Type: Monument - Building
Province: Punjab
District: Lahore
Period: Historic
Relative Chronology: 1526 - 1857 CE
Description: Wazir Khans Hammam is situated in side Dehli Gate. The complex was built by Sheikh Ilmud-din Ansari entitled Wazir Khan, a native of Chiniot, who founded the splendid mosque known after his name in the Lahore city. The Hamman is surrounded by shops on its north south and west, while the Eastern side in occupied by the Dehli gate. The interior structure of the Hamman is today utilized by the Lahore Municipal Corporation for a children school, dispensary and offices of the Health Department. The Hammm is a single storey structure, of imposing extent, plan and proportion, covering a total area of 338 sq.m. It consists of only one structure of two blocks different in planning and separated by a passage. Wazir Khans hammam is built of small size bricks, as used in Mughal period buildings in the city of Lahore, with lime mixed with small pebbles and fragments of bricks as bonding material. The northern half of the western side, including the main entrance, shows the original exterior of the hammam. The exterior has indeed a character peculiarly of its own, for it is of cut and dressed bricks and with regular rectangular recessed panels. The parapet wall shows zanjira type continuous decoration in relief. The north-eastern and north-western angles of the building still retain the semi-octagonal guldastas.
Latitude: 31.581887917
Longitude: 74.326215556
Ownership: Government of Punjab
Legal Status: Protected by The Antiquity Act 1975 (As amended in 1992)
Title of Publication: Archaeological Sites and Historical Monuments Protected Under the Antiquities Act, 1975
Published In: Federal Department of Archaeology & Museums, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad
Year of Publication: 1987
Bibliography/Reference: Khan, Ahmad Nabi
