Lahore through time
Punjab, Pakistan
Theme M2 · 711 to 1186 CE
The advent of Islam and the first Turkish invasion
The Ghaznavid capital in India until 1186, besieged by the coalition of 1043; Khusrau Malik was the last Ghaznavid here
Theme M3 · 1150 to 1210 CE
The second Turkish invasion and the Rajput kingdoms
Taken by Muhammad of Ghor from Khusrau Malik in 1186, his base for Tarain; Aibak was raised to rule here in 1206 and died here in 1210
Theme M9 · 1200 to 1700 CE
Home of the Qadiri Miyan Mir, d. 1635, whose successor initiated Dara Shukoh
Theme M5 · 1206 to 1526 CE
The Delhi Sultanate: five dynasties, 1206 to 1526
Where Qutbuddin Aibak declared himself Sultan in 1206; Daulat Khan Lodi, governor of Punjab, invited Babur in the 1520s; the Mongols sacked it in 1241
Theme M8a · 1526 to 1707 CE
The Mughal empire: the emperors
Where Guru Arjan Dev died under torture on 30 May 1606, after Khusrau's supporters were impaled along the Lahore road