An old monument of Lahore about 300 years old. It is also known as Zamzama Toup. It is an historic canon and there was an historical objective for its placement.

One of the most famous Monuments in Lahore. 300 years old King Ahmad Shah Abdali cannon now known as Zamzama

The Zamzama was said to have been made of copper and brass. Its construction was funded by the people of Lahore who were asked to give their kitchen utensils for the gun.The gun has the date of manufacture, names of the monarch and the technician along with verses in Persian molded with floral patterns all over the barrel. The front inscription reads: By the order of the Emperor, DuriDurran, Shah Wali Khan Wazir made the gun named Zamzama or the Taker of Strongholds.The longer inscription at the back eulogizes its bulk and invincibility: A destroyer even of the strongholds of the heaven.Verses at the end of the inscription contain a chronogram: From reason I enquire of the year of its manufacture; Struck with terror it replied, Wert thou willing to surrender thine life, I would unfold unto thee the secret. I agreed, and it said, laden with innuendo: – What a cannon! Tis a mighty fire dispensing dragon.The gun was used by Ahmed Shah in the battle of Panipat, in 1761. After the battle, on his way back to Kabul, he left it at Lahore with his governor, Khawaja Ubed, as the carriage that was supposed to take the gun to Kabul was not ready. The other gun he took with him but that one was lost in passage through the Chenab.In 1762, Dhillon Jat Ruler Maharaja Hari Singh Bhangi went into battle with Khawaja Ubed. Bhangi attacked the then-village of Khawaja Said two miles from Lahore (now part of the city of Lahore), where the Mughal governor Khawaja Ubed had his arsenal, and seized his artillery, arms and ammunition. Amongst the guns captured was the Zamzama Gun itself. It was renamed by its Sikh captors Bhangi Toap

The Gun Zamzama Cannon made in Kabul, brought over by Ahmed Shah Abdali and used in the Battle of Panipat.

This is Bhangis gun in the historical city of Lahore. Bhangi was or perhaps still is a caste in Sikhs.

Since childhood facination.

Hitorical place now named as Istanbul Chowk as Lahore and Istanbul declared as sisters cities, where this cannon has been placed. Zamzama Toap Zamzama Cannon in local slang language is also called Bhangion wali Toap This is a historic Cannon remained under control of various war lords and used in various battles. This is not a Gun but a Cannon of old age when destructive weapons were being invented and tested.

Its more like an intersection and a cannon head of old times is standing there.

The Zamzama Gun, (also Zam-Zammah or Zam-Zammeh) also known as Kim’s Gun or Bhangianwala Toap is a large bore cannon. It was cast in 1762 in Lahore, now in Pakistan but at the time part of the Durrani Empire. It is currently on display in front of the Lahore Museum in Lahore, Pakistan.The gun is 14 feet 4 1⁄2 inches (4.382 metres) in length, with a bore at its aperture of 9 1⁄2 inches (24 centimetres). This gun, one of the largest ever made in the sub-continent, was cast at Lahore along with another gun of the same size in 1757 by Shah Nazir (a metalsmith of the former Mughal viceroy Muin-ul-Mulk), under the directions of Shah Wali Khan, who was prime minister in the reign of the Afghan King Ahmed Shah Durrani.

It is old n historical canon in Lahore.... it is well maintained...

Historical significance. Historical lines written in Kiplings Novel, Who holds the Zamzama, Hold the Punjab

Gun of Ahmad Shah Abdali from 18th century

A Bird fidder @ Zamzama Gun, Mall Road, Lahore

Crowdy road but i like it because there is a pokestop

Great place

Historical war weapon

Nice

Nice

Lovely place

Historical place

What a gun

Historical gun. Lots of pigeons around.