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7 May: 21 people were killed and 30 injured in a train bombing near Lahore. [134] [135] 18 May: — 10 people were killed and 54 wounded in a bomb blast in Lahore. [136] 26-27 May: Pucca Qila Massacre, about 200 muhajirs are killed massacre is stopped by military intervention. 14 June: 12th Afghan SCUD attacks in Pakistan
Following is the list of cultural heritage sites in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. [1]
Badshahi Mosque, Lahore Punjab: 1993 (cultural) This mosque in the city of Lahore is an exceptional example of Mughal architecture. It was built in 1673–74. It has four large and four smaller minarets and three marble domes. The mosque is built of red sandstone and decorated with stone reliefs and marble inlays. [12] Wazir Khan Mosque, Lahore ...
1584 – Mughal Akbar relocates capital to Lahore. [1] 1622 – Court of Mughal Jehangir established. [3] 1627 Khwabgah palace built. [6] Tomb of Jahangir built in Shahdara Bagh near city. 1632 – Shish Mahal (palace) built at Lahore Fort. [7] 1634 – Wazir Khan Mosque built. [6] 1635 – Moti Masjid (mosque) built at Lahore Fort. 1637
The first recorded paper mill in the Iberian Peninsula was in Xàtiva in 1056. [74] [75] Papermaking reached Europe as early as 1085 in Toledo and was firmly established in Xàtiva, Spain by 1150. During the 13th century mills were established in Amalfi, Fabriano, and Treviso, Italy, and other Italian towns by 1340.
The last of the great Mughals, Aurangzeb, who ruled from 1658 to 1707, built the city's most famous monuments, the Badshahi Masjid and the Alamgiri Gate next to the Lahore Fort. During the 18th century, as Mughal power dwindled, Lahore was often invaded, and government authority was lacking.
The Lahore Fort (Punjabi and Urdu: شاہی قلعہ: Shahi Qila, or "Royal Fort") is a citadel at the northern end of Lahore's Walled City that spreads over an area greater than 20 hectares. [9] It contains 21 notable monuments, some of which date to the era of Emperor Akbar .
The Soomra dynasty was a local Sindhi Muslim dynasty that ruled between the early 11th century and the 14th century. [116] [117] [118] Later chroniclers like Ali ibn al-Athir (c. late 12th c.) and Ibn Khaldun (c. late 14th c.) attributed the fall of Habbarids to Mahmud of Ghazni, lending credence to the argument of Hafif being the last Habbarid ...