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	pakistani architecture: royal fort, lahore
		Khan believes it is the same fort that was damaged by the Mongols in 1241 and again in 1398 by a detachment of Timur's army, then rebuilt again in 1421 by Sayyid, son of Khizr Khan.
		The early history of the fort is subject to debate, but it is known for certain that the fort was extensively upgraded during the reign of Emperor Akbar (mid-16th century).
		The fort was greatly expanded during the reigns of Jahangir, Shah Jahan, and Aurangzeb.
	www.orientalarchitecture.com /lahore/FORT.htm (578 words)

	ShaikhSiddiqui Lahore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The city of Lahore is located at latitude 31 ° 35´ N and longitude 74° 13´ E. The city occupies an area of over 2000 km² and is expanding.
		Lahore is also identufied with Sanghala, mentioned by Arrian and Curtius, the classical writers, as the stronghold of the Kathaean or Khatri tribe.
		During Akbar's rule, Lahore was the capital of the empire from 1584 to 1598.
	www.shaikhsiddiqui.com /lahore.html (718 words)

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		Built by Akbar in 1560s, the fort houses an array of exquisite buildings and pavilions, some of which were added by the succeeding Mughals as well as the Sikhs and the British.
		Among the major highlight inside the Lahore Fort is the hall of public audience, the Diwan-i-Am.
	www.pakistanholiday.com /pakistan-culture/lahore-fort-tour.html (311 words)

	LAHORE HISTORY
		Lahore was a cultural and intellectual center during the Moghul and British eras.
		Lahore is the second largest city of Pakistan and the provincial capital of Punjab.
		The Imperial or the Badshahi Mosque is accross the courtyard from Alamgiri Gate of the Lahore Fort.
	www.geocities.com /greatlahore/lahori/history.html (686 words)

	The Lahore City. (Courtesy Iqbalians.com)
		Lahore (لاةور) is a major city in Pakistan and is the capital of the province of Punjab.
		Lahore was a suba- a province of the Empire.
		The Lahore Cantonment, the British residential district of wide, tree-lined streets and white bungalows set in large, shaded gardens, is the prettiest cantonment in Pakistan.
	www.iqbalians.com /lahore/lahore.asp (611 words)

	Lahore travel guide
		Lahore is located near the only border crossing with India that is currently open, in the Pakistani part of the Punjab.
		Lahore is reagarded as the heart of Pakistan and also the heart and mind of The Punjab.
		Lahore is the capital of the Punjab province of Pakistan and is one of the oldest cities of the world.
	www.world66.com /asia/southasia/pakistan/lahore (1161 words)

	Lahore City Portal - Information portal for city of Lahore - Visit Lahore
		Lahore Museum, which has the most and the finest Mughal artifacts in the world, is a place to start.
		The Badshahi mosque is adjacent to Lahore Fort, one of the most splendid examples of Mughal architecture in Pakistan.
		The mosque is one of the largest building made during the reign of Aurangzeb, and in terms of space, it is one of the largest mosque in the Indian subcontinent.
	www.lahore.com /content/section/4/45 (684 words)

	itsPakistan - Pakistan - Lahore
		It was then that Lahore became the centre of social, cultural and educational activities reaching the pinnacle of its glory under the Mughals who gave it its famous architecture including the magnificent fort, gardens, tombs, mosques and pavilions.
		The Lahore Railway station is one of the oldest station in the country, and serves as the main connecting point for rail services to many cities and routes.
		Lahore airport is one of the busiest airport of the country after Karachi international terminal.
	www.itspakistan.net /pakistan/lahore.aspx (1081 words)

	Lahore travel guide - Wikitravel
		Lahore (لاةور) is Pakistan's second largest city, and the capital of the northeastern Punjab province.
		Lahore was the capital of the Sikh-ruled state of Punjab until the British take-over in the late 19th century.
		Lahore is the centre of Pakistani higher education.
	wikitravel.org /en/Lahore (3743 words)

	Lahore Fort Photo Gallery by Arif Khan at pbase.com
		Lahore is the city of the first Mughal conquests in India.
		During the 16th century Akbar rebuilt this 3000 year old fort on the banks of the Ravi, enlarging and strengthening it by replacing the original clay walls with bricks.
		He built the present Lahore Fort on the foundations of a previous fort that was 3000 years old.
	www.pbase.com /arifakhan/lahore_fort (147 words)

	Travel in Lahore - Pakistan - Asia - Culture - WorldTravelGate.net®-
		Lahore consists of an old city area flanked on the southeast by newer commercial, industrial, and residential areas that are in turn ringed by suburbs.
		The massively fortified walls of Lahore Fort speak eloquently of the centuries of passing history that they have witnessed.
		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.
	www.asiatravelling.net /pakistan/lahore/lahore_culture.htm (500 words)

	history
		The people of Lahore, when they want to emphasize the uniqueness of their town say "Lahore is Lahore".
		Lahore is the city of poets, artists and the center of film industry.
		Akbar the Great held his Court In Lahore for 14 years from 1584 to 1598, and built the Lahore Fort, as well as the city walls which had 12 gates.
	www.lahore.gov.pk /profile/history.htm (959 words)

	Gardens of the Mughal Empire - The Fortress Gardens of Lahore
		Construction of the Masti Gate of Lahore Fort has been attributed to the third Mughal ruler, Akbar, sometime around 1566, the same time that he was rebuilding Agra Fort (Khan, 1993).
		The walled city was the social center of Lahore and the center of its regional culture, but the fort was the political center of Lahore and at least at times the center of its imperial Mughal culture.
		This Sikh-period garden was built in a space that was formerly a caravanserai between the fort and the Badshahi mosque (built by Aurangzeb in 1673).
	www.mughalgardens.org /html/fortress_gardens.html (834 words)

	Pakistan: Lahore Fort - photos of buildings in Lahore on Worldisround
		The Lahore Fort, locally referred to as Shahi Qila (شاهى قلعه) is the citadel of the city of Lahore, in modern day Pakistan.
		Lahore fort is probably the one most prominant landmark of Lahore and high light of the tour of Lahore.
		The fort was the winter residence of the Moghul kings and was constructed during the whole tenure of the Moghuls (16th to 19th century) Every king participated in the construction of the fort and left his mark in the fort.
	www.worldisround.com /articles/104804/index.html (364 words)

	travel LAHORE tours.
		Lahore is the Capital city of Punjab Province.
		The Lahore Museum is the largest in the country and houses articles from all over the country.
		You will visit Badshahi Mosque, Lahore Fort a treasure of Moghul architecture from the early 16th century to 18th century (takes about 1½ Hours to visit), and Anarkali Bazaar a Bazaar with big activity and colorful streets.
	tours.hypermart.net /pakistan/lahore.htm (754 words)

	Conservation of the Urban Fabric of the Walled City of Lahore, Pakistan
		Lahore is the capital of the province of Punjab, the most fertile area of Pakistan and chief producer of agricultural products for the country.
		Although Peshawar was controlled by the Moguls and populated with mosques and gardens as Lahore was during the 16th and 17th centuries, little of it remains to be seen.
		The Lahore Development Authority's Conservation Plan for the Walled City of Lahore is a series of recommendations concerning the physical decay of historic structures in the city, the "visual clutter" of newer structures and infrastructure, and the encroachment of various unregulated elements on the city's fabric.
	web.mit.edu /akpia/www/AKPsite/4.239/lahore/lahore.html (3135 words)

	Lahore
		The Architecture of Lahore reflects the history of Lahore and is remarkable...
		Lahore Chat is the place where chatters from Lahore come to chat...
		The Lahore Grammar School was established in January 1979 at this campus.
	www.pakservice.com /Lahore/lahore.htm (790 words)

	Red Fort - India for Visitors
		The fort sports all the obvious trappings, befitting a vital centre of Mughal government: halls of public and private audience, domed and arched marble palaces, plush private apartments, a mosque, and elaborately designed gardens.
		Even today, the fort remains an impressive testimony to Mughal grandeur, despite being attacked by the Persian Emperor Nadir Shah in 1739, and by the British soldiers, during the war of independence in 1857.
		It is still a calm haven of peace, which helps one to break away, from the frantic pace of life outside the walls of the Fort, and transports the visitor to another realm of existence.
	www.indiaforvisitors.com /states/delhi/redfort.htm (608 words)

	Lahore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mughal architecture such as, the Badshahi Mosque, Lahore Fort, Shalimar Gardens and the mausoleums of Jehangir and Nur Jehan are very popular tourist spots in the city.
		At the time of independence from British colonial rule in 1947, Lahore was heavily affected by large-scale riots between Muslims, Hindus, and Sikhs that lead to huge structural damages to many historical monuments such as the Lahore Fort, Badshahi mosque and other colonial buildings.
		Lahore still has very high levels of air pollution and smog, mostly due to the industry growing at an ever-increasing rate.Air pollution levels are reaching record peaks and smog is so thick that on some days it is only possible to see a few metres ahead before a huge haze is visible.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lahore (3293 words)

	Pakistanpoint::Lahore
		Nearby, the massively fortified walls of Lahore Fort speak eloquently of the centuries of passing history that they have witnessed.
		The fort antedates the coming of Mahmud of Ghazn i in the eleventh century, was ruined by the Mangols in I241, rebuilt in I267, destroyed a gain by Timurlane in I398 and rebuilt once more in I421.
		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.
	www.angelfire.com /pa5/pakistanpoint/lahore.htm (931 words)

	Lahore Summary
		Lahore (Urdu: لاہور) is a major city of Pakistan and is the capital of the province of Punjab.
		Lahore is estimated to have approximately 7-9 million inhabitants.
		Lahore is largely thought of as the cultural centre of Pakistan ever since its accession by the Mughal Empire since the 16th century CE.
	www.bookrags.com /Lahore (3104 words)

	Lahore
		Lahore is the capital of the province of the Punjab.
		Lahore is an important educational centre and is known as the City of Colleges with a large number of educational institutions.
		Lahore is also an important centre of journalistic activities.
	www.angelfire.com /ab5/gader78666/lahore.htm (522 words)

	LAHORE IS LAHORE
		Being Being the principal entrance form fort to city, it was most frequented by the Omerahs, Courtiers, Royal servants and the retinues.
		Present Ichra was the actual Lahore in Hindu Raj, so this gate faces in that direction, derives its name from the so-called Lahore.
		Maharaja Ranjit Singh who besieged Lahore with a large force, it was Muhkim Din Chaudary in connivence with the Raja, was the incharge of the Lahorei Gate, opened it secretly to the invader who took possession of the city.
	www.geocities.com /greatlahore/lahori/gates.html (1250 words)

	Lahore 2003
		Lahore is the cultural capital of Pakistan and has one of its best museums.
		I arrived in Lahore on January 19th and was greeted at the airport by my brother Rafiq, his wife Razia and my niece Ruma.
		He came to Lahore in the later part of his life for the specific purpose of Tablegh (preaching and teaching) Islam, converting large numbers of people into Muslim Ummah.
	www.nashjaffer.net /lahore_2003.htm (1116 words)

	Pakistan
		Although most parts of the Royal fort were constructed around 1566 AD by the Mughal Emperor, Akbar the Great, there is a evidence that a mud fort was in existence here in 1021 AD as well, when mud fort and constructed most of the modern Fort, as we see it today, on the old foundations.
		This is the most beautiful palace in the fort and is decorated with small mirrors of different colours set.
		The part of the wall of the elephant Steps towards the forts inner gate are scarred by bullet marks, bearing testimony to the Sikh Civil War of 1847 AD.
	www.punjabilok.com /pakistan/royal_fort_lahore.htm (264 words)

	Lahore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Lahore is the one of the oldest cities of Pakistan, it dates back to 4,000 years ago when Hindu god Ram's two sons founded that city.
		Lahore is a very old and traditional city with lots of Mughal architectures and different handicrafts.
		The Lahore Fort is divided into different sections and big rooms, which was residence of the several Mughal Emperors over time.
	www.cob.montevallo.edu /JivaAS/lahore.htm (380 words)

	Pakistan: Lahore - photos of Lahore on Worldisround (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Lahore is a city located in Northeast Pakistan in the Punjab Province along the banks of the Ravi River.
		Lahore is Lahore; you won't find a city like it anywhere else in Pakistan or the world for that matter.
		Lahore is historically a important city; it's been around for hundreds or years and has been ruled by the Moguls, Sikhs and British.
	www.worldisround.com /articles/42780/index.html (3936 words)

	Place of Interest
		Lahore is the second largest city of Pakistan.
		The history of old city may be as old as the Lahore Fort but it is still living within its walled area which is accessible through 12 gates.
		Its a multiple bazar and jostling adventure of the oriental culture and has its won flair and aroma.
	www.lahore.gov.pk /attractions/places.htm (323 words)

	Tourist Sites in delhi
		The Red Fort with red sandstone walls, popularly known as the Lal Qila extends for two kms and varies in height from 18 metres on the river side to 33 metres on the city side.
		The fort is located south-east of the India Gate and north of Humayun's Tomb and the Nizamuddin railway station.
		The fort of Tughlaqabad with its 13 gateways, known as the third city of Delhi, is situated east of the Qutab Minar.
	www.delhigate.com /@delhi/sites.htm (1175 words)

	Lahore : Mughal Influences
		The Lahore Fort was a center of the Mughal Empire,
		This shows some of the tilework on the exterior wall of the fort, making this the most beautiful structure to be stormed.
		Located in the harem's area of the fort, this structure must have been fantastic during the candlelit evening music recitals.
	www.mango.itgo.com /lahore_mughal.htm (248 words)

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