As-Salam-o Alaikom dear readers!
Today we are going to the tomb of Queen Noor Jehan who was the wife of Mughal Emperor, King Jahangir, and the mother of Mughal Emperor, King Shah Jehan. Today, we are going to learn a lesson from history. It is said that history is the best teacher.
Assalamo Alaikom.
After Badshahi mosque, we went to Minar-e-Pakistan. This is a 175 feet tall minaret (if I am recalling correctly what I was told in year 2004 or 2005, when I visited it). It was constructed in the memory of the Lahore Resolution (passed on 23rd May 1940). Liaquat Ali Shah Sahib told me that the workers used to construct it with ablution and his father was also the one among those workers. He further added that 2 workers died, by falling down, while putting the cap of this minaret.
Assaalamo Alaikom.
Allama Iqbal was the famous poet of sub-continent. He was titled as The Poet of East. He had a good command on Urdu, Persian, Arabic and German languages.
Before going to Quran Gallery, we went to see the sacred things placed in that mosque. Those Holy things were collected by Muslim kings and, sometimes, presented to other each other. Whenever I go to Lahore, I want to see those things. The pictures are not allowed there.
The city of Lahore does not need any introduction to the people of sub-continent. Every child of Pakistan and India know about Lahore. It is very hard to think of even a single exception. Lahore is called as the heart of Punjab. The only city that comes after Karachi is Lahore. There is an oft-quoted proverb jinney Lahore nahi takya o jamya he nahi – the person who has not seen Lahore has not born yet.
