YAKKI GATE OF LAHORE
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The Walled City of Lahore, also known as the "Old City", or "Androon Shehr"
The Yakki gate, originally known as " Zaki Gate" , that being the name of a saint.Saint "Zakki." Zakki fell while defending the city against the Mughal invaders from the north.There are two grave of the same saint inside this gate. The legend goes on like this that Pir Zaki and his followers or disciples died fighting against the Mongol invaders who wanted to take over the area.Therefore, the head and body were buried in different graves and both are venerated to this day. His burial chamber is a few steps from the city and in front of it there is a famous “Madina Mosque”
This gate is located in the east near the Delhi Gate. There are two stories about the name of this gate. Now coming to how the name changed, with the passage of time. Over time the name "Zakki" became distorted to "Yakki".This gate is known as today: "Yakki."Zakki Gate over a certain period of time. As the generations passed, among the Lahoris and historians it became known as Yakki Gate, and I too am using the same name in my writings.And now,we all know this as a yakki gate.
The gate was constructed during the third Mughal Emperor Akbar’s reign. The area inside the gate is residential and you will find an interesting life, rather a true Lahori street.This one trail links you with the Sheranwala and Kashmiri and Masti Gate. It’s an amazing experience for any tourist and trust me it’s mesmerizing.
Nawaz Sharif Hospital located here. Some semi demolished mansions of the Mughal courtiers here like Haveli Nadirwali, Laal Haveli, Nizam Haveli and Haveli Raja Inder Nath. Yakki gate is an historical gate of Lahore city.Now Yakki gate has gotten popularity because of main roads,cloth trading and nearby large hospital.
