![]() ![]() ![]() The Palace served as the main living quarters of the Empress and was adorned with expensive items like wall murals and exquisite decoration pieces. Since the Emperor was very fond of Zeenat, also spelled as ‘Zinat’, he provided her with the best comforts and royal luxuries and hence, built the Mahal especially for her only which was mainly financed by the wealthy merchants of Shahjahanabad or the ‘walled city’ of Old Delhi. He also had many courtesans and had a total of 54 children including 22 sons and 32 daughters however, no one knows the real reason of how Zeenat Mahal became the most loved and favoured wife of the Emperor amongst the rest. She gave birth to a son named Mirza Jawan Bakht who was one of the heirs to the Mughal Empire while the other three wives of the Emperor also bore him sons and daughters. ![]() The Palace or Mahal was constructed in 1846 by the order of Empress Zeenat Mahal, the third and most favourite wife of Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar II who ruled as the last Mughal Emperor of India between 18 and hence, was named after her as the ‘Zeenat Mahal Ki Haveli’. Local taxis and auto rickshaws can be rented to access this place including via Metro Rail with Chawri Bazaar Metro Station as the closest metro link. The Haveli of Zeenat Mahal is situated in the Lal Kuan Bazaar which lies west of Hauz Qazi in the heart of Chandni Chowk in Old Delhi and spreads over four acres of land. ![]()
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