Shalimar Gardens, Lahore |Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore|
|Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List| |Criteria||i, ii,
iii| |Inscription||1981 (5th Session)| The Shalimar Gardens
(Punjabi, Urdu: شالیمار باغ), sometimes written Shalamar
Gardens, is a Pakistani garden and it was built by the Mughal
emperor Shah Jahan in Lahore, modern day Pakistan. Construction
began in 1641 AD (1051 AH) and was completed the following year.
The project management was carried out under the superintendence
of Khalilullah Khan, a noble of Shah Jahan's court, in
cooperation with Ali Mardan Khan and Mulla Alaul Maulk Tuni. The
meaning of the name Shalimar remains unknown, Russian scholar
Anna Suvorova in her book "Lahore: Topophilia of Space and
Place" has asserted that it is certainly an Arabic or Persian
name since a Muslim King would never use a Sanskrit or Hindu
name for a royal garden. The Shalimar Gardens are located near
Baghbanpura along the Grand Trunk Road some 5 kilometers
northeast of the main Lahore city. Shal