{{Infobox building | name = Gulzar Mahal <br /> {{nq|گلزار محل}} | image = File:Gulzar_Mahal_Bahawalpur.jpg | caption = Gulzar Mahal was built in 1909 | coordinates = {{coord|29.394700|71.697514|display=inline, title}} | location_town = Bahawalpur | location_country = {{flagicon|PAK}}Pakistan | architect = | client = | engineer = | construction_start_date = 1906 | completion_date = 1909 | demolished_date = | structural_system = | architectural_style = Indo-Sarcenic | size = }}
'''Gulzar Mahal''' is a palace in the city of Bahawalpur, in the Punjab province of Pakistan.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Hussain|first1=Mahmood|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mhjbAAAAMAAJ&q=%22gulzar+mahal%22|title=The Mughal Garden: Interpretation, Conservation and Implications|last2=Rehman|first2=Abdul|last3=Wescoat|first3=James L.|date=1996|publisher=Ferozsons|isbn=978-969-0-01299-9|language=en}}</ref> The palace has been leased by the armed forces since 1966,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/357971/bahawalpur-call-to-declare-palaces-national-heritage|title=BAHAWALPUR: Call to declare palaces national heritage|date=2004-05-03|website=DAWN.COM|language=en|access-date=2020-04-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7HdbR1FrKvcC&q=Darbar+Mahal+Bahawalpur|title=The Herald|date=2012|publisher=Pakistan Herald Publications|language=en}}</ref> and is currently not open to the general public.<ref name=":0" />
==History== {{main|Bahawalpur (princely state)}} Gulzar Mahal was built between 1906 and 1909.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://unesco.org.pk/culture/documents/publications/Cultural_Expressions.pdf|title=Cultural Expressions of South Punjab|last=Vandal|first=Sajida|date=2011|website=UNESCO|access-date=21 April 2020|archive-date=14 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514195543/http://unesco.org.pk/culture/documents/publications/Cultural_Expressions.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was commissioned during the reign of Sadeq Mohammad Khan V,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bhatti|first=Rubina|date=October 2013|title=Role of Libraries & Information Centers in Promoting Culture and Architecture in Cholistan Desert, South Punjab Pakistan|url=https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2420&context=libphilprac|journal=Library Philosophy and Practice}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> and was built to be the residence for women members of the royal household of the former princely state of Bahawalpur, aside from the Queen.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zXbiAAAAMAAJ&q=gulzar+mahal+1902|title=Pakistan Handbook|date=1990|publisher=Moon Publications|isbn=978-0-918373-56-4|language=en}}</ref> The palace is surrounded by a large garden,<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Hussain|first1=Mahmood|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mhjbAAAAMAAJ&q=%22gulzar+mahal%22+bahawalpur|title=The Mughal Garden: Interpretation, Conservation and Implications|last2=Rehman|first2=Abdul|last3=Wescoat|first3=James L.|date=1996|publisher=Ferozsons|isbn=978-969-0-01299-9|language=en}}</ref> and located in the Bahawalgarh Palace Complex in close proximity to the Darbar Mahal, Farrukh Mahal, and Nishat Mahal palaces.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1874719/1-sadiq-garh-palace-abandoned-not-forgotten/|title=Sadiq Garh Palace; abandoned but not forgotten|last=Tribune.com.pk|date=2018-12-26|website=The Express Tribune|language=en|access-date=2020-04-21}}</ref> This beautiful palace was named after the wife of the Nawab Bahawal Khan V.
The architectural design of this palace blends the European and Indian styles together, with classical touch of pristine white color.
==See also== * List of palaces in Pakistan * Noor Mahal * Khuda Aur Muhabbat (season 3)
== References == {{Reflist|1}} {{Commons category|Gulzar Mahal Bahawalpur}}
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