Bhati Gate
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| Location | Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
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| Type | City gate |
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Bhati Gate
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| Country | File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab |
| City | Lahore |
| Zone | Ravi |
| Union council | UC 37 |
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| • Type | City Council |
| • Chairman | X |
Bhati Gate (Punjabi: بھاٹی بُوہا, romanized: Bhāṭī Būhā; Urdu: بھاٹی دروازه, romanized: Bhāṭī Darwāzāh) is one of the historic thirteen gates of the Walled City of Lahore in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Bhati Gate also serves as a union council located in the Ravi Zone.[1]
The gate is located near Data Darbar and is similar in design to Kashmiri Gate.
Background
[edit | edit source]Bhati Gate entrance is located on the western wall of the Old City.[2] It is one of the two oldest entry points into the Walled City which controlled the only major north-south thoroughfare during Ghaznavid period. The gate is said to be named after the Bhati clan.
History
[edit | edit source]It is named after Great Bhati warriors. When Emperor Akbar expanded the city eastward and divided it into nine districts, Bhati Gate and its bazar marked the boundary between Mubarak Khan in the east, and Talwarra in the west.
The famed poet Allama Iqbal lived in a house near Bhati Gate between 1901 and 1905.[3][4]
Environs
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Bhati Gate is known historically as a centre for arts and literature in Old Lahore.[4] The area inside the gate is well known throughout the city for its food. Just outside Bhati Gate is Data Durbar, the mausoleum of the Sufi saint Ali Hajweri (also known as Data Ganj Baksh). Every Thursday evening musicians used to gather here to perform Qawwali music, though these are sometimes replaced with Naats and religious sermons.
The gate serves as the starting point for Lahore's Hakiman Bazaar, and is located near the Fakir Khana Museum. Near the gate is also located the Old City's Oonchi Mosque.[4] Bhati Gate neighbourhood also serves as Union Council 29 (UC 29) in Tehsil Ravi of Lahore City District.
Gallery
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Buildings inside the gate feature colonial architecture
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See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Neighbourhoods list in 9 Zones of Lahore (see page 2 of 8 for Bhati Gate) The Punjab Gazette, Government of the Punjab website, Published 22 August 2017, Retrieved 19 April 2022
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External links
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- Lahore's Walled City Has thirteen gates - archived website
- Islamic Web Sites About Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh
