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Jhelum - the city of beautiful and humble people 
Lahore - the city of gardens
Karachi - Uroos ul Bilaad (City of lights)
Islamabad and Rawalpindi - Twin Cities. Will this count?
Sorry if these have been already posted on page 1.
Don’t know why but I love this thread. Thank you Jolie and everyone for contributing.
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Sukkur is also known as “Darya Dino” in local Sindhi language, meaning the the gift of river
Sargodha-The city of Eagles or 'Shaheenon Ka Shahhar'. Most people think that it is because of the second largest Pakistan Airforce Airbase. Most of the 1965 India Pakistan Air war was fought over Sargodha city and hence this name was officially adopted.Some people think that M.M.Alam flew his fighter plane from Sargodha base & detroyed nearly 12 Fighter jets of India during the Air war.
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Gilgit region has been given many names like Jewel of Pakistan, Asia’s wonderland and Roof of the world
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Abbottabad, the city of pines
May I reply with a quote of Lisa Simpson from my favorite show ‘The Simpsons’,*
Marge Simpson: [watching Lisa practice fencing to get into Harvard] Sweetie, you could still go to McGill, the Harvard of Canada.
Lisa Simpson: Anything that’s the “something” of the “something” isn’t really the “anything” of “anything”.
Hey hey, I lived half of my life in Karachi and almost another half in Detroit. Watch it
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Throughout the history, Lahore's always retained its position as City of government and politics. It's always been the drawing room City for the ruling elite.
As per my knowledge Lahore had no value before the Moghuls. Historically mehr garh, moenjodaro, Harappa, swat, Peshawar, Sialkot and taxila etc were more important.
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As per my knowledge Lahore had no value before the Moghuls. Historically mehr garh, moenjodaro, Harappa, swat, Peshawar, Sialkot and taxila etc were more important.
It is true that pre-Islamic history of Lahore is little known, and it is an area of historical research which is vastly ignored. Although the famous 10th century Persian geography book *Hadud ul Alam *written in 990 AD makes a notable mention of Lahore as a town of temples with virtually no Muslim population. But is it under the Mahmud Ghaznavi's occupation of 1021-23 AD that Lahore starts to gain importance. Mahmud Ghaznavi built a great fort there, completely turned around the local culture, and the City quickly assumed it's reputation as centre of *ghazis, *as most Ghaznavid troops and volunteers were stationed there. Thus, Lahore became became the second Capital of Ghaznavid Empire.
In many ways, you can say that pre-Islamic Lahore really had no identity of its own, but after the Ghaznavid invasion, Lahore became a significant outpost for invaders from outside and rulers from Delhi. Invaders from Western Frontier used Lahore as a major encampment spot to gather and feed their forces, while Delhi used Lahore as a forward post, a border town to protect the Indian Empire from falling. It's been said that during the period of Ghaznavid and Ghurid invasions, most capable generals were appointed as governors of Lahore, as survival of Indian Empire depended on ability of Lahore to hold the invaders back (how true it is still today in regards to India? lol).
Even the extremely brief history of invasions mentioned above instantly explains why Lahore was famously known as the 'grand resort of people of all nations', and this saying is as true and valid today as it was thousands of years ago.
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It is true that pre-Islamic history of Lahore is little known, and it is an area of historical research which is vastly ignored. Although the famous 10th century Persian geography book *Hadud ul Alam *written in 990 AD makes a notable mention of Lahore as a town of temples with virtually no Muslim population. But is it under the Mahmud Ghaznavi's occupation of 1021-23 AD that Lahore starts to gain importance. Mahmud Ghaznavi built a great fort there, completely turned around the local culture, and the City quickly assumed it's reputation as centre of *ghazis, *as most Ghaznavid troops and volunteers were stationed there. Thus, Lahore became became the second Capital of Ghaznavid Empire.
In many ways, you can say that pre-Islamic Lahore really had no identity of its own, but after the Ghaznavid invasion, Lahore became a significant outpost for invaders from outside and rulers from Delhi. Invaders from Western Frontier used Lahore as a major encampment spot to gather and feed their forces, while Delhi used Lahore as a forward post, a border town to protect the Indian Empire from falling. It's been said that during the period of Ghaznavid and Ghurid invasions, most capable generals were appointed as governors of Lahore, as survival of Indian Empire depended on ability of Lahore to hold the invaders back (how true it is still today in regards to India? lol).
Even the extremely brief history of invasions mentioned above instantly explains why Lahore was famously known as the 'grand resort of people of all nations', and this saying is as true and valid today as it was thousands of years ago.
Lahore was there even in 600 AD, as some traveller mentioned in his book that its a big Brahman city however it was not that important like Peshawar, Swat, Taxila, Sialkot and Multan etc
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What does that mean?
Maari means my (or mine) and taari means your (or yours).
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Lahore was there even in 600 AD, as some traveller mentioned in his book that its a big Brahman city however it was not that important like Peshawar, Swat, Taxila, Sialkot and Multan etc
Yes. This is why my post claimed that it became important after the Ghaznivid and Ghurid invasions from 1021 AD onwards.
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Speaking of Lahore, it's also known as the City of Gates or Walled City, since old city (*androon shehar) *of Lahore consists of thirteen fort gates from Mughal Era.
Khewra (Jehlum, Punjab) is known as the City of Salt because its a home to Pakistan's biggest and largest salt mine - the Khewra salt mine.
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I think Lahore was also known as city of gardens and city of lawyers.
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Interesting stuff here.
Culture of Lahore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lahore - Heart of Pakistan
- Cultural Capital of Pakistan
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Nice thread