  Yes, so much excitement and no concrete results. A Baloch researcher gave me a catalogue of the manuscripts in the National Museum Karachi and strangely there was a collection of poetic sections of three poets, one was Abdur Rahman namely Khuldi. The other two were simply given. One Mahmood of Lahore of the 17th century, I had seen manuscripts of this poet and he was at a mushairra in Lahore in 1044 AH, the inauguration of Masjid Wazeer Khan. I had seen a volume of his poetry from the 17th century. The other was Ahmad Nadir. Khuldi had a section dated as Nushka Ajeeb, and the other two were Nadir namah and Mahmood namah. All three were of the love of Sultan Mahmood and the slave Ayaz, who by becoming the Governor of Lahore, put Lahore on the cultural map of the world, But obtaining a copy from here was utterly difficult. A student Amar Malik of Berkeley volunteered to help and sent me a copy of that manuscript. 

In a flurry of excitement, analysis of that manuscript was handed over to a professional who knows these things well. I asked him to seek name references in the Nadir namah. He told me there was no specific reference, but as far as metaphors were concerned, there was an illusion of three names. The metaphors related to Princess Gulbadan, Emperor Jahangeer and Emperor Babur. This very clearly pointed out that the poet belonged to the early 17th century. Then I asked him on what level did he cover the love of Sultan Mahmood and slave Ayaz, Governor of Lahore. The answer was simple, the story spun in Persian circles of a homosexual relation was not treated by these poets in that way. My research in the life of Sultan Mahmood is very clear. Sultan Mahmood himself had a slavish background and came across a sick child in an auction house in Ghazni. He felt very tender with the plight of the boy and bought him. He sent him for the best education and training and ultimately he became the Governor of Lahore. A fact which hardly any one knows that Sultan was in love with the sister of Ayaz and wanted to marry her, but the courtiers advised him against proceeding with the marriage. My research is written in my book the MUSLIM FIGURINES OF LAHORE. So my question was simply Ahmad Nadir deals with that love on which plain of thought. I was told that no mention of any immoral relation but the spirituality of that love and affection. It was very satisfying for me. 

The three metaphors were translated and I translated them in English. I was told that the Persisn language used was not that of some ordinary poet but spoke well of the excellence of poetry in Nadir namah.The three are: 

Metaphor of Gulbadan:
My body is in such a way full of injuries and spots like the tears in the eyes of the nightingale and I am in search of a shawl covered bridal Gulbadan beloved with a flowery body whose sharp sword can be drenched with blood when the blood of my body has already gone dry. 

Metaphor of Jahangeer:
Jahangeer obsession means that love or frame of mind which takes into possession the whole world and the drum beats it’s fame and wisdom leaves and the empire of heart takes over. Mind kneels before this love and the beloved beauty gaze through thee splendour of her fallen hair not unlike the darkness of Shab meraj when the light of spirituality of Laila tul qadr

Shines out.

Metaphor of Babur:
When the beloved opened the lut of her hair, the onlookers got sad because in front of her beauty even the stars wandered out  like Babur who in the night lost his way 

Between two eyebrows the distance met with an object unlike a man had completed the level of his constructed house.

Centuries gave us nothing of Ahmad Nadir. Can there be more? Who knows?  People spent their lives on this research. I have done the same. Eventually something more will be discovered. We wait for that day! There are people who buried him in the past. There are those who broke his sarcophagus in Khuldabad. But Allah’s Law of Makafat overrides these people. aUstad Ahmad Mimsr Lahori shines as much as Rauza Muqarrana or the Taj Mahal. The Blessings of Allah are on him. !

THE MIND OF M.A. RAHMAN CHUGHTAI REVOLVED IN ECSTASY
WITH ECHO OF ANCESTOR USTAD AHMAD MIMAR LAHORI.

Chughtai museum presents more ideas on moving paintings. A new way of enjoying the timeless. Enjoy!

VIDEO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkXfaMbyqXM

THERE IS NO DISTINCTION BETWEEN HEROES AND VILLAINS;
VESTED INTERESTS CAN MAKE ANYONE SOUND ANYTHING:
ENIGMA OF RANJIT SINGH HAUNTS LAHORE ALL THE TIME.

The decline of the Mughal Empire had obvious security issues in the region. The reign of Nawab Zakaria Khan and icons like Princess Sharafunnisa were slowly vanishing into oblivion. The attack of Ahmad Shah Abdali and the brave resistance by Mir Mannu too vanished and Mughalani Begum came into power. Chaos followed with attack of the three dacoits in Lahore. It is history. The curse of their rule mitigated with alternative interpretations. Our own ancestors spoke of the curse of the rule of these three, always ready to attack people, take their goods and steal their women. Whole city of Lahore was linked to adjoining houses, so that if the narrow streets could not keep away the dacoits, the inhabitants could flee from the roof to other vicinities. There used to be wells in many houses and small secret rooms at water level. When men wen outside the houses they put the women and children in those small rooms, and given daggers to them. Aim slaughter yourself before being harassed and raped by these bandits. Th citizens of Lahore tired of all this invited another dacoit of Gujranwala to capture Lahore. The city gates opened and this dacoit allowed the administration of Lahore. It is history and now being mitigated with paid lobbies to undo truth.

Foreign travelers tell us a lt of things. Jacquement  became very close to Ranjit Singh, and the Sikh shared his ailments with him. In many letters the French man reveals the total impotence of the Sikh leader. These are published facts in various books. Mufti Ghulam Sarwar reveals the sexual antics of Ranjit Singh on the minaret of Wazeer Khan Mosque. Jacquement adds to it. If you google the afflictions of Ranjit Singh, you come across the reference of the Sikh having Chronic syphilis, and his urethra full of pus, with him unable to urinate or father children. Khushwant Singh lists his 50 Children. Major Smyth lists the actual father of many of these sons and relates that only Khurrack Singh was his only offspring. Check it out yourself! Not accusations, things published in the lifetime of Ranjit Singh, or some years later. Now we make him a hero, just like India tries to make the dacoit Shivaji a hero.

Our goal is to enliven research. Remember both aspects, the good and the bad.  Not merely heroes, but villains of highest order too. Rest is history.

OBSESSION OF RESTORING MANDIRS, GURUDWARAS,
IN LAHORE BY PAID AGENTS OF FOREIGN LOBBIES,
WHILE INDIA RUTHLESSLY DESTROYS MORE MASJIDS.

The motivation of various people is suspect. Running about everywhere in search of fallen Mandirs and Gurudwaras with no historical significance. It not only amuses me, it irritates me. Taking the name of Masjids or Muslim leaders attached to Lahore is repugnant to them. Greed certainly plays a part, when you are on the payroll of foreign lobbies, but there is something more sinister involved in this action.It takes us back to an old plan of breaking Pakistan further and making a Grand Punjab State, mixed with the Sikh Punjab on the other side. And then our so-called Pakistani leaders will become the Maharaja Ranjit Singh of our century.

A proud assertion is that the haveli of Ranjit Singh is being restored. It is the same place where he had to murder his own mother for various wrong doings. Lahore was ruled by three Sikh dacoits, making life miserable for the citizens of Lahore. So the city leaders decided to invite another dacoit of Gujranwala to come to Lahore and take over the city. They view one dacoit better than many dacoits. So the city gates were opened for him. The Kotwal first opened Lawari Gate, then even the original Delhi Gate. The present one is a later construction by Muhammed Sultan tekaydar. The details are everywhere in historical books, but people prefer to forget them. Ranjit Singh’s army was camped in the Baradari of Wazeer Khan.

It boils down to the original nature of Two Nations. This Divide and Rule policy started by the creation of a lot of fake stories. Conspiracies were created all the time. The bullshit of a Shiv Temple underneath the Babri Masjid. It led to the demolition of a Masjid in hands of fanatic extremisms. There was no  archaeological evidence for the same. Here in Lahore the bullshit was of LOH temple in Lahore Fort. Even the most moronic researcher can see a small construction of Sikh British period posing as a building 3000 years old. See notes by able historians to check reality of same.

Munshi Muhammed Din Fauq says:

A startling narration is done by Munshi Muhammed Din  Fauq in his book “Aed i Mughlia” Lahore published in 1927. He says that the Hindu lobby represented by Sanatan Dharm Yudal Saba communicated (for some period) with the British authorities in Lahore and as a result of their pressure the Superintendent Archaeology accompanied them to a supposed site of the Mandir. The Sanatan Dharm members were present when they visited the site on 11th December, 1923. Nothing was visible. Digging was proposed. It was found that under two feet of a debris a gumband could be seen and the area was ordered to be cleared and the surface floor reached, which was on level with the ground of Hazuri Bagh. But the startling find on 13th December, was different in all ways. Remains of a GIANT of a person were discovered in it. It was a person much larger than the present generation. Fingers of the hands were discovered which were so large as to be unbelievable. Very sharp teeth were discovered there too. It was the grave of a giant. Sanatan Dharm people were of the view that the bones were of Loh, son of Ram. The Archaeology department could only say that these were Pre-Buddhist era bones. But what about the architecture of the structure itself?Professor Ahmad Hasan Dani, the brilliant archaeologist says same.

In 1973 the legendary scholar of Pakistan Ahmad Hasan Dani delivered a lecture on “Al-Beruni” in the city of Kabul. Amazing that Kabul is seen as hosting a Pakistani scholar. But Kabul was a city of intellect and arts for a long time. Not surprising that it happened then. Dani Sahib in his erudite way explains everything. His dismisses the so-called connection of Loh son of Ram with Lahore and we attach the paragraph on same. Worthy of being read. But most interesting he isolates different Lahores and capitals and names. And he says that the city was founded near the river IRAWATI (present Ravi), and that is why it was called IRAWATIAWAR. It was later modified with use as RAVAWAR. He says Panini’s grammar tells us that RA and LA are interchangeable grammarian words, and that is why we have the word LAHAWAR, or presently LAHORE itself. Lahore is simply by tradition CITY ON RAVI.

THE WHOLE DETAILS CAN BE READ IN HIS ARTICLE ON LAHORE.
A news appeared in the press recently that the present set up is undoing all names related to stature of Muslims in Lahore, and will go back to those names, in particular those who invaded Lahore, and carry multiple names. It seems the idea is that the two nation theory can be checked in progress by renaming things. It has been tried in India too, and India is ready to create new Pakistans. But this Pakistan is here to stay. Hands off our city! Lahore is Lahore, and no amount of falsifications can undo our character.

ALL MUSLIMS BELIEVE IN ALLAH AND PROPHET MUHAMMED (PBUH);
QURAN FORBIDS US FROM FALLING INTO SECTS AND SUCH ISSUES.
THE IDEA OF PAKISTAN WAS TO GIVE A GEOGRAPHY AS A FIRST STEP;
TOWARDS UNITY OF ALL BY FORGETTING WESTERN DIVIDEAND RULE.

Allah forgive if there is no Pakistan, what happens to the Idea of Pakistan?  Does that go away with Pakistan. NOT AT ALL!  The idea of Pakistan mentioned a geography area to kick start the Islamic system again. Even if there is no Pakistan, the geography can be provided by any other area in the world. Enemies of Islam beware, better stick to Pakistan, there is so much in-rooted corruption for you to control with ease. So another area may be free from corruption itself and impossible for you to control. So to better stay your hush activities to Pakistan, let us say than Russia. Or China.

When Quaid e Azam declared that nothing can undo Pakistan. He literally meant that the Idea of Pakistan was universal and applicable to any area on Planet Earth. Islam declared as Rabiul Almeen, for all Planet Earth. The ability to choose is given to humankind only, nobody else. Remarkable compromise when every other creation works on instinct only.
Obviously we made the best choices according to the situation. But others awaited us and undid our plans. What to do now? Allah’s Law of Makafat really works but there is no time attached to it. Requital will come and we have to persevere and wait for the reality to sink in the hearts where it can burst out. A long time it may take!

CHUGHTAI MUSEUM UNDER HACKING ATTACK;
RUTHLESS BUT BASICALLY IDIOTS FROM NIGERIA,
YES, BORDERING ON OUT OF THE BOX ANIMOSITY.

A private effort to preserve, promote and research art of M.A. Rahman Chughtai and winning goodwill around the world with 205 countries and more than eight lakh visits, this is strange from totally irrelevant pogues..
On fourth December one of our emails was hacked, nothing important only friends and family.but these morons went further made a new email in our name that is:
Chughtaimuseumlahore@outlook.com

And attached replies to its response being forwarded to them. Our other emails are being attacked too. Our advice to our friends that please confirm from other email validity of our reply. Do not respond to this fake email. We apologize for anything wrong done to you

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