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Ustad Ahmad Lahori

1580 - 1649

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Ustad Ahmad Lahori (c.1580–1649) also known as Ahmad Ma'mar Lahori was the chief Mughal architect and engineer during the reign of emperor Shah Jahan. He was responsible for the construction of several Mughal monuments, including the Taj Mahal in Agra and the Red fort in Delhi; both of which are World Heritage sites. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ustad Ahmad Lahori has received more than 456,980 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ustad Ahmad Lahori is the 303rd most popular architect, the 50th most popular biography from Pakistan and the most popular Pakistani Architect.

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  • 15

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  • 2.83

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Ustad Ahmad Lahori ranks 303 out of 424Before him are Christopher Alexander, Dominikus Zimmermann, Marcello Piacentini, Heinrich Tessenow, Rudolf Wolters, and Sixto Durán Ballén. After him are Ineni, Galeazzo Alessi, Ernst Ziller, José Benito de Churriguera, John Soane, and Georges Candilis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1580, Ustad Ahmad Lahori ranks 19Before him are António de Andrade, Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger, Daniël Heinsius, Matei Basarab, Gaspar de Borja y Velasco, and Carlo Contarini. After him are Massasoit, Thomas Middleton, and Dirk Hartog. Among people deceased in 1649, Ustad Ahmad Lahori ranks 11Before him are Catherine of Brandenburg, David Teniers the Elder, Isaac van Ostade, Gerardus Vossius, Marie of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, and Juan Martínez Montañés. After him are John Winthrop, Vincenzo Carafa, Vittoria Farnese, Jean de Brébeuf, Susanna Hall, and Richard Crashaw.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Ustad Ahmad Lahori ranks 50 out of 180Before him are Lokaksema (147), Rahman Baba (1632), I. K. Gujral (1919), Nawaz Sharif (1949), Francis Younghusband (1863), and Raja Dahir (663). After him are Ghulam Ishaq Khan (1915), Sunil Dutt (1929), Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1911), Hamida Banu Begum (1527), Malala Yousafzai (1997), and Muhammad Rafiq Tarar (1929).

Among ARCHITECTS In Pakistan

Among architects born in Pakistan, Ustad Ahmad Lahori ranks 1