File:Diwan-i-Am (Lahore Fort) by Damn Cruze.jpg

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English: The hall of forty pillars Diwan i Aam.

Diwan i Aam (the hall of public audience), Still glowing like a jewel at Lahore fort, where Mughal Emperors used to listen, discuss & resolve the matters among commons.

Shah Jahan, in his fourteenth year of rule, ordered the construction of this hall of forty pillars and it was completed in three years under the supervision of Asif Khan (brother of Noor Jahan, the empress of Shah Jahan’s father, Jahangir).

It includes an expansive court (730'X460') and a trabeate hall on its northern side.

Cloth canopies were set up in front of these rooms to shelter the courtiers, until a pillared hall, known as the Chehil Sutun, or forty-pillared audience hall, was added by Shah Jahan.

The façade of the Diwan is distinguished by the red sandstone brackets supporting the wide slanting chajja, or projecting eaves.

The pillars are decorated with chevron designs on their shafts, and stalactite designs on their capitals.

The outer walls are arcaded, open to the court and to the outdoor gardens, and the back wall contains a balcony / Jharokha throne from which the emperor granted audiences.
This is a photo of a monument in Pakistan identified as the
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