Tomb of Jahangir, is the mausoleum built for the Mughal Emperor
JahangirNur-ud-din Salim Jahangir was the ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1605 until his death...
who ruled from 1605 to 1627. The mausoleum is located near the town of
Shahdara BaghShahdara Bagh, Lahore is a northern suburb of Lahore. It is situated on the northern side of the Ravi River.It is famous for two historic Mughal architectural sites, Mughal gardens, and tombs of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir, his wife Empress Nur Jehan and his brother-in-law Abdul Hasan Asaf...
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LahoreLahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in Pakistan after Karachi. Historically the main city of the undivided Punjab, it is often called the Garden of Mughals because of its rich Mughal heritage...
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PakistanPakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located at the crossroads of South Asia, the Middle East, and Central Asia...
. His son
Shah JahanShahab-ud-din Muhammad Shah Jahan I was the ruler of the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent from 1628 until 1658...
built the mausoleum 10 years after his father's death. It is sited in an attractive walled garden. It has four 30 meter high
minarets. The interior is embellished with
frescoFresco is any of several related painting types, done on plaster on walls or ceilings. The word fresco comes from the Italian word affresco which derives from the adjective fresco , which has Latin origins...
es and pietra dura inlay and coloured marble.
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Tomb of Jahangir, is the mausoleum built for the Mughal Emperor
JahangirNur-ud-din Salim Jahangir was the ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1605 until his death...
who ruled from 1605 to 1627. The mausoleum is located near the town of
Shahdara BaghShahdara Bagh, Lahore is a northern suburb of Lahore. It is situated on the northern side of the Ravi River.It is famous for two historic Mughal architectural sites, Mughal gardens, and tombs of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir, his wife Empress Nur Jehan and his brother-in-law Abdul Hasan Asaf...
in
LahoreLahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in Pakistan after Karachi. Historically the main city of the undivided Punjab, it is often called the Garden of Mughals because of its rich Mughal heritage...
,
PakistanPakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located at the crossroads of South Asia, the Middle East, and Central Asia...
. His son
Shah JahanShahab-ud-din Muhammad Shah Jahan I was the ruler of the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent from 1628 until 1658...
built the mausoleum 10 years after his father's death. It is sited in an attractive walled garden. It has four 30 meter high
minarets. The interior is embellished with
frescoFresco is any of several related painting types, done on plaster on walls or ceilings. The word fresco comes from the Italian word affresco which derives from the adjective fresco , which has Latin origins...
es and pietra dura inlay and coloured marble. The mausoleum features prominently on the Pakistan Rupees 1,000 denomination bank note.
The entrance to the mausoleum is through two massive gateways of stone and masonry opposite each other (to the north and south) which lead to a square enclosure known as the Akbari Serai. This enclosure leads to another one, on the western side, giving full view of the garden in front of the mausoleum, which is traversed by four-bricked canals proceeding from the centre, and in which many fountains were placed which are now in ruins. The corridor around the mausoleum is adorned with a most elegant mosaic, representing flowers and Quranic verses.
The interior of the mausoleum is an elevated sarcophagus of white marble, the sides of which are wrought with flowers of mosaic in the same elegant style as the tombs in the
Taj MahalThe Taj Mahal is a mausoleum located in Agra, India, built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal....
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. On two sides of the sarcophagus the ninety-nine attributes of God are inlaid in black. Beautiful 'jalis' admit light in various patterns.
See also
- Nur Jahan
- Asaf Khan
Abdul Hasan Asaf Khan was the father of Arjumand Banu Begum, also known as Mumtaz Mahal, who was the wife of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan. Asaf Khan was also the elder brother of Mehrunissa, , the empress of Shah Jahan's father, Jahangir.Asaf Khan was appointed Governor of Lahore by Emperor...
- List of mausolea
- Mughal Empire
The Mughal Empire was an Islamic and Persianate imperial power of the Indian subcontinent which began in 1526, invaded and ruled most of Hindustan by the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and ended in the mid-19th century...
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