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The
Lahore Fort and its setting (1500's on) |
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*MAP*
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Lahore as it appeared in Akbar's
day |
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The Lahore Fort was internally
complex;
most of it was built (on earlier foundations) by Akbar, and was
gradually
modified by everybody afterwards |
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Some drawings of the Lahore Fort
and its
setting in the old city, at various points in its history |
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Early photos; for more on the
fort, see
the *archnet
images* |
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A look at the famous Alamgiri
Darvazah and
other walls and gates of the Fort |
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The elegant marble Naulakha
Pavilion, added
by Shah Jahan in 1631 |
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The inlay work in semiprecious
stones remains
only here and there |
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Even the brickwork in the paths
was arranged
with elaborate and careful designs |
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The Shish-Mahal, or Mirror Palace |
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The Divan-e Khas, or Hall of
Private Audience,
added by Shah Jahan |
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Shah Jahan also added the Moti
Masjid, or
Pearl Mosque |
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The Huzuri Bagh courtyard, reached
through
the Alamgiri Darvazah, is dominated by the Baradari added by *Ranjit
Singh* |
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From the Huzuri Bagh courtyard, a
wonderfully
dramatic gateway takes you into... |
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the Badshahi Masjid, built by
Aurangzeb |
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Other notable works of
architecture were
added to the city over time: Jahangir's tomb was built in Shahdara, by
Shah Jahan and Jahangir's widow Nur Jahan (who herself is buried in a
much
simpler tomb nearby) |
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Shah Jahan's personal physician
also adorned
Lahore with the famous "Wazir Khan's Mosque" (c.1634-41) |
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The Sunahri Masjid, or "Golden
Mosque,"
was added in 1753 by a late Mughal governor of the city |
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In
their turn, the British added some handsome
buildings of their own |
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The Lahore Museum is a later
architectural
cousin of the Fort, as was the old *Punjab
Public Library* |
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Lahore also displays the famous
cannon Zamzamah,
which was used first in the Third Battle of Panipat in 1761, and last
by
*Ranjit Singh*
in 1818 |
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Nowadays the Fort must also
compete with
a much newer Lahore cultural symbol: the Minar-e Pakistan |
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Not far away is Shah Jahan's
famous garden,
the Shalimar Bagh |
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On the road southward, the
remarkable "Chauburji"
gate survives from another Mughal garden attributed to Princess Zeb
un-Nisa,
1646 |
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Outside the city there's also
Sheikhupura,
site of one of Jahangir's favorite hunting grounds, with its "Hiran
Minar"
in memory of a pet antelope |
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