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	[[Mughal Emperor]] [[Akbar]] ordered the construction of the Shahi Bridge, which was completed in the year 1568–69 by [[Munim Khan]].<ref>{{cite book \|last=Asher \|first=Catherine Ella Blanshard \|title=Architecture of Mughal India \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3ctLNvx68hIC \|year=1992 \|series=The new Cambridge history of India \|volume=1.4 \|location=[[Cambridge]] \|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] \|page=87 \|isbn=978-0-521-26728-1}}</ref> It took four years to complete the bridge.<ref name="victorynewsmagazine.com">{{cite journal \|last=Makhfi \|first=Shahid A \|title=Legacy of Sharqi Kingdom of Jaunpur \|date=22 April 2003 \|url=http://www.victorynewsmagazine.com/LegacyofSharqiKingdomJaunpur.htm \|journal=Victory News Magazine \|access-date=25 July 2009}}</ref> It was designed by [[Afghanistan\|Afghan]] [[architect]] Afzal Ali.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Bradnock \|first=Roma \|title=Footprint India \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nWKaR6LbEGcC \|year=2004 \|edition=13 \|publisher=[[Footprint Books]] \|location=[[Bath, Somerset\|Bath]] \|page=193 \|isbn=978-1-904777-00-7}}</ref>		[[Mughal Emperor]] [[Akbar]] ordered the construction of the Shahi Bridge, which was completed in the year 1568–69 by [[Munim Khan]].<ref>{{cite book \|last=Asher \|first=Catherine Ella Blanshard \|title=Architecture of Mughal India \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3ctLNvx68hIC \|year=1992 \|series=The new Cambridge history of India \|volume=1 \|issue=4 \|location=[[Cambridge]] \|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] \|page=87 \|isbn=978-0-521-26728-1}}</ref> It took four years to complete the bridge.<ref name="victorynewsmagazine.com">{{cite journal \|last=Makhfi \|first=Shahid A \|title=Legacy of Sharqi Kingdom of Jaunpur \|date=22 April 2003 \|url=http://www.victorynewsmagazine.com/LegacyofSharqiKingdomJaunpur.htm \|journal=Victory News Magazine \|access-date=25 July 2009}}</ref> It was designed by [[Afghanistan\|Afghan]] [[architect]] Afzal Ali.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Bradnock \|first=Roma \|title=Footprint India \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nWKaR6LbEGcC \|year=2004 \|edition=13 \|publisher=[[Footprint Books]] \|location=[[Bath, Somerset\|Bath]] \|page=193 \|isbn=978-1-904777-00-7}}</ref>

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	"The [[inundation]]s have been frequently known to rise even over the bridge in so much that in the year 1774 a whole brigade of the British forces was passed over it in boats."		"The [[inundation]]s have been frequently known to rise even over the bridge in so much that in the year 1774 a whole brigade of the British forces was passed over it in boats."

	Rudyard Kipling's poem ''Akbar's Bridge'' mentions this bridge. <ref>[http://www.kipling.org.uk/poems_akbar.htm]</ref>		Rudyard Kipling's poem ''Akbar's Bridge'' mentions this bridge. <ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.kipling.org.uk/poems_akbar.htm\|title = Akbar's Bridge\|date = 2 February 2021}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==

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'''Shahi Bridge''' or '''Munim Khan's Bridge''' or '''Akbari Bridge''' or '''[[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] Bridge''' or '''Jaunpur Bridge''' is a 16th-century bridge over river [[Gomti]] in [[Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh|Jaunpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]. The Shahi Bridge is located {{convert|1.7|km}} north of Jaunpur Railway station, {{convert|7.3|km}} northwest of [[Zafarabad, India|Zafarābād]], {{convert|16.2|km}} [[Boxing the compass|north-northeast]] of [[Mariahu|Mariāhū]] and {{convert|26.6|km}} west-northwest of the town of [[Kerakat|Kirākat]].<ref>[http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=25.7487,82.68468&z=15&t=M&marker0=25.7487,82.68468,Shahi%20Bridge,%20Jaunpur ACME MApper]</ref>

==Construction==
[[File:Jaunpurbridge William Hodges 1774.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Jaunpur Bridge: a plate from '[[William Hodges]]' book 'Select Views in India']]

[[Mughal Emperor]] [[Akbar]] ordered the construction of the Shahi Bridge, which was completed in the year 1568–69 by [[Munim Khan]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Asher |first=Catherine Ella Blanshard |title=Architecture of Mughal India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3ctLNvx68hIC |year=1992 |series=The new Cambridge history of India |volume=1.4 |location=[[Cambridge]] |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |page=87 |isbn=978-0-521-26728-1}}</ref> It took four years to complete the bridge.<ref name="victorynewsmagazine.com">{{cite journal |last=Makhfi |first=Shahid A |title=Legacy of Sharqi Kingdom of Jaunpur |date=22 April 2003 |url=http://www.victorynewsmagazine.com/LegacyofSharqiKingdomJaunpur.htm |journal=Victory News Magazine |access-date=25 July 2009}}</ref> It was designed by [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] [[architect]] Afzal Ali.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bradnock |first=Roma |title=Footprint India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nWKaR6LbEGcC |year=2004 |edition=13 |publisher=[[Footprint Books]] |location=[[Bath, Somerset|Bath]] |page=193 |isbn=978-1-904777-00-7}}</ref>

==Current use==
[[File:Shahi bridge, Jaunpur.jpg|250px|thumb|Distant view of Shahi bridge over Gomti river, Jaunpur.]]
The bridge was severely damaged in the [[1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake]]. Seven of its arches had to be rebuilt. In addition to its historical significance, the bridge is still in use.<ref>{{cite book |last=Cumming |first=Sir John |title=Revealing India's Past|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ygg3vZvUoDIC |year=1939 |location=[[London]] |publisher=[[India Society]] |page=65 |isbn=978-1-4067-0408-2}}</ref>

The bridge is on the Protection & Conservation list of Directorate of Archaeology, (U.P.) since 1978.<ref>[http://www.uparchaeology.org/projection_conservation_8.htm Directorate of Archaeology (Uttar Pradesh): Protection & Conservation list] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414114901/http://www.uparchaeology.org/projection_conservation_8.htm |date=2009-04-14 }}</ref>

The bridge is generally recognised as Jaunpur's most significant Mughal structure.

A new bridge parallel to Shahi Bridge was opened on 28 November, 2006 by the then [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]], [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]].<ref>[http://www.samaylive.com/news/jaunpur-mulayam-to-inaugurate-bridge-on-nov-28/65463.html Jaunpur: Mulayam to inaugurate bridge on Nov 28]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924204956/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-984166991.html MULAYAM SINGH YADAV INAUGURATES VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT WORKS COSTING RS. 128 CRORE IN JAUNPUR]</ref>

==In literature==
William Hodges in his book 'Select Views in India' mentions about bridge:<ref>[http://www.endorphyn.com/indiafestmenyek/album2/slides/jaunpur3.html India a modern idők elött]{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

"The [[inundation]]s have been frequently known to rise even over the bridge in so much that in the year 1774 a whole brigade of the British forces was passed over it in boats."

Rudyard Kipling's poem ''Akbar's Bridge'' mentions this bridge. <ref>[http://www.kipling.org.uk/poems_akbar.htm]</ref>

==See also==
*[[Atala Masjid, Jaunpur]]
*[[Jama Masjid, Jaunpur]]

==References==
{{Reflist|33em}}

==Notes==
* Alfieri, Bianca Maria. 2000. Islamic Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent. London: Laurence King Publishing, 103.

==External links==
* [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/301657/Jaunpur bridge across the Gomati River :: Jaunpur (India) -- Britannica]
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=kEj-2a7pmVMC&pg=PA135 Students' Britannica India By Dale Hoiberg, Indu Ramchandani]
* [http://www.mea.gov.in/indiaperspective/2005/092005.pdf India Perspectives: JAUNPUR: SHIRAZ OF INDIA]
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=Kz2qMnKWbHAC&pg=PA77 Islamic studies in India By Mohamed Taher]
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=0gZVSvJbqGoC&pg=PA71 PROGRESS IN NANOTECHNOLOGY By Govind Prasad, Shardendu Kislaya]
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=b9ZBNBahPzwC&pg=PA246 Northeast India By Vanessa Betts, David Stott]

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