Hazuri Bagh

Hazuri Bagh (Urdu: حضوری باغ) is a garden in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, bounded by the Lahore Fort to the east, Badshahi Mosque to the west, the Samadhi of Ranjit Singh to the north, and the Roshnai Gate to the south.

In the centre of the garden stands the Hazuri Bagh Baradari, built by the Maharaja in 1818 to celebrate his capture of the Koh-i-Noor diamond from Shuja Shah Durrani in 1813.

The Hazuri Bagh garden was planned and built under the supervision of Faqir Azizuddin in the traditional Mughal style layout.

Elegant carved marble pillars support the baradari's delicate cusped arches.

[1][4] The tomb of Muhammad Iqbal, completed in 1951, as well as of Sikandar Hayat Khan, the last Premier of the Punjab, lies across from the garden outside of the Badshahi Mosque.

An old Lithograph of Hazuri Bagh. Digitized by the Panjab Digital Library .
Hazuri Bagh is at the centre of an ensemble of monuments including the Badshahi Mosque , Lahore Fort , Roshnai Gate , and the Samadhi of Ranjit Singh