Showing posts with label Palaces of Bahawalpur. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Palaces of Bahawalpur. Show all posts

Thursday, 16 June 2016

Sadiq Garh Palace - Royal Masterpiece

Abdulrayhman Shyck
Photograph by Uzair Aziz
It is the Palace with superior elegance and glory, is named Sadiq Garh Palace. This Palace was established in 1882, by Nawab Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi (IV). This Palace was constructed by expert engineers with a cost of 15 Lac Rupees at that time. After the completion of the Palace is inaugurated in the presence of Majestic court.


Photograph by Arslan . B
There are the huge walls around the Palace, and lush Green lawns inside the boundaries and having various kinds of colorful flowers. This building has the beauty of Masterpiece. There are the bastions on the every corner of the Palace that seems to be like on the duty to Protect.
There is the beautiful dome in the center of the building which looks glowing in the night and this sight casts a majestic charm on its visitors.

Sadiq Garh Palace
 There verandas all around the building which keeps all the ways connected. There are the Cellars  under the bastions where instead of Electric Light Natural Lights are also arranged.

Old and Rare Photograph of Sadiq Garh Palace
Inside the Central Senate there is court hall and sets with all accessories are placed on both sides especially for respected guests. From rest room to drawing room, dressing room, wash room and office are glorious. The floors, roofs and walls are beautifully designed.
The Durbar hall is worth visiting. In this huge hall the kingly plank is placed and behind the plank there is a big mirror. It is said about this mirror that when it arrived Karachi through the sea way it was loaded on special trucks to take it to Bahawalpur. Many platforms of different railway stations were expanded because of this mirror.



Courtesy: www.OurBahawalpur.com

The Darbar Mahal - Architectural Masterpiece

Abdulrayhman Shyck
Darbar palace of bahawalpur

Darbar Mahal - is Palace with enchanted beauty and awesomely structured & beautified. This is also  historical heritage of Nawabs of Bahawalpur and is Architectural Masterpiece. Darbar Mahal is      among one of the most beautifully  constructed Palaces in the World.


Internal view of darbar mahal
Internal view of Darbal Mahal

 The Palace is now under the control of Pakistan Army but still has a great attraction for the Tourists  Historically it was constructed like the architectural structures resembles to Mughalai Forts and also  having typical fusion of East-Indian and Arabic Architecture.

Darbar mahal of bahawalpur
Captured by : Uzair khan

History of Darbar Mahal:
 Darbar Mahal was commissioned by Nawab Bahawal Khan Abbasi (V) in 1904, it was like the other  forts that had been built around that time. Originally concieved as "Bahawal-Garh" the fort was  completed in 1905.
 The Mahal was given into the services of Pakistan Armed Forces and Govt. Offices after War of      Independence 1947, and the tenants paid due dividend to the Nawab.
 The Mahal served as sitting bench for regional court of State of Bahawalpur but from last two  decades exclusively serving the Pakistan Army.

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Magnificant view of Darbar Mahal

 Palace a Masterpiece
 Darbar Mahal has been built with the Red Bricks and structure resembles to the earlier Lahore Fort.
  It is also extended in the fashioned "Haveli" style building with four domes which are connected to  each other through short corridors. The structure is an awesome blend of red on white, with White  dominating windows along with roofline and exterior walls are in Red. The Building was a blend of  Ancient Indian and Arab traditional architectural style, spacious building with 80 windows was styled in old Islamic traditions of 14th Century.