Masti Gate I Forgotten Trail I Madam Noor Jehan's Home in Heera Mandi I Gate of Lights I Gilani Logs
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Masti Gate I Forgotten Trail I Madam Noor Jehan's Home in Heera Mandi I Gate of Lights I Gilani Logs
Videography: Muhammad Tanzeen Baath
Masti Gate’s name sounds quite mysterious and dreamy. This gate is one of the thirteen gates of the walled city of Lahore which were built by the Mughal Emperor Akbar. This gate, like few other gates, has a variety of interesting traditions about its name. Some historians claim that it was named after a royal guard Masti Baloch who served with great dedication and commitment at the gate. Being dutiful, he guarded the gate till his last breath and thus appreciating his services, the gate was named after him.
Another story associated with it says that the original name of the gate was ‘Masiti’ or ‘Masjidi’ Gate (Masit is mosque in local Punjabi dialect) which was distorted to Masti Gate. I believe more in this version and it makes sense to me because a few yards ahead of this gate’s location is the magnificent “Begum Shahi or Mariam Zamani Mosque” which is the oldest and first mosque of the Mughal era. I am sure that you will also find this tradition a better one.
Unfortunately, this gate does not exist now and even the place at which it was built is now a mystery. All the gates were demolished by the British and rebuilt again in early 1900s. Later again, this gate was pulled down by the British rule due to its derelict conditions. Instead of the gate a comparatively small doorway was built but now it has also disappeared.
As we move a little further inside the gate there is the biggest shoe market named Moti Bazaar. This bazaar is a whole sale and a retail market of all types of shoes. It can be termed as the biggest shoe market in Pakistan. An interesting locale near the Moti Bazaar is the residential area of the blinds called “Aniya di Katri” (land of the blind). There are more than ten blind families living inside this Katri even today, and it is an old settlement. A very narrow path leads you to this katri. Probably you will have to ask people there if you wish to visit it.
Begum Shahi Mosque officially The Mosque of Mariyam Zamani Begum is an early 17th-century mosque situated inside Masti Gate. The mosque was built between 1611 and 1614 during the reign of Mughal Emperor Jahangir in honor of his mother, Wali Nimat Mariam-uz-Zamani Begum Sahiba, chief consort of Emperor Akbar.
It is Lahore's earliest surviving example of a Mughal-era mosque, and influenced construction of the larger Wazir Khan Mosque a few decades later. The foundation as stated by one of the inscriptions on the mosque was laid by the Dowager Empress Wali Nimat Mariam-uz-Zamani Begum Sahiba herself in the year 1611.
During the Sikh rule in Lahore, this mosque was turned into a gunpowder factory by Ranjit Singh, for which it was then known as Barudkhana Wali Masjid ("Gunpowder Mosque"). In 1850, when British Raj started in Lahore, the building was returned to Muslims who restored it as a mosque.
Taxali Gate was one of several historic gates of the Walled City of Lahore. Also known as the Taxal, or royal mint, it was built from 1575 -1585 during the reign of the Mughals King Akbar. There is a shoe market located here known as Sheikhupurian Bazaar as well as a variety of special food - the most famous are Sri Pai of Fazal Din commonly known as Phajja. Among specialist Pakistani sweets stores are Taj Mahal and Shahabuddin Halwai. Heera Mandi, a defunct red light district also used to lie close by to this gate, where Mughal Emperors used to keep their royal consorts.
Roshnai Gate is one of the thirteen gates within the Walled City of Lahore. It was the main entry into Lahore for emperors and nobles during the Mughal, and later Sikh period.
Its extended height and width is testament to its use by emperors' caravans of elephants. Since the Ravi river once flowed alongside the northern wall of the Lahore Fort and the Badshahi Mosque, the gate was profusely illuminated during night to aid travelers. It is for this reason that the gate has been named as “Roshnai Darwaza” or the “gate of light”. It is considered to be the oldest of Lahore's gates, and is only gate that has been preserved in its original shape.
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