Editing Lahore Fort (section)

====Diwan-i-Khas====
{{Main|Diwan-i-Khas (Lahore Fort)}}
[[File:Dewan-e-Khas (Hall of Special Audience).JPG|thumb|The ''Diwan-i-Khas'' is where the Emperor would attend to state affairs.]]
In contrast to the Diwan-i-Aam, the Diwan-i-Khas served as a hall where the Emperor would attend to matters of the state, and where courtiers and state guests were received.<ref name="IA">{{cite web |url=http://islamic-arts.org/2011/the-citadel-lahore-fort/ |title=The Citadel (Lahore Fort) |year=2011 |publisher=Islamics Arts and Architecture |access-date=13 July 2016 |archive-date=25 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225122702/http://islamic-arts.org/2011/the-citadel-lahore-fort/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The hall was site of elaborate pageantry, with processions of up to one hour long occurring before each audience session.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Latif|first1=Syad Muhammad|title=Lahore: Its History, Architectural Remains and Antiquities: With an Account of Its Modern Institutions, Inhabitants, Their Trade, Customs, &c|date=1892|publisher=Oxford University|location=New Imperial Press (London)|pages=426|author-link=Syad Muhammad Latif}}</ref>