Lahore
Nur al-Din Muhammad Jahangir, the fourth Mughal emperor, ruled from 1605 until his death in 1627 on the way back from Kashmir. He was buried at Shahdara…
Nur al-Din Muhammad Jahangir, the fourth Mughal emperor, ruled from 1605 until his death in 1627 on the way back from Kashmir. He was buried at Shahdara across the River Ravi from Lahore, in the Dilkusha garden that belonged to his wife Nur Jahan, and his son Shah Jahan had the tomb built over the following decade, completing it around 1637. The tomb is a broad single-storey platform with a tall minaret at each corner, set in a large walled charbagh garden. Its red sandstone walls are inlaid with white marble, the galleries are painted with floral frescoes, and the marble grave inside is inlaid with the ninety-nine names of Allah. The tomb of Asif Khan lies just to the west through the Akbari Sarai, with Nur Jahan's tomb beyond it.