Data Darbar
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Data Darbar is an Islamic shrine located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It is the largest Sufi shrine in South Asia and was built to house the remains of Ali al-Hujwiri, also known as Data Ganj Baksh or
The shrine of Ali Hujwiri is one of Pakistan's most important Sufi shrines
The shrine houses the tomb of the 11th century Sufi saint, Ali Hujwiri.
The shrine's mosque was rebuilt in the 1980s utilizing a modernist architectural style.
The shrine attracts thousands of devotees on a daily basis.
Ghazni
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Ghazni, historically known as Ghaznayn or Ghazna, also transliterated as Ghuznee, and anciently known as Alexandria in Opiana, is a city in southeastern Afghanistan, serving as the capital of Ghazni P
Data Darbar
…Asia and was built to house the remains of Ali al-Hujwiri, also known as Data Ganj Baksh or more colloquially as Data Sahab, a Sufi saint who came from Ghazni to Lahore in the 11th century CE, during the Ghaznavid period. The site is considered to be the most sacred place in Lahore, and attracts up to one…
Citadel of Ghazni, seen from Tapa Sardar
A 19th-century artwork by James Atkinson showing Ghazni's citadel and the Ghazni Minarets, which were built by Mas'ud III and Bahram-Shah during the Ghaznavid era (963–1187)
Timurid conqueror Babur at Ghazni
Artwork by James Rattray showing the Citadel of Ghazni and other historical sites, during the First Anglo-Afghan War