Private Lahore Walled City Heritage Tour by Rangeela Rickshaw

The Lahore Fort was rebuilt into burnt bricks during the period of Mughal King Akbar the great in 1566AD. we shall visit there, Mirror Palace, Moti Mosque, Royal ladies gardens, Armour Museum, Mughal Art Gallery, Private Hall, General Public Hall, Royal Kitchen, Pictured Wall , Alamgiri Gate etc

We shall visit there Quran Gallery in which you will see the embroidered Quran with Gold & Silver wires on a cloth, Main principal Hall and the Relics of the Holy Prophet Mohammad s.w.

He was National poet of Pakistan and born on 9th November in 1877 A.D in Sialkot and was dead on 21st April in 1938 A.D before the partition of Subcontinent. We shall visit his grave very near to the stairs of Badshahi Mosque.

It is a beautiful garden laid out in between Lahore Fort and Badshahi Mosque by a strong Sikh ruler Maha Raja Ranjeet Singh in 1818 A.D who ruled here forty years from 1799 to 1839 A.D.

Lahore is an historical city and currently is the 2nd most important business hub of Pakistan after Karachi. The walled City of Lahore is very famous and important specially Delhi Gate, Royal trail route, Shahi hamam, Elbow Street and Gali Surjan Singh. Surjan Singh was Hakeem (quack) & poet. According to some authors he was a generous and treated many royals , which became the reason for his popularity. The name of the Street Surjan Singh is due to his residence. Due to its cleanliness and decoration it is famous in the walled city. It has been reserved with the mutual funding of Pakistan government & Germany government, you can see the flags of both countries outside houses of this street. There are many interesting stories are related to walled City of Lahore, which we shall elaborate during the wonderful tour.

We shall visit the most beautiful mosque of 17th century during mughal period in Old town (Walled City Of Lahore) Androon Shehar. The mosque is itself a school of design and arts. There is a very interesting story behind this mosque. Wazir Khan mosque was built in 1635 by Shaikh Ilm-ud-din Ansari, governor of Punjab during Shah Jahan period. His native city was Chiniot in district Jhang. He was fast friend of Prince Khurram in future who became mughal King Shah Jahan, who built Taj Mahal for his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal. Hakim was given a title of Wazir (minister) by Shah Jahan, there is also a one city Wazirabad on his name in Pakistani Punjab. When he treated Noor Jahan then he got a lot of money as a prize after the recovery of queen's health. He founded the beautiful mosque that bears his name around the tomb of Syed Mohammad Ishaq Gazrooni (also known as Miran Badshah), a sufi saint who migrated from Iran in 13th century. He built many buildings including one mosque in Chiniot.

These are Royal baths (shahi hamam) built in 1635AD during Mughal King Shah Jagan period by Wazir Khan the then governor of Lahore. These are worthseeing and have got the merit award by UNESCO.

Minar-e-Pakistan is that place where is a freedom Tower of Pakistan . It is a very beautiful Tower with a rich history about the freedom of Pakistan. Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah who is the founder of Pakistan, here he passed a resolution to make a separate homeland for the Muslims of India on 23rd March in 1940. Pakistan came into being on 14th August 1947 AD. It is worthseeing place.

It is the most important gate among the 13 gates of the Walled City of Lahore. Here is a royal trail route having many important historical monuments. It faces towards Delhi so due to this it is called Delhi Gate.

This is called Masjid Shab Bhar (One Night Mosque) because due to the dispute of this land in between Muslims & Hindus , it was built in one night by the Muslims during Colonial period. The Hindus said here was existed a mandir (hindu temple) & the Muslims said here was a mosque (Masjid). The next day during his visit the magistrate declared it mosque. Now a days it is made with marbles.