Lalbagh Fort

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Lalbagh Fort is an incomplete 17th-century Mughal riverside fortress and major historical landmark located in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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Label Occurrences
Lalbagh Fort canonical 1
Lalbagh Fort Mosque 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mughal fort
historical landmark
tourist attraction
alsoKnownAs Fort Aurangabad
architecturalStyle Mughal architecture
builtBy Mughal Empire (in much of the territory)
surface form: Mughal Empire
city Dhaka
commissionedBy Mughal prince Muhammad Azam Shah
Prince Muhammad Azam
son of Emperor Aurangzeb
constructionPeriod 17th century
constructionStart 1678
country People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
surface form: Bangladesh
governorInChargeDuringConstruction Shaista Khan
hasPart Diwan-i-Aam
Lalbagh Fort self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lalbagh Fort Mosque

Tomb of Pari Bibi
audience hall
bastions
defensive walls
gardens
gateways
residential palace
secret passages
underground rooms
water channels
heritageStatus protected monument
locatedIn Dhaka
Lalbagh area
Old Dhaka
locatedOn bank of the Buriganga River
managedBy Department of Archaeology of Bangladesh
material brick
stone
namedAfter Lalbagh area of Dhaka
near Buriganga River
notableBurial Pari Bibi
originalPurpose military fortification
residential complex for Mughal governor
period Mughal period in Bengal
region Dhaka Division
religiousAffiliationOfMosque Islam
significance important tourist destination in Dhaka
major Mughal-era monument in Bangladesh
status incomplete
touristActivity historical education
photography
sightseeing

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dhaka hasHistoricSite Lalbagh Fort
Lalbagh Fort hasPart Lalbagh Fort self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Lalbagh Fort Mosque