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A strong brick wall of great strength
bound the city Lahore. There were 13
gates for entering the city. These gates
were made of wood and iron, they were
closed in the evening. Below is the
brief description of these gates.
It is located in North. The "
Raushnai gate " Or " Gate Of Light " is
located between the Royal palace and
citadel. There is a very famous gali /
street commonly known as the shahi
mahala. The name shahi has been given
after the Shahi Qila. People living here
are simple. There are various food shops
located around the gate. Now-a-days
people are making good use of gate as
they have established a public call
office under the gate.
It is named after the Bhattis, on
ancient Rajput tribe, which invaded the
quarters in old times. the most popular
market here is the Hakiman wali bazar as
the name suggests there are a number of
Hakim shops here. A museum is also
located near Bhatti gate, where there
are a number of ancient remains of
different old times.
Old house of famous poet and
philosopher (Allama Mohammad Iqbal ) is
also located in Bhatti gate. He used to
live here when he was doing his
graduation. An old school named
Victorian school is also located here;
it is given the name Victoria after the
name of Queen Victoria. People of Bhatti
gate are lively and they love to eat
heavy and good food mainly Sri pai,
halva puri and lasi. The favorite sport
among the people here is wrestling.
Famous wrestler Kala Maro also belongs
to Bhatti gate.
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It is the small of all gates of this
great old city. It was an outlet for the
refused and sweepings of the city. It is
known for its big fish market and
surgical goods, that is the biggest
surgical market of Lahore. Another
specialty of this gate is furniture
polish commonly known as " Lakh ". It is
the best polish for wooden furniture and
the one produced here is known for its
quality. People of this gate love to fly
kites and a big kite market is also
located here. During the Basant season
there is a tough competition among the
shopkeepers about the quality and sale
of kites.
This gate is commonly known as the
Lohari gate. When the city was rebuild
by Malik Ayaz during the time of Mahmud,
the quarter of the city first populated
was about this gate, which together with
Lahori mandi was named after the city.
A beautiful mosque names as Muslim
Masjid is also located near this gate.
Biggest optical market of Lahore is also
located here. Many flower shops are
situated here, in which flowers of every
kind and specie are available. The
people here are co-operative and lively.
They love to eat heavy food. The tomb of
Qutb-Ud-Din Aibak is also situated in
Lahori gate, adjacent to Anarkali bazar.
This gate is named after Shah Alam
Bahadur Shah Zafar ( the son of
successor Aurangzeb). This is the
biggest electronic market in Lahore.
This is the known to be the biggest
retail market of electronic goods. Rang
Mehal is situated in this gate and in
Rang Mehal " Sua bazar " is located
which is well known for its jewelry
shops.
The Soneri Masjid is also located in
this area, the name soneri has been
given to the Mosque as the tombs of this
beautiful mosque are Golden ( soneri) in
color. Lal Masjid is also located in
this area. The 'Kulfis' of this area are
really delicious in taste and are very
famous among the Lahoris. 'Potoras' of
this area are well known for their taste
and quality.
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The Mochi gate, the name is the
corruption of the Moti, a pearl. It was
called so after the name of Pandit Moti
Ram, an officer of Akbar, who resided
here at that time.
The most popular place of Mochi gate is
the Lal Haveli. Mochi gate is known to
be the " Heart of the Lahore city ". It
is the biggest political place of Lahore
and many political processions have
taken place here.
The people of this area love to fly
kites. It is a big market of dry fruits
and fire works of every kind are
available here. Rafiq Sweet House is the
well-known sweet shop of the area. The
owner of this shop started his business
here with only one shop and now there
are 12 branches of Rafiq Sweet House.
Among the foods available here " Kabab's
" of this area are a real specialty.
The Akbari gate named after '
Jala-Ud-Din Muhammad Akbar ' , who
rebuilds the town and the citadel. Close
to this gate the emperor also founded a
market, which was named " Akbari Mandi
". It is the biggest retail market of
Lahore, in which food grains of all
kinds are available.
The Delhi gate is named as Delhi gate
because of its opening on the high road
from Delhi to Lahore. A big cloth market
is located around Delhi gate. It is a
big retail market of clothes. A variety
of other shops are also located near the
Delhi gate, known as " Chota bazar ".
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The Yakki gate, originally known as "
Zaki Gate" , that being the name of a
saint. Who, according to a tradition,
fell fighting against the " Tataraies "
who invaded Lahore. Zaki Pir fought
them with great courage and bravery .
During the fight his head was cut off
from his body at the gate but his body
kept on fighting for some time, and at
last fell in the quarter of the city
closed by. One tomb of this great saint
is build where his head fell and the
other tomb is where his body fell.
There is school for blinds situated near
Yakki Gate. There are a number of
havelis located in and around the gate.
A number of temples are also located in
and around Yakki Gate.
It is also known as " Khiziri gate
", the river in former times followed
by the city walls and the ferry was near
this part. The gate was, therefore,
named as Khiziri after the name of Khizz
Elias, the patron saint according to the
Mohammedan belief. Ranjit Singh kept
here two domesticated lions in a cage,
and the gate came to be called as "
Sheranwala gate" Or " Lion's gate".
The kashmiri gate, so named, because
it faces the direction of Kashmir. A big
retail market of children shoes is
located in this gate. There is a big
beautiful girl's college is also located
here. This college is built in an old
haveli of a shah. Which is a beautiful
example of Mughal architecture.
The Masti gate , the name is the
corruption of " Masjidi " or pertaining
to a mosque. The mosque of Mariam
Makhani, the mother of Akbar, is in its
immediate vicinity. The people here love
to eat heavy food and there are many
shops of foodstuffs located here. Milk
shops of this area are very famous and
the milk available here is full of taste
as they add many things to it, which
make its taste a lot better then the
original milk.
The Taxali gate so called from the "
Taxal ", or Royal mint, having being in
its neighborhood during the period of
the Mohammedan emperors.
There is a very famous shoe market
located here known as Sheikupurian Bazar.
There are a variety of foodstuffs
available in and around this gate. In
which most famous are Sri Pai of Fazal
Din commonly known as " Phaja". Among
sweet stores Taj Mehal and Shahbudin
Halwi are famous.
 See Also:
Lahore
City
See Also:
Lahore,
Pakistan
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