Lalbagh fort

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Lalbagh Fort (known as Forty Aurangabad), an unfinished Mughal fort built in the 17th century on the banks of Buriganga in the southwest of Dhaka, Bangladesh. [6] Its construction started in 1678, by Mughal Subedar Muhammad Azam Shah, who was the emperor Aurangzeb's son and later he was also succeeded by the emperor. His successor, Mughal Subadar Shaista Khan, resumed the construction in 1680, but did not finish it.

History:

The third son of Emperor Aurangzeb, Mughal prince Azam Shah started the construction in 1678, while the subahdar of Bengal. He was 15 months in Bengal. Before the construction of the fort was completed, father Emperor Aurangzeb sent him to Delhi to suppress the Maratha insurgency. After the construction of a mosque and durbar hall, the construction of the fort stopped. Nawab Shaista Khan returned to Dhaka as the goodbyer of Bengal in 1680. He resumed the construction of the fort. In 1684, the daughter of Shaista Khan's daughter, Iran Dukh Rahmat Banu (Fairy Bibi) died. After the death of Shaikh Khan, Shaista Khan considered it to be an abomination, and in 1684 AD [7] One of the three main structures in Lalbagh Fort is Paribah Bibi Tomb. After Shaista Khan left Dhaka, it lost its popularity. The capital was moved from Dhaka to Murshidabad; This was the main reason. The fort remained abandoned after the completion of the Razakshi Mughal period. In 1844 the area got the name "Aurangabad" instead of "Lalbagh" and the fort became Lalbagh fort. [8]
Fairy Bibi Tomb
It is one of the three structures of the Lalbagh Fort. There is buried here law. Shaista Khan built this magnificent mazar in memory of his daughter. There are currently only one door open to the public among the three large gates of the Lalbagh Fort. It is seen directly by the entrance of the fairy goddess Bibi. In fact, the "Lalbagh castle" which is most known is the picture of Paribah Bibi Tomb. Paribi whose name is Iran Dukht Rahmat Baan, the daughter of Mughal Shaista Khan of Bengal. Paribi was married to Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb's son Shahjada Azam on 3 May 1668. After the premature death of Paribi in 1684, he was buried under Lalbagh Fort. The mausoleum was built by digging up the tomb of his cemetery. Parbina Mazar's establishment is square. The marble stones, the staple stone and the flowers of different colors have been decorated in the interior nine rooms with beautiful decorative tiles. There is a house in the middle of the house and there are eight houses surrounded by this room.

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