Claim: The Mughal Empire had emperors.

The Lahore Fort -LRB- Urdu / -LSB- : Shahi Qila , or Royal Fort -RRB- , is a citadel in the city of Lahore , Pakistan . The fortress is located at the northern end of Lahore 's Walled City , and spreads over an area greater than 20 hectares . It contains 21 notable monuments , some of which date to the era of Emperor Akbar . The Lahore Fort is notable for having been almost entirely rebuilt in the 17th century , when the Mughal Empire was at the height of its splendour and opulence .   Though the site of the Lahore Fort has been inhabited for millennia , the first record of a fortified structure at the site was in regard to an 11th-century mud-brick fort . The foundations of the modern Lahore Fort date to 1566 during the reign of Emperor Akbar , who bestowed the fort with an architectural style that featured Hindu motifs . Additions from the Shah Jahan period are characterized by luxurious marble with inlaid Persian floral designs , while the fort 's grand and iconic Alamgiri Gate was constructed by the last of the great Mughal Emperors , Aurangzeb , and faces the renowned Badshahi Mosque .   After the fall of the Mughal Empire , the Lahore Fort was used as the residence of Ranjit Singh , founder of the Sikh Empire . The fort then passed to British colonialists after they annexed Punjab following their victory over the Sikhs at the Battle of Gujrat in February 1849 . In 1981 , the fort was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its outstanding repertoire of Mughal monuments dating from the era when the empire was at its artistic and aesthetic zenith .