Historical Landmarks | MCQs

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Babur first built a fort here in 1526 after capturing Peshawar.

First mentioned by 7th-century explorer Xuanzang, the fort was used as a royal residence for the Durrani Empire since December 1747.

The Maratha Empire captured it after the Battle of Peshawar in 1758.

The Sikhs reconstructed the fort after capturing Peshawar in March 1823.

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Qutab ud Din Aibak Burial in Anarkali Bazaar, Lahore

He was born in 1150 in Turkestan

He Died on 14 November 1210 (aged 60) in Lahore

The first Islamic state was founded in 1206 by Qutb-ud-din Aibak 

He became the first Sultan of Delhi from 1206 to 1210.

After Muhammad Ghori's assassination in 1206.

• He established the Delhi Sultanate (1206–1526),
• And started the Mamluk Dynasty or Salve Dynasty.

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• Ranikot is the biggest Fort in Pakistan
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• This Fort is present in Sindh.
• Ranikot Fort is also known as The Great Wall of Sindh and is believed to be the world's largest fort, with a circumference of approximately 32 kilometers (20 mi).
• Nawab Wali Mohammad Khan Leghari, made Ranikot fort
  
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• Rohtas Fort is the oldest fort in Pakistan
  

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Lal Shahbaz Qalandar Place of burial: Darbar Hazrat Usman Marvandi Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, Sehwān

Lal Shahbaz Qalandar wrote several books in Persian and Arabic

Lal Shahbaz Qalandar was a Sufi saint and poet of present-day Pakistan and Afghanistan

The full name of Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar: Syed Shah Hussain Marwandi

Born: 1177, Marand, Iran

Died: February 19, 1274, Sehwān

Title: Qalandar

The shrine of Hazrat Laal Shahbaz Qalandar is situated in Sehwan Sindh

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The Wazir Khan Mosque is a 17th-century mosque located in the city of Lahore.

The mosque was commissioned during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan.

Opened: 1642

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Near the historic monument, there is a bridge over the Thames River.

تاریخی یادگار کے قریب دریائے ٹیمز پر ایک پل ہے۔

The preposition "over" is used here to indicate the spatial relationship between the bridge and the Thames River.

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The Great Mosque in Damascus, also known as the Umayyad Mosque, is the earliest surviving stone mosque built by the Umayyad Caliph Al Waleed I (Waleed bin Abdul Malik) between 705 and 715 AD.

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Nandana Fort or Nandna Fort was a fort built at strategic location on a hilly range on the eastern flanks of the Salt Range in Punjab.

Its ruins, including those of a town and a temple, are present.