Fakhir Khana contains over 20,000 objects, and is the largest privately owned museum in South Asia.

[1] The Fakir family settled in Lahore around 1730, and established a publishing house.

[3] The collection also contains numerous gifts bestowed to the Fakir family by Ranjit Singh,[2] as well as 10,000 manuscripts, 180 displayed miniature paintings, Sikh-era textiles, statuary, pottery, and carved ivory pieces.

[3] The house in which the museum is located offers insight into the lifestyles of upper class Lahori families during the Sikh and British eras.

[3] It was originally owned by Raja Todar Mal, finance minister to the Mughal Emperor Akbar.