Editing Lahore Fort (section)

{{Short description|Citadel in Lahore, Pakistan}}
{{Other uses|Shahi Qila (disambiguation){{!}}Shahi Qila}}
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{{Use Pakistani English|date=September 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox historic site
| name = Lahore Fort<br />شاہی قلعہ
| image = Lahore_Fort_view_from_Baradari.jpg
| image_size = 300px
| caption = A view of the fort's iconic Alamgiri Gate
| location = [[Lahore]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]]
| built = {{start date and age|1566}}
| architecture = [[Mughal architecture|Mughal]], [[Indo-Islamic architecture|Indo-Islamic]]
| owner = *[[Mughal Empire]] (1566–1761)
*[[Maratha Empire]] (1757–1759)
*[[Sikh Confederacy]] (1761–1799)
*[[Sikh Empire]] (1799–1849)
*[[East India Company|British East India Company]] (1849–1858)
*[[British Empire]] (1858–1947)
*[[Government of Pakistan|Federal Government]] of [[Pakistan]] (1947–present)
| coordinates = {{coord|31|35|16.48|N|74|18|54.23|E|region:PK|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Pakistan Lahore#Pakistan
| embedded = {{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site
| child         = yes
|Part_of     = Fort and [[Shalimar Gardens, Lahore|Shalamar Gardens]] in Lahore
|Criteria    = Cultural: i, ii, iii
|ID          = 171-001
|Year        = 1981
}}
}}

The '''Lahore Fort''' ({{langx|pnb|{{Nastaliq|شاہی قلعہ}}|translit=Śā'ī Qilā}}; {{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|شاہی قلعہ}}|translit=Śāhī Qil'ā}}; {{lit|Royal Fort}}) is a [[citadel]] in the [[Walled City of Lahore|walled interior]] of [[Lahore]] in [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], Pakistan.<ref name="Location of Lahore Fort">{{cite web|title=Location of Lahore Fort|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&q=shahi+qila+lahore&fb=1&hq=lahore+fort&cid=3872470187115328748&hnear=&t=m&z=16&vpsrc=0&iwloc=A|publisher=Google Maps|access-date=23 September 2013}}</ref> The fortress is located at the northern end of the Walled City and spreads over an area greater than {{Convert|20|ha|acre}}.<ref name="Unesco"/> It contains 21 notable [[Monument|monuments]], some of which date to the era of Emperor [[Akbar]]. The Lahore Fort is notable for having been almost entirely rebuilt in the 17th century,<ref name="Ruggles">{{cite book|last=Ruggles|first=D. Fairchild |author-link=D. Fairchild Ruggles |title=Islamic Gardens and Landscapes|date=2011|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|isbn=9780812207286}}</ref> when the [[Mughal Empire]] was at the height of its splendor and opulence.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Komaroff|first=Linda|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yfJkqew1pgIC&q=Islamic+art+in+the+Metropolitan+Museum:+The+Historical+Context.&pg=PA34|title=Islamic art in the Metropolitan Museum: The Historical Context|date=1992|publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art|pages=34|language=en}}</ref>

Though the site of the Lahore Fort has been inhabited for millennia,<ref name="Unesco"/> the first record of a fortified structure at the site was regarding an 11th-century mudbrick fort.<ref name="Unesco"/> The foundations of the modern Lahore Fort date to 1566 during the reign of Emperor Akbar, who bestowed the fort with a syncretic architectural style that featured both Islamic and [[Hindus|Hindu]] motifs.<ref name="Unesco"/> Additions from the [[Shah Jahan]] period are characterized by luxurious marble with inlaid Persian floral designs,<ref name="Unesco"/> while the fort's grand and iconic Alamgiri Gate  was constructed by the last of the great Mughal emperors, [[Aurangzeb]], and faces the renowned [[Badshahi Mosque]].

After the fall of the Mughal Empire, Lahore Fort was used as the residence of Maharaja [[Ranjit Singh|Singh]], founder of the [[Sikh Empire]]. The Sikhs made several additions to the fort. It then passed to the control of the [[East India Company]] after they annexed Punjab following their victory over the Sikhs at the [[Battle of Gujrat]] in February 1849. In 1981, the fort was inscribed as a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]] for its "outstanding [[wikt:repertoire|repertoire]]" of Mughal monuments dating from the era when the empire was at its artistic and aesthetic [[wikt:zenith|zenith]].<ref name="Unesco"/>