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TaaKHt-o-Taaraaj

ताख़्त-ओ-ताराज
said taakht-o-taa-raaj
also written: Takht-o-Taraj
Meaning

Raiding and plunder; the laying waste of a country.

Literally: raid and pillage

See it in the verse

TaaKHt-o-Taaraaj in Iqbal’s couplets

Na takht-o-taj mein ne lashkar-o-sipah mein hai
Jo baat mard-e-qalandar ki bargah mein hai
Not in throne and crown, nor in armies and soldiers, lies the power that belongs to the court of the free-spirited man.
Freedom · Selfhood · Leadership
Related words
PERSIAN

Taaraaj

Plunder, pillage, and devastation of a conquered place.

ARABIC

Ghaarat

Plunder, raid or destruction; the act of laying waste.

URDU

Loot

Plunder, looting, or spoils.

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