What is the origin of this world? Is it a new term in Pakistan politics or got roots in old history? Who was the ruler of that Takht e Lahore. I think only Jehangir made it capital in his period and for rest of the Mughal period it remained a province under the central government in Delhi.
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As such I don't think Lahore has ever ruled the sub continent, the moguls made it as a cultural center as well as a capital for a short time. Ranjit singh also I guess had Lahore as his center, even after the creation of Pakistan till mid 80s there's no role of Punjab in pakistans politics. If the word is due to the military then the military is mostly from the potohar belt jehlum onwards to rawalpindi and attock etc. Theres no historical basis of this terminology, the people who have ruled Pakistan are the feudals and the military and Lahore is blamed for that. I feel that thi terminology was being used by the current regime to target the sharifs but it has a very negative undertone to it.
A very relative and popular term used in southern punjab.
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As such I don't think Lahore has ever ruled the sub continent, the moguls made it as a cultural center as well as a capital for a short time. Ranjit singh also I guess had Lahore as his center, even after the creation of Pakistan till mid 80s there's no role of Punjab in pakistans politics. If the word is due to the military then the military is mostly from the potohar belt jehlum onwards to rawalpindi and attock etc. Theres no historical basis of this terminology, the people who have ruled Pakistan are the feudals and the military and Lahore is blamed for that. I feel that thi terminology was being used by the current regime to target the sharifs but it has a very negative undertone to it.
I think the term is way back old from the period than the entry of Sharif's in Pakistan's politics. Even poets like Shah Hussain (16th century) used this term in his poetry.
Who used 'Asan Qaidi Takht Lahore de'.
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I am not aware about that, and what was the context about it as I don't see any role of Lahore anywhere other than moghuls.
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Lahore has remained capital for short times during the following periods:
1) Hindu Shahi kingdom under jayapala
2) ghaurids
3) ghaznavids
4) moguls
5) sikhs
During the ghauris and ghaznavids it seems more to be a transient capital for a short time when the rulers were moving from ghazni/Ghor towards India
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Yes Ali Lahore remained capital during Ghaznavid period. I think Ghaznavi's favorite slave Ayaz's grave is also somewhere in Lahore.
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All of these rules are basically foreign ghaurids, ghaznavids, and even moguls. The rulers can make any place as their capital, maybe they used to choose Lahore because of it's strategic location and proximity to their ultimate goals.
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Very true.. Lahore is nearer to Khyaber (route to central Asia) as compared to Delhi.. So all the invaders used Lahore on their way to Delhi and back to home :)
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Anyways have you got any reference to shah hussains shaer that you posted above, as shah hussain himself was born in Lahore. I have tried to find that since yesterday but have not been able to do that.
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The sher is :
Mein bhoran Dilli dey kingrey tey bhajarr paa dian takht Lahore (I will humble the fort of Delhi and upset the throne of Lahore)
Its probably not by Shah Hussain, but an old one referring to the emotions of Dullah Bhatti when women of his family were kidnapped by Mughal army. It was Shah Hussain who offered Bhatti's namaz e janaza after his execution by Akbar.