BADSHAHI MOSQUE
HISTORY
BADSHAHI MOSQUE
With a population of more than 2.5 million, Lahore
is Pakistan's second largest city.
IT HAS THE MOST FERTILE PLAINS HAS RIVERS locates it with reference to the Indus, the
Ravi, the Jhelum and the Chenab rivers.
WITH THE campaigns of the Turkish dynast Mahmud of Ghazni against the Rajas of Lahore
between I00I and I008. Around this time it established itself as the capital of the Punjab
and thereafter began to play an important and growing role as a centre of Muslim power and
influence in the subcontinent.
IN THE EARLY DAYS OF MUGHAL ERA FORM 16TH CENTURY ONWARD AND,AS THE MUGHAL POWER BEGAN TO
DECLINE IN 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY LAHORE FACESALOT OF PROBLEMS INCLUDING POLITICAL ECLIPSE.
At the beginning of the nineteenth century, that the Sikh ruler Ranjit Singh declared
himself Maharajah of the Punjab and allowed his troops to desecrate many of the city's
beautiful Islamic shrines- including the Badshahi Mosque which was, for a while, converted
into a powder magazine. WHEN THE British occupied Lahore in I849, one OF THEIR writer
describe the city as 'a mere expanse of crumbling ruins'.
AFTER ALL THIS ,TODAY GREAT BUILDINGS CAN BE SEEN. ALL THAT HAS COME AFTER SEEING THE
MUGHAL ERA WE CAN SEE AGAIN THE BEAUTY OF AN ISLAMIC STATE.WHELE IN I940 that the Muslim
League made its first formal demand for the establishment of a Muslim homeland. WHERE THEY
CAN LIVE ACCORDING TO THEIR RELIGION . THEY GET WHAT THEY WANTED AFTER A LOT OF STRUGGLE
AGAINST THE ODDS. THE Minar-e-Pakistan IS THE EVER STANDING TALL TELLING THE STORY OF
MUSLIMS OF SUBCONTINENT'S SUCCESS.
PLACES WHICH MUST BE VISITED WHILE IN LAHORE:
LAHORE FORT:
THE LONG WALL OF LAHORE FORT TELLING THE STORY OF THE
CENTURIES OF PASSING HISTORY. The fort antedates the coming of Mahmud of Ghazni in the
eleventh century, was ruined by the Mangols in I241, rebuilt in I267, destroyed again by
Timurlane in I398 and rebuilt once more in I421. The great Mughal emperor Akbar replaced
its mud walls with solid brick masonry in I566 and extended it northwards. Later Jehangir,
Shah Jehan and Aurangzeb all added the stamps of their widely differing personalities to
its fortification, gateways and palaces.
The fort encloses an area of approximately thirty acres and it is possible to spend many
hours wandering there, lost in contemplation of times gone by, trying to reconstruct in
your imagination a way of life that the world will never see again. The buildings within
its walls are a testament to the gracious style of Mughal rule at its height, in which
every man knew his place and courtly behaviour had been refined into an elaborately
startified social code. Much of the architecture reflects this code. From a raised balcony
in the Diwan-e-Aam, or Hall of Public Audience, built by Shah Jehan in I63I, the emperors
looked down on the common people over whom they ruled when they came to present petitions
and to request the settlement of disputes. Wealthier citizens and the nobility were
allowed to meet their emperors on a level floor in the Diwan-e-Khas, the Hall of Special
Audience-which was also built by Shah Jehan, in I633.
Shalimar Garden :
ANOTHER GOOD FACE IN MUGHAL ERA IS IN LATE eighteenth century by INVADING the Sikhs, is
the Shalimar Garden which stands on the Grand Trunk Road about eight kilometers to the
east of the old part of Lahore. "Shalimar" means 'House of Joy' and, in truth,
the passing centuries have done nothing to ENHANCE THE BEAUTY OF THE GARDEN AND TO DEVELOP
THE GARDEN. A canal runs the entire 2,006 foot (6II meters) length of the garden and from
it 450 sparkling fountains throw up a skein of fresh water that cools and refreshes the
atmosphere, making this a favorite place for afternoon walks for the citizens of modern
Lahore.
OTHER INFORMATION:
LAHORE IS REGARDED AS THE CITY OF COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. THERE ARE ALT OF COLLEGES OF
GREAT REPUTE LIKE GOV.T COLLEGE OF LAHORE, FC COLLEGE , PUNJAB UNIVERSITY , THE FOODS OF
PUNJAB ARE THE MOST DELICIOUS LIKE (MAKAEI KY ROTI ,SERCO KA SAG) LOT OF OTHER FOOD FOR
PUNJABI PEOPLE
Bahauddin Zakria University, Multan
Islamia University, Bahawalpur
Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore
National University of Science and Technology (NUST),
Rawalpindi
Punjab University, Lahore
University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (UAF)
University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Lahore
Lahore is rightly regarded as the cultural, architectural and artistic center of Pakistan;
indeed, the city is so steeped in historical distinction that it would be possible to
spend a lifetime studying it without learning everything that there is to learn.
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