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Diwan-i Am (Agra Fort, Agra, India)


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    • Audience, Hall of (Agra Fort, Agra, India)
    • Commoners, Court of (Agra Fort, Agra, India)
    • Court of Commoners (Agra Fort, Agra, India)
    • Diwan-e-Aam (Agra Fort, Agra, India)
    • Hall of Audience (Agra Fort, Agra, India)
    • Hall of Public Audience (Agra Fort, Agra, India)
    • Public Audience, Hall of (Agra Fort, Agra, India)
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    • found: Work cat.: Southern gate of the Diwan-i-Am quadrangle, Agra Fort, India, 1965-2000, via University of Washington digital collections, International Collections, July 24, 2023.
    • found: Diwan-e-Aam Agra Fort Agra, via Tour my India website, July 24, 2023(one of the several attractions inside the UNESCO recognised Agra Fort is Diwan-e-Aam, or, Hall of Audience; this is where the Mughal Emperor, Shah Jahan would hold public meetings with the people and attend to their problems)
    • found: Diwan-i-Am, via Agra India website, July 24, 2023(a result of earliest manifestations of Shah Jehan's love for marble, Diwan-i-Am or Hall of Public Audience was the place where the emperor addressed the general public as well as the nobility; it was constructed between 1631 and 1640)
    • found: The Diwan-i-Am in Agra Fort, via British Library Online Gallery website, July 24, 2023(the Agra fort complex stands on the banks of the Yamuna and was built by the Emperor Akbar between 1565 and 1573; Emperor Shah Jahan (r.1628-58) was responsible for the Mughal buildings within the fort and the Diwam-i-Am [sic] was the Hall of Public Audience)
    • found: Diwan-i-Am, via Cityseeker website, July 24, 2023(the Diwan-i-Am (which translates to the Court of Commoners) in Agra Fort was where Emperor Shah Jahan addressed the public and the nobility)
  • History Notes

    • [Established December 2023.]
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    • 2023-07-24: new
    • 2023-12-15: revised
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