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Prior to the establishment of Mian Mir, and perhaps concurrently with it, there was a a cantonment at Anarkali (Anarkili, Anarkullie, Annarkullie).
Lahore was the head-quarters of the [[Punjab Light Horse]] and of the [[Punjab Rifles|1st Punjab Volunteer Rifles]].<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/imperialgazette05unkngoog#page/n72/mode/1up ''Imperial Gazetteer of India : Provincial Series Punjab Volume II The Lahore, Rawalpindi and Multan Divisions and Native States''], page 40 1908 Archive.org</ref> [http://www.emulekiplingsociety.com/2poetry/phorumco.uk/readpoems_beleaguered.php?4,12692 htm "A Beleagured Beleaguered City"](kiplingsociety.co.uk),is a parody by Rudyard Kipling about the proximity of the firing range of the Punjab Volunteer Rifles to the Lawrence Hall Gardens.
[http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations-L.htm#Lahore RAF Lahore] rafweb.org (retrieved 1 July 2014)
