The development was begun in 1678 AD by Mughal Subahdar Muhammad Azam Shah who was child of Emperor Aurangzeb and later head himself. His successor, Shaista Khan, did not proceed with the work, however he remained in Dhaka up to 1688.
The post was never finished, and abandoned for a significant lot of time. A great part of the complex was worked over and now sits opposite present day structures.
History:The Mughal sovereign Muhammad Azam, third child of Aurangzeb began crafted by the stronghold in 1678 amid his bad habit sovereignty in Bengal. He remained in Bengal for 15 months. The stronghold stayed inadequate when he was summoned by his dad Aurangzeb.
Shaista Khan was the new subahdar of Dhaka in that time, and he didn't finish the post. In 1684, the little girl of Shaista Khan named Iran Dukht Pari Bibi kicked the bucket there. After her demise, he began to think the stronghold as unfortunate, and left the structure incomplete.[2] Among the three noteworthy parts of Lalbagh Fort, one is the tomb of Pari Bibi.
After Shaista Khan left Dhaka, it lost its fame. The fundamental driver was that the capital was moved from Dhaka to Murshidabad. After the finish of the illustrious Mughal period, the stronghold ended up relinquished. In 1844, the zone procured its name as Lalbagh supplanting Aurangabad, and the stronghold progressed toward becoming Lalbagh Fort
Structures:
For long the fort was considered to be a combination of three buildings (the mosque, the tomb of Bibi Pari and the Diwan-i-Aam), with two gateways and a portion of the partly damaged fortification wall. Recent excavations carried out by the Department of Archaeology of Bangladesh have revealed the existence of other structures.
The southern fortification wall has a huge bastion in the southwestern corner. On the north of the south fortification wall were the utility buildings, stable, administration block, and its western part accommodated a beautiful roof-garden with arrangements for fountains and a water reservoir. The residential part was located on the east of the west fortification wall, mainly to the southwest of the mosque.
The fortification wall on the south had five bastions at regular intervals two stories in height, and the western wall had two bastions; the biggest one is near the main southern gate. The bastions had an underground tunnel.
The central area of the fort is occupied by three buildings – the Diwan-i-Aam and the hammam on its east, the Mosque on the west and the Tomb of Pari Bibi in between the two – in one line, but not at an equal distance. A water channel with fountains at regular intervals connects the three buildings from east to west and north to south.
Diwani-i-Aam
Diwan-I-Aam is a two storied habitation of the Mughal legislative leader of Bengal situated on the east side of the complex.[4] A solitary storied hammam is connected on its west. The hammam partition has an underground space for bubbling water. A long segment divider keeps running along the western veneer of the hammam.[1]
The building is arranged around 39 meters (136') toward the west of the tank, running from north to south. The outside estimations of the building are 32.47m x 8.18m (107' x 29').[5]
There are living quarters on each dimension of two stories and a principle focal foyer interfacing them. There is a Hammamkhana (Bathhouse) in the southern piece of the building which is one of the seventh Hammamkhana as yet existing in vestiges in the legacy of Bangladesh.[5]
The post mosque
Ongoing unearthings (1994– 2009) demonstrate that there was an exceptional room underneath the room of Hammamkhana, where archeologists found the game plans for warming water, providing the boiling water and also cool water to the Hammamkhana through the earthenware channels which was extraordinarily produced for such reason. The revelation of dark spots in the underground room evidence that fire had been utilized to heat the water for the Hammamkhana. There was additionally a latrine room by the side of Hammamkhana.[5] .
All the working alongside the plans of Hammamkhana unmistakably demonstrates that it was particularly being used by the Subadar of Bengal and that Subadar was Shaista Khan. From the report of the Governor of English Factory it was found out that Shaista Khan used to live in this room and a few Europeans were kept in guardianship here.
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