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3 unusual facts about durbar


Mausoleum of Hazrat Mai Safoora Qadiriyya

Durbar-e-Hazrat Mai Safoora Qadiriyya was constructed in 1795 by the order of Multan`s Afghan ruler Nawab Muzafar Khan.

Muhammadu Kabir Usman

His illness rendered him unable to perform the customary traditional Durbar on the two eid festivals of 2007.

Tiruchirappalli Fort

The mid-17th-century palace at the base of the rock was built by Chokkanatha Nayak, now known as Rani Mangammal Mahal or Town Hall, and features a Durbar hall.


Allah Jilai Bai

Born in Bikaner to a family of singers, by the age of 10 she was singing in the Durbar of Maharaja Ganga Singh.

Color motion picture film

It was used for a series of films including the documentary With Our King and Queen Through India, depicting the Delhi Durbar (also known as The Durbar at Delhi, 1912), which was filmed in December 1911.

Ghulam Ali Khan

His work encompassed portraits and topographical views, as well as paintings, which combine the two, such as the painting depicting the durbar of Colonel James Skinner.

Khan Bahadur Raja Jahandad Khan

Raja Jahandad Khan married a daughter of the Afghan Amir Sher Ali Khan and had three sons - Captain Raja Haider Zaman (MBE, Delhi Durbar Medal, Dehli Coronation Medal, Chairman District board Hazara), Raja Manochehar Khan and Raja Safdar Khan.

Malaudh

Sardar Badan Singh was an invitee to the Delhi Coronation Durbar held in December 1911 to commemorate the coronation of King George V and Queen Mary as Emperor and Empress of India and received Delhi Durbar Medal 1911.

Patan Durbar Square

The Pradhanas who settled around the site before the Mallas have connections with the Durbar Square.

Siege of Multan

Early in 1848, the newly appointed Commissioner in the Punjab, Sir Frederick Currie, demanded that Mulraj pay duties and taxes previously paid to the central Durbar of the Sikh Empire and now in arrears.


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