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The inner courtyard and main dome of the Badshahi (or royal) mosque in Lahore's old city. The 17th century structure was the largest mosque in the world for over 300 years and still has the largest mosque courtyard.
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The Lahore Fort, locally referred to as Shahi Qila is citadel of the city of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It is located in the northwestern corner of the Walled City of Lahore. The trapezoidal composition is spread over 20 hectares.
Origins of the fort go as far back as antiquity, however, the existing base structure was built during the reign of Mughal Emperor Akbar between 1556–1605 and was regularly upgraded by subsequent Mughal, Sikh and British rulers.It has two gates one is known as Alamgiri Gate build by Emperor Aurangzeb which opens towards Badshahi Mosque or Masjidi Gate which opens towards Masti Gate Area of Walled City and was built by Emperor Akbar. Currently Alamgiri Gate is used as the principal entrance while Masti Gate is permanently closed .The fort manifests the rich traditions of Mughal architecture. In 1981, the fort was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with the Shalimar Gardens.
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LAHORE: Dec18 – Pakistani models walk down the ramp during a Fashion Show organized by PFDC at Royal Palm Club.
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The Badshahi Mosque (Urdu: بادشاھی مسجد) or the 'King's Mosque' in Lahore, commissioned by the sixth Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in 1671 and completed in 1673, is the second largest mosque in Pakistan and South Asia and the fifth largest mosque in the world. Epitomising the beauty, passion and grandeur of the Mughal era, it is Lahore's most famous landmark and a major tourist attraction.
Capable of accommodating 5,000 worshippers in its main prayer hall and a further 95,000 in its courtyard and porticoes, it remained the largest mosque in the world from 1673 to 1986 (a period of 313 years), when overtaken in size by the completion of the Faisal Mosque in Islamabad. Today, it remains the second largest mosque in Pakistan and South Asia and the fifth largest mosque in the world after the Masjid al-Haram (Grand Mosque) of Mecca, the Al-Masjid al-Nabawi (Prophet's Mosque) in Medina, the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca and the Faisal Mosque in Islamabad.
To appreciate its large size, the four minarets of the Badshahi Mosque are 13.9 ft (4.2 m) taller than those of the Taj Mahal and the main platform of the Taj Mahal can fit inside the 278,784 sq ft (25,899.9 m2) courtyard of the Badshahi Mosque, which is the largest mosque courtyard in the world.
The Postcard
A postally unused postcard that was published by Shunker, Dass & Co. of Lahore. The card, which was printed in Saxony, has a divided back.
Shalimar Gardens, Lahore
The Shalimar Gardens (Urdu: شالامار باغ) are a Mughal garden complex located in Lahore, Pakistan. The gardens date from the period when the Mughal Empire was at its artistic and aesthetic height, and are now one of Pakistan's most popular tourist destinations.
The Shalimar Gardens were laid out as a Persian paradise garden intended to create a representation of an earthly utopia in which humans co-exist in perfect harmony with all elements of nature.
Construction of the gardens began in 1641 during the reign of Emperor Shah Jahan, and was completed in 1642.
In 1981 the Shalimar Gardens were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Naming the Gardens
Courtiers told the Maharaja Ranjit Singh that:
"Shala is a Turkic word which means pleasure,
and the mar means a place in which to live."
However the arguments of the courtiers failed to make any impression on Ranjit Singh, and so he gave his own name to the garden, and called it “Shahla Bagh”, with “Shahla” meaning in Persian “Sweetheart” with dark gray eyes and a shade of red, and “Bagh” meaning “Garden.”
The courtiers highly praised the Maharaja's ingenuity in selecting so charming a name for the famous gardens of Láhore, and it was ordered, accordingly, that henceforth the gardens be called by that name, and written so in all public correspondence.
The gardens are however still known as the "Shalimar Gardens."
Location
The Shalimar Gardens are located next to the Grand Trunk Road, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) east of the Delhi Gate of the Walled City of Lahore. They provide a popular recreation spot for Lahore's residents.
History of the Gardens
Lahore's Shalimar Gardens were built by the Mughal royal family, primarily as a venue for them to entertain guests, although a large portion was open to the general public.
The gardens' design was influenced by the older Shalimar Gardens in Kashmir that were built by Shah Jahan's father, Emperor Jahangir.
However unlike the gardens in Kashmir which relied on naturally sloping landscapes, the waterworks in Lahore required extensive engineering to create artificial cascades and terraces.
The Shalimar Gardens were designed as a Persian-style Charbagh "Paradise Garden" - a microcosm of an earthly utopia. Though the word Bagh is translated simply as "garden," Bagh represents a harmonious existence between humans and nature, and represents a poetic connection between heaven and earth.
All natural elements of the Bagh are appreciated - including the sun, moon, and air.
The site was chosen for its stable water supply. The project was managed by Khalilullah Khan, a noble of Shah Jahan's court. Ali Mardan Khan was responsible for most of the construction, and had a 100-mile-long canal built to bring water from the foothills of Kashmir to the site.
The site of the Shalimar Gardens originally belonged to the Arain Mian family. Mian Muhammad Yusuf, then the head of the family, ceded the site to the Emperor Shah Jahan in order for the gardens to be built.
In return, Shah Jahan granted the Arain Mian family governance of the Shalimar Gardens, and the gardens remained under their custodianship for over 350 years.
Construction of the gardens began on the 12th. June 1641, and took 18 months to complete.
During the Sikh era, much of the garden's marble was pillaged and used to decorate the Golden Temple and the Ram Bagh Palace in nearby Amritsar, while the gardens' costly agate gate was stripped and sold by Lehna Singh Majithia.
In 1806 Maharaja Ranjit Singh ordered the Shalimar Gardens to be repaired.
The annual Mela Chiraghan festival used to take place in the gardens until General Ayub Khan forbade it in 1958. The Gardens were nationalised in 1962 by General Ayub Khan because Arain Mian family members had opposed his imposition of martial law in Pakistan.
Design and Layout of the Gardens
Mughal Gardens were based upon Timurid gardens built in Central Asia and Iran between the 14th. and 16th. centuries. A high brick wall richly decorated with intricate fretwork encloses the site in order to allow the creation of a Charbagh paradise garden - a microcosm of an earthly utopia.
The Shalimar Gardens are laid out in the form of a rectangle aligned along a north–south axis, and measure 658 metres by 258 metres, and cover an area of 16 hectares. Each terrace level is 4–5 metres (13–15 feet) higher than the previous level.
The uppermost terrace of the gardens is named Bagh-e-Farah Baksh, literally meaning Bestower of Pleasure. The second and third terraces are jointly known as the Bagh-e-Faiz Baksh, meaning Bestower of Goodness. The first and third terraces are both shaped as squares, while the second terrace is a narrow rectangle.
Shalimar's main entrance was onto the lower-most terrace, which was open to noblemen, and occasionally to the public. The middle terrace was the Emperor's Garden, and contained the most elaborate waterworks of any Mughal garden. The highest terrace was reserved for the Emperor's harem.
The square-shaped terraces were both divided into four equivalent smaller squares by long fountains flanked by brick khayaban walkways designed to be elevated in order to provide better views of the garden.
Cascades were made to flow over marble paths in what are known as chadors, or "curtains" into the middle terrace. Water collected into a large pool, known as a haūz, over which a seating pavilion was made.
Water Features of the Shalimar Gardens
The Shalimar Gardens contain the most waterworks of any Mughal Garden. They contain 410 fountains, which discharge into wide marble pools. The enclosed garden is cooler than the surrounding area because of the dense foliage and water features.
The Wazir Khan Mosque in Lahore, is famous for its extensive faience tile work. It was built Shaikh Ilm-ud-din Ansari, a native of Chiniot, in seven years, starting around 1634-1635 AD, during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jehan.Shaikh Ilm-ud-din Ansari, known as Wazir Khan, was the court physician to Shah Jahan and later, the Governor of Lahore. The mosque is located in the old City and is accessed from Delhi Gate.
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Guru Ka Lahore is a cluster of three Gurdwaras near Basantgarh village in Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh, about 12 kilometers north of Anandpur Sahib in Punjab, which are located at the site of Guru Gobind Singh's marriage. A fourth Gurdwara at the spot which played a part in the wedding is located about a Kilometer away.
In keeping with Panjabi tradition the betrothal of young Gobind Rai had taken place during the lifetime of his father Guru Tegh Bahadur, but the marriage had been postponed because of the elder Guru's martyrdom in November 1675. Early in 1677, Jito Ji's father, Bhai Hari Jas, a resident of Lahore, came to Chakk Nannki (later Anandpur Sahib) and proposed that the bridegroom's marriage party should go to Lahore with the marriage being performed at an early and suitable date.
The elders in the holy family considered that it was still not politically advisable to go to Lahore. The young Guru said, we shall create a 'Lahore' here. The bride's family may come and reside in it, and the marriage may take place as agreed. Consequently, a temporary camp was set up near Basantgarh to look like part of Lahore. The site was called Guru Ka Lahore. Bhai Hari Jas brought his family and relations to the temporary 'Lahore' and the marriage took place on 23rd Har 1734 Bikrami/21st June 1677. Even after the camp had been closed down and diassembled, the place continued to be considered holy. A Gurdwara was established at the camp site to which two more were added later close to some nearby springs.