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Haveli Sujan Singh
Haveli Sujan Singh is a haveli located in the congested market of Bhabra Bazar Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan. It was built by a wealthy merchant and businessman of Rawalpindi, Rai Bahadur Sujan Singh. The haveli was built to resemble a royal palace with a majestic golden throne and bedrooms with original ivory furniture. In the various courtyards dancing peacocks were kept to dance during the evening and a pet tiger was kept which regularly walked the corridors. Musicians were given residence in the haveli who played during the evenings. An Aqueduct connected to 30 lines provided a reliable water supply. The mansion had two main wings connected by a bridge at the fourth floor. The mansion also served as a museum for the family of Rai Sujan Singh. It contained family pictures, antiques, Victorian furniture, China and the family silverware.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rai Bahadur Soojan Singh, Haveli )〕
==Architecture==
The enclosed area of the haveli was 24,000 sq.ft (2,230 sq. meters) which consisted of four stories with a total of 45 rooms. The rooms had large windows and were lit on evenings by large lamps and chandeliers. The embellishments and the wooden decoration of the haveli borrowed a lot from Central Asian and European architectures.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lal Haveli offered to women varsity: Turning heritage buildings into varsities )〕
The main materials used in the building are brick and timber. The haveli reflects traditional building styles used by the prominent Sikh families of that era. The timber used was local which could have been easily procured since the Singh family owned a prosperous timber business. Iron imported from Britain (but cast locally) was used in the construction of the ornate pillars and carvings on the doorways.
One of the most beautiful pieces of the mansion is the ornate and curved staircase from the ground floor up to the fourth floor. The ceilings of the first floor have ornately carved false wooden overlays. The pattern on the panels is clearly Central Asian and follows the same patterns as the used by many buildings of the prominent Sethi Mohallas in Peshawar. This adds weight to the argument that most prominent features of the buildings decoration are Central Asian.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Art and Culture of the Diaspora — Haveli Soojan Singh: The Disappearing Sikh Heritage of Rawalpindi )〕
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