Zafar Mahal in Red Fort – Rana Safvi https://ranasafvi.com A blog exploring India's Ganga Jamuni Tehzeeb or its rich multi plural multi cultural heritage via its adab, tehzeeb & tareekh Wed, 25 Apr 2018 09:10:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://ranasafvi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image-7-75x75.jpg Zafar Mahal in Red Fort – Rana Safvi https://ranasafvi.com 32 32 179612229 Zafar Mahal, Red Fort https://ranasafvi.com/zafar-mahal-red-fort/ https://ranasafvi.com/zafar-mahal-red-fort/#respond Wed, 25 Apr 2018 09:10:42 +0000 http://ranasafvi.com/?p=8893 Zafar Mahal was constructed during the reign of Bahadur Shah II in 1842 and named after him. This pavilion stands in the middle of a pre-existing water tank. It is made out of red sandstone, which was cheaper than white marble, money being in short supply for the Mughal Emperor.

Originally a red sandstone bridge led into the pavilion, which was probably lost at some point of time.

I remember going into the pavilion and exiting it from inside a decade ago. I don’t remember whether it was this red sandstone bridge or some temporary structure.

After the occupation in 1857, the tank was used for a while as a swimming pool by the British troops.

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