These are photographs of English commemoratives stone and British times Saraey Sultan built between 1852 and 1857 A. Dlocated at Landa Bazar in front of Lahore Railway Station, Punjab, Pakistan.
Renowned international Historian Dr. Subhash Parihar Sahib helped me in Deciphering the English writing of commemoratives stone.
The commemorative stone Describes as :
' CITY OF LAHORE ALONGSIDE THE HIGH ROAD BETWEEN LAHORE
MAHOMED SOOLTAN THE HONOURABLE COMPANY’S CONTRATOR
…NCE OF JOHN WEDDERBURN ESQ B.C.O. DEPUTY CO[MISSIONER]
[ENGI]NEERS SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER PUNJAB CIRCLE IN THE
…… JOHN LAWRENCE ESQUIRE B.C.S. BEING CHIEF [COMMISSIO]
NER, PUNJAB CHARLES RAIKES ESQUIRE B.C.'
This inscription is incomplete on the right hand side.
Muhammad Sultan, mentioned in the inscription was a manufacturer of soap in the time of the Sikhs, and a wrestler. During the British period, he became a contractor for Public works. He destroyed for bricks a great portion of the palaces of Pari Mahal and Rang Mahal in Lahore, and the magnificent mosque of Sitara Begum, alias Kudsia Begum, the consort of Prince Dara Shikoh. He built a sarai near Landa Bazar where stood in the time of Aurangzeb, the palace of Dara Shikoh. Anyway, he died issueless.
John Lawrence was a member of the Board of Punjab Administration from March 1849 to December 1852, and after that the Chief Commissioner upto February 1859.
John Wedderburn was the Deputy Commissioner of Lahore between 1849 and 1857.
Charles Raikes was commissioner of Lahore for some time. He wrote three books on India.
So this inscription can be dated between 1852 and 1857.'
Photographs By Sir Veer Shuaib Raza Sahib
Renowned international Historian Dr. Subhash Parihar Sahib helped me in Deciphering the English writing of commemoratives stone.
The commemorative stone Describes as :
' CITY OF LAHORE ALONGSIDE THE HIGH ROAD BETWEEN LAHORE
MAHOMED SOOLTAN THE HONOURABLE COMPANY’S CONTRATOR
…NCE OF JOHN WEDDERBURN ESQ B.C.O. DEPUTY CO[MISSIONER]
[ENGI]NEERS SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER PUNJAB CIRCLE IN THE
…… JOHN LAWRENCE ESQUIRE B.C.S. BEING CHIEF [COMMISSIO]
NER, PUNJAB CHARLES RAIKES ESQUIRE B.C.'
This inscription is incomplete on the right hand side.
Muhammad Sultan, mentioned in the inscription was a manufacturer of soap in the time of the Sikhs, and a wrestler. During the British period, he became a contractor for Public works. He destroyed for bricks a great portion of the palaces of Pari Mahal and Rang Mahal in Lahore, and the magnificent mosque of Sitara Begum, alias Kudsia Begum, the consort of Prince Dara Shikoh. He built a sarai near Landa Bazar where stood in the time of Aurangzeb, the palace of Dara Shikoh. Anyway, he died issueless.
John Lawrence was a member of the Board of Punjab Administration from March 1849 to December 1852, and after that the Chief Commissioner upto February 1859.
John Wedderburn was the Deputy Commissioner of Lahore between 1849 and 1857.
Charles Raikes was commissioner of Lahore for some time. He wrote three books on India.
So this inscription can be dated between 1852 and 1857.'
Photographs By Sir Veer Shuaib Raza Sahib
