 
This is Sehra-e-Akbari
It has 180 Rooms
 
And its 400 Years Old
Over There is Chowk and its name is Akbari Chowk
 
And Over there is a mosque and its called Akbari Mosque
Akbar The Great Built It who was the father of Jahangir
 
 
 
 
 
 
These Sarain were built by Akbar The Great for the travellers of Lahore
And After That
Jahangir came to visit his father Saraen
And when he came here
he decided that if i die make my tomb in here
 
Thats why Jahangirs tomb is built here
 
 
 
 
These are the offices of Asar e qadima
 
 
Supervisor Sits in that Office
who takes care of these gardens
 
Me: Were there doors before?
 
No it was like this except there were blinds or curtains instead of a door
 
 
 
Me: The stuff that was on the roof was stolen?
Guide: Yes!
 
The Plaster fall off
It was a flood area and the River Ravi flows very close
So Flood used to come
 
 
 
 
 
After Jahangir his son was Shah Jahan
Jahangir's Tomb was built by Shah Jahan
 
His own tomb is in Taj Mahal Agra, Delhi, India
 
 
All these are 180 Rooms
 
 
 
The Administration office of this site is over there
 
 
within these 180 Rooms they have taken some as their offices
 
 
After that Ranjit Singh came
And then the Britishers came
It was no changed during the reign of Ranjit Singh
it was same a saraen
He didnt do anything
Me: So he (Ranjit Singh) didnt tie his horses here?
Horses were tied by the Britishers
After that Britishers made it a depot
for coal
You know the car the Trains
used to run on coal
At that time there was no Diesel or Petrol
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
For 100 years this was a reserve for Coals
So this garden was also made by the Britishers?
No, No, This was a flat land before
There were no Grass or Trees
In the Era of Ayub Khan
when the Britishers left as well
Partitioned took place and India, Pakistan were created
 
 
President Ayub Khan created a department to take care of this heritage
That department did everything
Wait! What is it? What is that for?
This is made for water
 
There was a well Over there and water used to come from there in these lines
They closed that well because some kids fell into that
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
This place is called Daq Bangla
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Yes, Sir! So this is Daq Bangla.
 
All these designs are handmade as there werent machines at that time
 
Aand all the stones came from Iran.
 
 
 
 
Sang-e-marmar pieces are installed in the designes
 
Its been 400 years since this building was built
This is the gate of this building and its 400 years old
 
Its Sag Bani wood, which doesnt die
and the life of this wood is 1000 years
 
Yes! Sag Bani, and it came from India
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
All these flowers on the wall didnt deteoriate
its been 400 years
Where are the stairs to go upstairs
The department closed the stairs to go up
 
Its closed up there
Why did they closed it?
Here, Girls and boys
They used to make mistakes
mistakes as in Suicide?
Suicide or something else?
They used to make Sexy and Romantic atmosphere
 
This is a garden
 
Of Jahangirs building
The name of the garden is Dilkushad Garden
 
There were so many plants and Trees that one person couldnt see a Sun in Summers
 
This is a picture of King Jahangir
and that one is the picture of his grave
and that one is a complete picture of the building
Over there the information is written in English
And here the information is written in Urdu
 
 
When Zardari become the president
he removed the note on which the image of jahangirs tomb was printed
and added the picture of Quetta
 
 
Before there was a picture of this building on Rs.1000 Note
That was the biggest note of Pakistan
 
 
After that suring Zardaris reign
 
a new picture was published
 
So those walls over there, they are rooms as well
 
It has a 4 sided wall
1 km is its length
its size is 100 acres
 
 
 
 
 
 
For how many years are you here?
I have been here from last 20 years
 
 
My room is in there and i live here day and night.
 
I earn here, eat here and live here
Dont you have a wife or kids?
I dont have any wife or a kid
 
When I was young my mother died and then when i gew up a little my father died
 
I had a brother to got married then he died as well
So now i am alone in this world
I do have some Uncles but they dont focus on me
 
and neither do i focus on them
 
 
 
All I have is Allah up there and myself down here
