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17th century Mughal chief architect ()

Ustad Ahmad Lahori (c–),^[1] also known as Ahmad Ma'mar Lahori, was a Mughal architect and engineer during the reign of Shah Jahan.

He was responsible for the construction of several Mughal monuments, including the Red fort in Delhi, a World Heritage site.

His architecture is a combination of Indo-Islamic and Persian architectural styles, and thus, a major instance of Indo-Persian culture.

Life

Ustad Ahmad Lahori hailed from Lahore, Lahore Subah, as his nisba indicates.^[2] He has been described as a Punjabi^[3] and an Indian of Iranian heritage.^[4][5] Even after his family's migration to Delhi, his family is still referred to by the epithet "Lahori".^[6]

Ahmad Lahori hailed from a family of Timurid architects, originally from Herat.

He was a skilled engineer who later in life was given the title of Nadir-ul-Asar ("wonder of the age") by Shah Jahan.