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  • Lala Book Depot since 1950, Muhammad Shahid (guest) wrote 8 years ago:
    Meray cusion ki umer 78 hay or who bhi idher say books purchase kartay they , or main bhi 1982 may idher say books purchase karta tha, Ab Rawalpindi main hoon, laikin Bachon ki books idher say laita hoon. main pehlay dharampura main rehta thaa.
  • PAEC Foundation Housing Society, Bismillah Jan wrote 8 years ago:
    I interest to buy a 10 marla plot in B. Block in PAEC Foundation. please tell me the rate of 10 marla plot in B.block in PAEC foundation please.
  • Parrot Chowk (Tota Chowk) طوطا چوک, Dr Qadri (guest) wrote 8 years ago:
    This chowk is called parrot chowk or parrot square (or طوطا چوک) because molvies with green turbans are stationed here in the Masjid Kanzul Emaan
  • Chilla of Baba Shah Badr Dewan, asadleo wrote 8 years ago:
    Chilla of Shah Badr Dewan is located to the north of Shrine of Khawaja Mehmud and exactly northwest of Begampura. This is the place where the saint passed forty days of seclusion and meditation during his stay in Lahore. The imposing edifice stands in the centre of a walled enclosure on a platform of the height of 3 feet. It is a quadrangular building surmounted by a high neck dome of green color. The entrance to the building is from stairs to the south and the walls of the remaining three sides are perforated by latticed work of red sandstone which has now been ruthlessly whitewashed. The structure was originally decorated with beautiful glazed pottery work, of blue and yellow color, to the height of three feet from ground all around. Traces of the pottery work are still extant in some areas. To the north is a small tower, decorated with pottery work and intended as a place for a lamp. The final resting place of Shah Badr Dewan is in the village of Masanian in Batala, India. The saint's real name was Syed Hasan Badr-ud-din Gilani (Baghdadi) but he was betterknown as Baba Shah Badr Dewan. He is a descendant of Ghaus-ul-Azam Syed Abdul Qadir Gilani. He was born in Baghdad in 861 AH. He left Baghdad in 904 AH and came to Lahore where he stayed for several years. From Lahore, he moved to village Masanian (3 miles east of Batala, India) where he passed away in 978 AH.
  • Buddu's Tomb, asadleo wrote 8 years ago:
    On the south of G.T. Road, opposite the University of Engineering and Technology, lies a dilapidated tomb known as 'Buddhu ka Maqbara'. The tomb had an arched gallery and stood in an enclosed garden with a gateway, of which no sign remains. The tomb stands on a platform of masonry, the building itself being of quadrangular form, with an arched entrance on each side. Constructed with massive brick masonry, each side of this square building is punctured with a central peshtaq opening flanked by two slightly recessed arched panels. The zone of transition of the square chamber to the hemispherical roof is expressed above the chamber in an octagonal drum, on which a dome on a high neck is placed, resulting in a somewhat overpowering gunbud (dome). Glazed tiles in blue and yellow decorated the roof of the lofty building. Signs of floral desgins in mosaic can still be seen on some of the yellow tiles. Blue glazed tiles in chevrons can also be seen on the apex of the dome. The arches are decorated with paintings of different colors, but only faint traces of these decorations are now visible. Traditionally, the structure is attributed to Buddhu, a potter belonging to Shah Jahan's reign. Buddhu's father Suddhu is said to have had a flourishing kiln trade during the reign of Jahangir, supplying bricks for all the important structures and palaces built by the imperial family and grandees of the court. However, the kiln was made unserviceable and its fire extinguished for ever, when a holy man named Abdul Haq, a disciple of Hazrat Mian Mir, was turned away on a wintry, rainy night from the warmth of the kiln fire. Later researches point towards the structure being the tomb of the wife of Khan-e-Dauran Bahadur Nusrat Jan, an amir or grandee of the Mughal court. Khan-e-Dauran himself is also reputed to have been buried here on his death in 1643. At his death, he held the rank of 7000 personnel and 7000 horses. As is the case of other similar structures, the tomb is likely to have been set amidst a large garden. During the Sikh rule, the area was occupied by the summer house of General Avitabile, the French general of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, although no evidence of this has survived. The sepulcher was a centre of activities during the inter-Sikh wars, when Maharaja Sher Singh and Raja Hira Singh in turn collected Khalsa (Sikh) troops here with the intention of laying siege to Lahore.
  • Dai Anga's Tomb, asadleo wrote 8 years ago:
    Zeb-un-Nisa (d. 1672), or Dai Anga ('wet-nurse' in Urdu), was the wet-nurse of Shah Jahan, and the wife of a courtier under Jahangir. A few paces distant from the Gulabi Bagh gateway, on the north, lies her splendid mausoleum. This rather ponderous, square brick structure sporting few apertures and presenting a solid face to the garden, was built to house the mortal remains of DaiAnga, Shah Jahan's wet nurse and of her daughter Shahzadi Sultan Begam, whose husband built the Gulabi Bagh Gateway. It is the same Dai Anga (wife of Mughal magistrate of Bikaneer), who built the spectacular mosque named after her, situated in Naulakha area of Central Lahore, in which also tile mosaic decoration is employed with wondrous effect. Traversing the intervening stretch of corridor-like space since the surrounding garden area has been occupied by various railway structures—you arrive at the rather squat-looking tomb placed on a raised plinth. The mausoleum is dominated by a low-pitched dome placed on a high neck or drum, while its corners are accented through the employment of four square pavilion-like kiosks, carrying projecting chajjas (eaves) and cupolas. Although shorn of most of its ornamentation, the original kashi kari (tile mosaic) can be noticed on the parapet, which points towards the quality and kind of tile mosaic that in all likelihood once covered the entire facade. The mausoleum comprises a central tomb chamber with eight rooms around it. Internally, the surface was embellished with fine fresco, portions of which are extant in the squinches above the projecting, beehive-like decorative muqarnas, along with a starlet dome treatment. The base of the squinches is encircled with inscr iptional panels from the Holy Quran, rendered in elegant calligraphy by Muhammad Saleh. Inscr iptions at the site, reveal that the mausoleum was constructed in 1671. The central sepulchral chamber and surrounding rooms are built upon a raised plinth consisting of subterranean chambers, in which the burials took place. There are two graves, one of Dai Anga and the other of her daughter Sultana Begum. Today, the original cenotaphs made of marble are no longer in existence, and the underground chambers are also inaccessible.
  • TOMB OF NAWAB JANI KHAN, asadleo wrote 8 years ago:
    °34′43.5″N 74°22′16″E location of jani khan tomb on wikimapia
  • TOMB OF NAWAB JANI KHAN, asadleo wrote 8 years ago:
    Tomb of Jani Khan or Khan-i-Khanan is situated south of the road to Shalimar Gardens and to the southwest of garden of Mahabat Khan in Baghbanpura. The tomb was likely constructed during the reign of Mughal Emperor Muhammed Shah or his son Ahmed Shah. The dome is decorated with porcelain tiles of blue and yellow color. Some of the tile work is still extant. The pyramidal dome sits atop a low height neck which is decorated with pottery work in beautiful floral patterns similar to those seen on tomb of Sharf-un-Nisa Begum (Cypress Tomb), built in 1745. The tomb originally stood in a garden with a beautiful gateway but no trace of them exists now, the gateway having been dismantled in the late 1800s. Today, the remaining structure is hidden between some houses on a small plot of land bounded by a wall. The door to the enclosure is locked but i was able to access the enclosure by climbing over the wall.
  • TOMB OF MAHABAT KHAN, asadleo wrote 8 years ago:
    MAHABAT KHAN GARDEN:- Now dilapidated, this garden was once among many of the Chahar Bagh Gardens built along the road to Shalimar Gardens by the Mughal nobility. The garden was originally surrounded by a high wall of masonry and is situated to the west of the Shalimar Gardens and south of Baghbanpura. Now, only portions of the surrounding wall remain as much of the garden has been encroached upon by the local population. The garden is locally known as "Saithan di Bagheechi". The old gateway is on the west, and additions were made to the upper storey by Parsi merchants of Bombay who owned it in the late 1800s. A newer gateway was located to the north, however, only traces of it remain now as most of it has been replaced by houses surrounding the garden. To the east and south were rooms and chambers, built of substantial brick-working order but are no longer extant. To the south was a small mosque, now much renovated. The garden was built by Mahabt Khan, surnamed Khan-e-Khanan, Yamin-ud-Daula. His original name was Zamana Beg, and he was son of Ghyur Beg of Kabul. Jahangir writes of him in his autobiography, "Zamana Beg son of Ghayur Beg, had gained the dignity of 500, by when I was till Crown Prince. He now (on my accession), having received the title of Mahabat Khan and a mansab of 1500, was nominated Pay master of my household." In the seventeenth year of the reign of Jahangir, he was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army, with a mansab of 7000, and sent against Shah Jahan whom he defeated near Allahabad. Mahabat Khan died in 1634. At his death he held the dignity of Khan-e-Khanan, and was head of the military administration. Shah Jahan made provision for Mahabat Khan's eldest son who ultimately rose to the Governorship of Kabul and to bear his father’s title. Maharaja Ranjit Singh gave the garden to Faqir Aziz-ud-Din, who looked well after it. On his death, Faqir Charagh-ud-Din, his heir sold it to Jahangirji & Co., Parsi Merchants. In the midst of the garden, on a spacious platform (now in ruins), is a grave of solid masonry which both Chishti and Sarwar ascribe to Mahabat Khan.
  • Rasul Shahiyun's Tomb, asadleo wrote 8 years ago:
    RASUL SHAHYUN'S TOMB This crumbling tomb is located northeast of Chilla of Shah Badr Diwan and about four hundred meters west of Mian Khan's Tomb. The circular dome is supported by building of octagonal form. The dome itself is now blackened with age but in the spandrels above the arches, traces of glazed pottery work still exist. The chajja is supported by corbels, six on each side. The octagonal building originally stood on a raised platform, of which traces can still be seen. Beneath the platform was an underground chamber in which were interred the remains of the personage in whose honour the edifice was raised. His name cannot be ascertained but according to Latif, the dome was called Rasul Shahyun ka Maqbara (tomb) by the people of the area because of the followers of the "Shahyun sect" having located themselves there during the time of the Sikhs.
  • (Govt) Mian Iqbal Hussain High School , Garhi Shahu, Lahore, Pakistan, Muhammad Furqan (guest) wrote 8 years ago:
    Any one from 1977 to 1981 ?
  • (Govt) Mian Iqbal Hussain High School , Garhi Shahu, Lahore, Pakistan, Muhammad Furqan (guest) wrote 8 years ago:
    My name is Muhammad Furqan and i was associated with this school from 1977 to 1981, that was a best time of this school. In the year 1981, our school result for metric science group was 99% success. Great memories with this school. At that time our school was on top, related to extra curricular activities and games and i remembered that i was the only student in class 10th-B to participated in various games. Our class teach name was Younu Saheb.
  • Misri Shah & Steel Market, FAWAD (guest) wrote 8 years ago:
    HI CAN ANY ONE HELP ME FIND A SCRAP DEALER HERE I HAVE IRON SCRAP 1600000KGS SILVER SCRAP AND COPPER SCRAP WANT TO SELL 0333521702
  • Moti Masjid, asadleo wrote 8 years ago:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moti_Masjid_(Lahore_Fort)
  • OONCHI MASJID, asadleo wrote 8 years ago:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oonchi_Mosque
  • Muslim Commercial Bank (Ali Raza Abad), M Fayyaz Fayyaz wrote 8 years ago:
    Crencey rate of Saudi Arabia plz sending
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    saeed dogar gym is the best natural place for bodybuilding
  • Arif Jan Road, Azfar (guest) wrote 8 years ago:
    What the hell happened to time Where did it go 20 years in USA passed liked 20 min Aaaazfar@yahoo.com
  • Arif Jan Road, Azfar (guest) wrote 8 years ago:
    My grand parents when they were alive, lived there at 273/1