Lalbagh Fort, one of the most iconic historical monuments in Bangladesh, stands in the heart of Old Dhaka as a remarkable reminder of the city’s Mughal past. Surrounded today by the dense urban landscape of Dhaka, the unfinished 17th-century fort still preserves an atmosphere of another era—when Dhaka was an important provincial capital of the Mughal Empire. Originally known as Fort Aurangabad, the monument was begun in 1678 by Prince Muhammad Azam Shah, son of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. The project was intended to become an impressive Mughal complex, but it was never completed. The death of Iran Dukht Pari Bibi, the daughter of Mughal governor Shaista Khan, became closely associated...