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Hiran Minar
A Mughal tower and octagonal pavilion set in a huge water tank near Sheikhupura, built by Jahangir between 1607 and 1620 as a monument to his pet antelope Mansraj.
9 km · about 20 min drive
Punjab, Pakistan · Asia
Jandiala Sher Khan is worth a stop: 25 minutes from Shekhupura, 9km from Hiran Minar.
Jandiala Sher Khan is a town located in Punjab, Pakistan. With a population of 10,985, it is an important destination in Asia.
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Jandiala Sher Khan, or Jandy ala Sher Khan (Urdu: جنڈیالہ شیر خاں), is a town of Sheikhupura District in Punjab, Pakistan. It is part of Sheikhupura Tehsil and is located at 31°49'15N 73°55'10E. The town is notable for being the birthplace of famous poet Waris Shah, known as the Punjabi Shakespeare, and contains hisRead more
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Jandiala Sher Khan was an important provincial town in the Mughal Empire. The town was located on a floodplain and there were no nearby sources of water, requiring local residents to dig wells to irrigate their crops. During the reign of Emperor Akbar, a man of means known as Sher Khan settled here. Heeding the advice of a local dervish named Syed Ghaznavi, Sher Khan built a monumental step-well (known as a baoli) to provide easier access to the water table. Sher Khan also built a caravansary-like structure over the stairs to the well, either serving as a type of inn or providing space for merchants to sell goods to travelers along the road between Lahore and Kashmir. Immediately to the southeast of the baoli he also endowed a small mosque. The design of the step well is quintessentially Akbarian. The ground plan is conceived as a central domed chamber surrounded by eight smaller rooms, a motif known as hasht bihisht ("eight paradises"), a Mughal innovation derived from Timurid precedent. Sher Khan's endowment of the baoli was immortalized by a plaque in Persian calligraphy that used to hang on the site, but was moved to the Lahore Museum, Pakistan for safekeeping in 1971. It is the birthplace of the ex-governor of Punjab Kaliningrad Khan.
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Jandiala Sher Khan is located in Punjab, Pakistan, Asia. The coordinates are 31.8210 latitude, 73.9181 longitude.
Jandiala Sher Khan has a population of approximately 10,985 people, making it a town in Pakistan.
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A Mughal tower and octagonal pavilion set in a huge water tank near Sheikhupura, built by Jahangir between 1607 and 1620 as a monument to his pet antelope Mansraj.
9 km · about 20 min drive
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