Frere Hall - bagh-e-jinnah
Sights/parks/historical/landmark
Frere Hall is one of the many remnant buildings of the British colonial era that still exist in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It was built in 1865 in honor of Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere (1851-1859) - Commissioner of Sind who was known for promoting economic development and making Sindhi as the only official language. It was used as a Town Hall during the British Raj. During the same period it housed a number of busts including King Edward VII's which was a gift from Seth Edulji Dinshaw.
The Hall was built in the Venetian Gothic style with yellowish Karachi limestone and red and grey sandstones from Jungshahi. Around the Hall are two lawns originally known as 'Queen's Lawn' and 'King's Lawn', which were renamed as Bagh-e-Jinnah (Jinnah Garden) after independence from British rule in 1947.
Frere Hall currently houses a library on its ground floor with seventy thousand books including rare hand written manuscripts and old archives of newspapers.
The upper level of the Hall houses Sadequain’s mural titled ‘Arz-o-Samawaat’ (Earth and the Heavens) on the ceiling of the Frere Hall’s Galerie Sadequain. It is the largest calligraphic mural in the world gifted by Sadequain to the citizens of Karachi. It also bears a special significance being the last great work by Sadequain before he passed away in 1987.
The Hall was built in the Venetian Gothic style with yellowish Karachi limestone and red and grey sandstones from Jungshahi. Around the Hall are two lawns originally known as 'Queen's Lawn' and 'King's Lawn', which were renamed as Bagh-e-Jinnah (Jinnah Garden) after independence from British rule in 1947.
Frere Hall currently houses a library on its ground floor with seventy thousand books including rare hand written manuscripts and old archives of newspapers.
The upper level of the Hall houses Sadequain’s mural titled ‘Arz-o-Samawaat’ (Earth and the Heavens) on the ceiling of the Frere Hall’s Galerie Sadequain. It is the largest calligraphic mural in the world gifted by Sadequain to the citizens of Karachi. It also bears a special significance being the last great work by Sadequain before he passed away in 1987.
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