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	Gate
		Cemetery of the Gate of Heaven The Cemetery of the Gate of Heaven, approximately 25 miles north of Cardinal Spellman an...
		Gate A gate is a point of entry to a space enclosed by walls, or an opening in a fence.
		The Ninth Gate The Ninth Gate is a 1999.
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	Tourism @ Pakwatan.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Imperial or the Badshahi Mosque is across the courtyard from Alamgiri Gate of the Lahore Fort.
		This gate is situated at the south-western bend of the city in its renovated form.
		These gates have lost their grandeur and are in a dilapidated condition, To a common eye they are no more than a ruined structure, but for the history lovers there is still much more to discover.
	www.pakwatan.com /main/tourism/city_detail.php3?ID=5 (3371 words)

	Gardens of the Mughal Empire - The Fortress Gardens of Lahore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The gate is an impressive Akbari structure, and one of the few still standing in Lahore.
		Although the Delhi and Lahori gate bazaars were major processionals, the royal retinue most commonly entered via gates close to the fort.
		Outside the large Alamgiri gate, which was built by Aurangzeb on the western side of the fort, stands a garden known today as the Hazuri Bagh.
	www.mughalgardens.org /html/fortress_gardens.html (834 words)

	Travel & Tourism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Raushnai Gate, or the "Gate of Light" is between the royal mosque and the citadels.
		The gate was, therefore, named Khizri, after the name of Khizr Elias, the patron saint, according to the Mahomedan belief, of running waters and streams, and the discoverer of the water of immortality.
		The Mori Gate is the smallest of the gateways and as its name implies, was in old times used as an outlet for the refuse and sweepings of the city.
	www.ptv.com.pk /webptv/lahore-detail.asp (2322 words)

	Alamgiri Gate (Lahore Fort) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Alamgiri Darwaza, or Alamgiri Gate, was built under the patronage of Aurangzeb (1658-1707).
		It is situated on the eastern edge of the Lahore Fort, and leads by way of a sharply angled passage, to the large courtyard of the Diwan-i-Amm, the most public area of the fort's administrative areas.
		The gate is characterized by what some have called a 'softening' of the Mughal style in its later years: the fluted towers flanking it rise out of carved lotus buds, and are topped by small kiosks.
	www.archnet.org /library/sites/one-site.tcl?site_id=3984 (86 words)

	Seasons India :: Destinations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The fifth gate, the Hathiya Paur, or Elephant Gate, forms the entrance to the palace.
		The third gate is known as the Badalgarh.
		The 1st gate is known as the Alamgiri Gate.
	www.seasonsindia.com /travel/destination_detail_sea.jsp?city=GWALIOR (700 words)

	Lahore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The last of the Mughals, Aurangzeb, ruling from 1658 to 1707, built the city's most famous monuments, the Badshahi Masjid and the Alamgiri Gate next to the Lahore Fort.
		The gate is named Lohari because on the out side of this gate many Lohars (Black Smiths) lived and they had their workshops there.
		Inside the gate on the left hand side is located the Shahi Hammam, or "Royal Baths".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lahore (2649 words)

	Lahore
		The last of the great Mughals, Aurangzeb, ruling from 1658 to 1707, built the city's most famous monuments, the Badshahi Masjid and the Alamgiri Gate to the Lahore Fort.
		The Minar-e-Pakistan (thought of by many as being architecturally corrupt in comparison to its surroundings) is located in Iqbal Park across the road from the Badshahi Masjid complex.
		\nDelhi Gate is an entrance on the Eastern wall of the Walled City, named because it faces the road towards Delhi (now part of India).
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	Alamgiri Gate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae
		This book that Gary did is a real comfort to the heart of anyone who just lost their most beloved friend (pet).
		Barbarians at the Gate : The Fall of RJR Nabisco
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	Lahore Fort - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		One of the entrance gates of the Lahore Fort
		Some of the famous sites within the fort are: Sheesh Mahal, Alamgiri Gate, Naulakha pavilion, and Moti Masjid.
		Also perhaps, its area was exteneded towards the river Ravi, which then and upto about 1849 A.D., used to flow along its fortification on the north.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Lahore_Fort (661 words)

	TDCP, The Official Site of Tourism Development Corporation of Punjab (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		When it was intact the Fort consisted of a hexagonal wall from forty to seventy feet high, the longest side of which faced the northwest and extended for 600 yards, and which isolated it from the town.
		Sheikh Abul Hassab Musa Pak Shaheed was a descendant of Abdul Qadir Jillani and was born in Uch.
		Outside the Delhi Gate, nearly twelve yards (351/2 feet to be exact) in length, there is a stone of chocolate color with marks of light yellow on it, 27 inches in diameter and 78 inches thick, with a hole through the middle 9 inches in diameter.
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	1Up India > India > Madhya Pradesh > Gwalior > Visitors Paradise- Gwalior
		There is a whole series of gates as you cescend the worn steps of the path to the archaeological museum.
		The fifth gate, the Hathlya Paur, or Elephant Gate, forms the entrance to the palace.
		The third gate dates from the same period as the Guiri Mahal and is known as the Badalgarh, after Badal Singh, Man Singh's uncle.
	www.1upindia.com /states/madhyapradesh/gwalior/visitor-paradise.html (1422 words)

	Lahore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Mausoleum of Muhammad Iqbal is alsolocated in this garden, near the Eastern wall of the Badshahi Masjid.On the Northern side of the garden is the Samadhi ofRanjit Singh.
		Roshnai Gate leadsinto the Shahi Mohalla quarter of the Walled City, also known as Hira Mandi.
		Delhi Gate is an entrance on theEastern wall of the Walled City, named because it facesthe road towards Delhi (now part of India).
	www.therfcc.org /lahore-37232.html (576 words)

	Gwalior Travel,Gwalior India Travel,Gwalior Travel Guide
		A tomb nearby is that of a nobleman killed in an assault on this gate in 1518.
		The third gate dates from the same period as the Gujri Mahal and is known as the Badalgarh, after Badal Singh, Man Singh’s uncle, or as the Hindola Gate after a swing, or hindol, which used to stand here.
		The first gate is the Alamgiri Gate, dating from 1660.
	www.delhiandtajmahal.com /gwalior.html (1599 words)

	Dave Liu dot com: Traveling: Pakistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The entrance is through Alamgiri Gate, the Maktab Khana (Clerks' House) is a small cloistered court surrounded by arcades in which clerks sat recording the names of visitors.
		The mosaics decorating the west and north walls of Lahore Fort are unique in style and variety of design, for here the geometric patterns are liberally interspersed with animal and human figures which, like Mughal miniature paintings, illustrate the ways and amusements of the Mughal court, a curious blend of barbarism and refinement.
		The rooms above the entrance gate, not open to the public, are said to house the hairs of the Prophet Mohammed and other relics of his daughter Fatima and his son-in-law and cousin Ali.
	www.daveliu.com /webpages/travel/pakistan.htm (4038 words)

	Read about Lahore at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Lahore and learn about Lahore here! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Bhati Gate entrance is located on the Western wall of the Old City.
		Delhi Gate is an entrance on the Eastern wall of the
		Inside the gate on the left hand side is located the
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Lahore (939 words)

	Encyclopedia: Pakistani Rupee
		Mohenjo-daro (literally, mound of the dead), like Harappa, was a city of the Indus Valley civilization.
		Alamgiri Gate as depicted on the reverse of a 50 Rupee Banknote The Alamgiri Gate (Ø¹Ø§Ù„Ù…Ú¯ÙŠØ±Ù‰ Ø¯Ø§Ø±ÙˆØ§Ø²Ø§)is the main entrance to the Lahore Fort in present day Pakistan.
		One of the entrance gates of the Lahore Fort The Lahore Fort, locally referred to as Shahi Qila (Ø´Ø§Ù‡Ù‰ Ù‚Ù„Ø¹Ù‡) is the citadel of the city of Lahore, in modern day Pakistan.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Pakistani-Rupee (2483 words)

	Saudi Aramco World : Central and South Asia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This was the era of the Bayt al-Hikmah, the House of Wisdom, an early version of today's think-tanks, from which came translations of Greek mathematical and scientific papers, breakthroughs in geometry and, eventually, discoveries in everything from medicine to hydrology, most of which knowledge was eventually transmitted to the West.
		A circular city with four gates, Baghdad was intended to express by its physical form the unity of Islam.
		Aurangzeb, the last and most pious of the great Moghul rulers, built the massive Alamgiri Gate and, opposite it, the enormous Bad-shahi Mosque, large enough for a congregation of 66,000.
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	Lahore Pakistan, Lahore Travel Guide, Lahore Travel and Tourism, Information on Lahore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The main gates are located alongside the center of the western and eastern walls.
		Aurangzeb built the impressive main gate between the Badshahi Mosque and the Fort.
		At the West side and across the courtyard from Alamgiri Gate of the Lahore Fort is the Badshahi Mosque.
	www.123world.com /pakistan/destination-guides/lahore.html (795 words)

	Lahore Fort
		The Tomb of Allama Muhammad Iqbal, the great poet-philosopher, who lived from 1873 to 1938 and conceived the idea of Pakistan as a separate Muslim state, is on the left as you face the gate of Badshahi Mosque.
		Built in 1951, this small tomb is constructed of red sandstone.
		To the left of the Shah Burj Gate are the 350 year old mosaics set into the outer face of the fort wall.
	www.geocities.com /abookis4ever/lahorefort/lahorefort.html (189 words)

	la2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Imperial or Badshahi Mosque is located across the courtyard from the Alamgiri Gate of the Lahore Fort.
		It was built, entirely of red sand-stone, by Emperor Aurangzeb, the last of the great Mughals, in a record time of two and a half years.
		Its construction was completed by 1674 AD.The entrance gate of the mosque measures a good 21 metres in length and leads to a courtyard about 160 x 160 metres.
	www.gulabmahal.com /pakistan/lapic2.htm (122 words)

	Inditours.com - Taj Mahal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Beyond the first, Alamgiri Gate is the Badalgarh Gate named after Man Singh's uncle Badal.
		The small two storeyed Gujuri Mahal to the right of the Badalgarh Gate, was built by Man Singh to woo his favourite Rani, Mrignayani.
		Towering above the northeastern approach to the fort, the Man Mandir is one of the finest early Hindu palaces in India.
	www.indinetwork.com /inditours/gwalior.htm (248 words)

	My Lahore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The last of the great Mughals, Aurangzeb from 1658 until 1707, built the city's most famous monuments, the Badshahi Masjid Literally the 'Royal Mosque' and the Alamgiri Gate to the Lahore Fort.
		The old city was at one time surrounded by a wall and a moat, but these structures have been replaced, except in the North, by a garden.
		Within the old city are found the mosque of Wazir Khan (1634) and the northern wall of Lahore Fort.
	www.ajmalbeig.addr.com /lahore.htm (572 words)

	The Fort - Lahore, Pakistan - Pakistan Travel Stories :: BootsnAll Travel Network
		This resolution demanded the creation of a separate homeland for the Muslims of the sub-continent, and is on the one side of the Fort and the Badshahi (Imperial) Mosque is across the courtyard from Alamgir Gate of the Fort.
		Another gateway is the Masti gate - a corruption of Masjid Gate - named after the mosque, which still stands outside the Gate.
		Built in 1566, the Gate only assumed its present name after the construction of the nearby Mosque in 1641 by Empress Maryam Zamani, mother of King Jahangir.
	www.bootsnall.com /articles/04-10/the-fort-lahore-pakistan.html (1138 words)

	Places Of Interest In Mandu,Alamgiri Gate,Bhangi Gate and Kamani Gate
		The main approach to the complex is from the north through a series of gates: the
		After the Bhangi Gate the road branches odd to the Delhi Gate and Gadi Gate.
		Starting from the Delhi Gate, they are: the Royal Enclave, the group around the village, the Sagar Talao group, the Rewa Kund group, the group between the Sagar Talao and the village, and finally, a group of miscellaneous monuments.
	www.indiasite.com /madhyapradesh/mandu/placesofinterest.html (385 words)

	Shahi Qila (Lahore Fort), Lahore, Pakistan
		The serpentine sandstone brackets are typical of Akbar's commissions, with the depiction of animals showing Hindu influence and reflecting Akbar's policy of religious tolerance.His two-story Diwan-e-Khas (Hall of Private Audience), built in 1566, is behind the balcony and is reached by stairs on the tight.
		It was the original main gate to the fort built by Akbar in 1566.
		This is one of the gate of the royal pavillions.
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	Encyclopedia: Alamgiri Gate
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	LAHORE
		The part of the wall of the Elephant Steps towards the Fort's inner gate are scarred by bullet marks, bearing testimony to the Sikh Civil War of 1847 A.D. A party of Sikhs had mounted their guns on one of the minarets of the mosque across the courtyard from where they fired on their opponents.
		he emperor or the Badshahi Mosque is across the courtyard from Alamgiri Gate of the Lahore Fort.
		The Mosque which is made up entirely of sand-stone was built by Emperor Aurangzeb, the last of the great Mughals, in a record time of the two and-a-half years.
	www.gerrystravel.com /gtours/lahore.html (2138 words)

	Lahore Fort (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The residential section is arranged in courts along the northern half of the fort, and is accessed by the Hathi Pol, or 'elephant gate'.
		The northeastern section, which includes red sandstone buildings, is the oldest part of the residences, and was built in Akbari times.
		It is accessed from the Alamgiri Gate, built by Aurangzib (1658-1707), which leads into the large courtyard of the Diwan-i-Amm, or hall of public audience.
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