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    The Lahore Fort (Punjabi: شاہی قلعہ, romanized: Śā'ī Qilā; Urdu: شاہی قلعہ, romanized: Śāhī Qil'ā; lit. 'Royal Fort') is a citadel in the walled interior...
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    shrines. Lahore is also home to the Lahore Fort and Shalimar Gardens, both of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The origin of Lahore's name is unclear...
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    opening on to the river. Two of the fort's gates are notable: the "Delhi Gate" and the "Lahore Gate". The Lahore Gate is also popularly also known as...
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    palace located within the Shah Burj block in northern-western corner of Lahore Fort. It was constructed under the reign of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in 1631–32...
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    selected as the Mughal capital, which resulted in the construction of the Lahore Fort – now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as well as the city's new reinforced...
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    Mosques", is a 17th-century religious building located inside the Lahore Fort, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It is a small, white marble structure built by...
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    Sites in Pakistan Lahore Fort List of parks and gardens in Lahore List of parks and gardens in Pakistan "Fort and Shalimar Gardens in Lahore". UNESCO. Retrieved...
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    mosque located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It was constructed between 1671 and 1673 during the rule of Aurangzeb, opposite of the Lahore Fort on the northern...
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    Mahal, the Jama Masjid of Delhi, the Shalimar Gardens of Lahore, and renovated the Lahore Fort. High-ranking officials below the emperor were also able...
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  • According to oral traditions, Lahore was named after Lava, son of the Hindu god Rama, who supposedly founded the city. Lahore Fort has a vacant temple dedicated...
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    Mughal court to Lahore owing to his armies that were currently battling the forces of the Shah of Persia over control of the Kandahar Fort in nearby Afghanistan...
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  • and the forts and territory in the Jalandhar Doab between the rivers Sutlej and Beas. In addition, controls were placed on the size of the Lahore army and...
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    the Lahore Fort, adjacent to the Walled City, and home to the Sheesh Mahal, the Alamgiri Gate, the Naulakha pavilion, and the Moti Masjid. The fort along...
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    Formidable Fort of Sher Shah. Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publications, 2011. ISBN 969-35-0603-0. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rohtas Fort. UNESCO World...
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  • Lahore Fort rebuilt. 1524 – Mughal Babur in power. 1530 – Mir Yunis Ali becomes governor. 1560 – Masjid Niwin (mosque) built. 1566 - Lahore Fort built...
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    Dhian Singh Dogra, he won the throne after a protracted siege of the Lahore Fort which was held by the royal family. Thousands died in the siege. Sher...
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    Paleolithic sites in & around Tughlaqabad Fort Stepwells of Delhi Other Mughal Red Forts Agra Fort Lahore Fort "Red Fort Complex". World Heritage List. UNESCO...
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    list of forts and castles in Pakistan: Tourism in Pakistan List of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Pakistan List of museums in Pakistan Lahore Fort Rohtas...
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    The Architecture of Lahore reflects the history of Lahore and is remarkable for its variety and uniqueness. There are buildings left from the centuries...
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  • The fort was captured in 1758 by Tukojirao Holkar and Sabaji Shinde Sidhojiraje Ghatage-Desai-Deshmukh, aka Manaji Paygude (the conqueror of Lahore), and...
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    city. Jahangir's son, Shahjahan Burki, was born in Lahore. He, like his father, extended the Lahore Fort and built many other structures in the city, including...
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    Mosque". Lahore Sites of Interest. "DAI ANGA MOSQUE - 1635". Retrieved 1 August 2018. Dar, Nadeem (20 June 2015). "A pearl inside Lahore Fort – Moti Masjid"...
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    Prince Kusha. To this day, Lahore Fort has a vacant Lava temple dedicated to Lava (also pronounced Loh, hence Loh-awar or "The Fort of Loh"). It is one of...
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    Sikh Empire (redirect from Lahore State)
    subcontinent. It existed from 1799, when Maharaja Ranjit Singh captured Lahore, to 1849, when it was defeated and conquered by the British East India Company...
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    دیوانِ خاص, or "Hall of Private Audiences"), is located in the Lahore Fort in Lahore, Pakistan. It served as the place where the Mughal emperors received...
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  • inside the Lahore Fort. The first Persian text on Sufism was written, by Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh Shaykh Abul Hasan 'Ali Hujwiri R.A. in Lahore which became...
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  • (Lahore Fort), located inside the Lahore Fort in Lahore, Pakistan, that was built in 1630–35. The Moti Masjid (Agra Fort), located in the Agra Fort in...
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    Publishers, Lahore-Pakistan, 1995. Altit Fort Shigar Fort Khaplu Fort List of forts in Pakistan List of museums in Pakistan Baltit Fort UNESCO Tentative...
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    World Heritage Sites in South Asia are: Agra Fort, Fatehpur Sikri, Red Fort, Humayun's Tomb, Lahore Fort, Shalamar Gardens, and the Taj Mahal, which is...
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    including the Shalimar Gardens, the Lahore Fort, the archaeological excavations at Taxila, and the Rohtas Fort, among others. The name Punjab is of Persian...
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