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Thursday 20 September 2018

The Forgotten family, who custode Shalimar Garden for Four Centuries

Date of Visit:- 09-09-2018
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Mian Muhammad Yusaf Manga was noble Zamindar who was appointed custodian of the famed Shalimar Gardens Lahore by Mughals, and also received the title of Mian from Mughal emperor Shahjahan,

Grave of Mian Yusaf in Mian Family Graveyard at Bagbanpura

The Mian family of Baghbanpura was a notable family of Lahore, Pakistan. Belonging to the Arian tribe of the Punjab region, they were originally agriculturalists and market cultivators, who owned the land near Baghbanpura on which the Shalimar Gardens was built. The land was handed to the Mughal  Emperor, Shah Jahan and in return custodianship of the Shalimar Gardens was granted to the family in 1641. The Mian family ceased to be the custodian of the site in 1962, after the imposition of martial law in Pakistan by General Muhammad Ayub Khan