5/11/2023 0 Comments Haveli by Zeenat Mahal![]() ![]() He had a total of 54 children including 22 sons and 32 daughters however, no one knows the real reason of how Zeenat Mahal became the most loved and favoured wife of the Emperor amongst the rest. She gave birth to a son named Mirza Jawan Bakht who was one of the heirs to the Mughal Empire while the other three wives of the Emperor also bore him sons and daughters. ![]() The Haveli of Zeenat Mahal is situated in the Lal Kuan Bazaar.The Palace or Mahal was constructed in 1846 by the order of Empress Zeenat Mahal, the third and most favourite wife of Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar II who ruled as the last Mughal Emperor of India between 18 and hence, was named after her as the 'Zeenat Mahal Ki Haveli'. The Haveli of Zeenat Mahal is situated in the Lal Kuan Bazaar which lies west of Hauz Qazi in the heart of Chandni Chowk in Old Delhi and spreads over four. Since the haveli had to be close to the Red Fort (and is fabled to have been connected to the Red Fort through an underground tunnel), it happens to be close to the entrance of Chandni Chowk. ![]() However, this takes away little from the mystique of this haveli that belonged to Emporer Shah Jahan's accountants and book-keepers and was used to stash away its money, in those days, coins and mohurs. ![]() The Khazanchi haveli, like many others of Shahjahanabad, lies in ruins, its whitewashed archways covered with black dirt that routinely emanates from the small scale establishments in its vicinity. The Haveli of Zeenat Mahal is situated in the Lal Kuan Bazaar which lies west of Hauz Qazi in the heart of Chandni Chowk in Old Delhi and spreads over four acres of land. ![]()
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