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The
Tomb
of
Jahangir
(مقبرۂ
جہانگیر)
is
a
17th-century
mausoleum
built
for
the
Mughal
Emperor
Jahangir.
The
mausoleum
dates
from
1637,
and
is
located
in
Shahdara
Bagh
near
city
of
Lahore,
Pakistan,
along
the
banks
of
the
Ravi
River.
The
site
is
famous
for
its
interiors
that
are
extensively
embellished
with
frescoes
and
marble,
and
its
exterior
that
is
richly
decorated
with
pietra
dura.
The
tomb,
along
with
the
adjacent
Akbari
Sarai
and
the
Tomb
of
Asif
Khan,
are
part
of
an
ensemble
currently
on
the
tentative
list
for
UNESCO
World
Heritage
status.
Location
The
tomb
is
located
in
Shahdara
Bagh,
northwest
of
the
Walled
City
of
Lahore.
The
tomb
is
located
across
the
River
Ravi
from
Lahore,
in
what
was
a
rural
area
known
for
its
numerous
pleasure
gardens.
The
tomb
is
located
in
Jahangir's
pleasure
garden,
the
Dilkusha
Garden,
which
had
been
laid
out
in
1557.
The
Tomb
of
Asif
Khan,
built-in
1645,
and
the
Akbari
Sarai,
built-in
1637,
are
located
immediately
west
of
Jahangir's
tomb
complex,
and
the
three
form
an
ensemble
oriented
on
an
east-west
axis.
The
last
of
the
Shahdara
Bagh
monuments,
the
tomb
of
Jahangir's
wife
Nur
Jahan
is
located
slightly
southwest
of
Asif
Khan's
tomb.
Background
The
tomb
was
built
for
Emperor
Jahangir,
who
ruled
the
Mughal
Empire
from
1605
to
1627
C.E.
The
emperor
died
in
the
foothills
of
Kashmir
near
the
town
of
Rajauri
on
28
October
1627.
A
funeral
procession
transferred
his
body
from
Kashmir
and
arrived
in
Lahore
on
Friday,
12
November
1627.
The
Dilkusha
Garden
in
which
he
was
buried
was
a
"favourite
spot"
of
Jahangir
when
he
lived
in
Lahore.
His
son,
the
new
Mughal
Emperor
Shah
Jahan,
ordered
that
a
"mausoleum
befitting
an
Emperor"
should
be
built
in
his
father's
honour
to
inter
his
remains.
History
Though
contemporary
historians
attribute
the
construction
of
the
tomb
to
Jahangir's
son
Shah
Jahan.
Construction
started
in
1627,
requiring
ten
years
for
completion,
and
cost
Rs
10
Lakh.
Repair
works
were
undertaken
at
the
tomb
in
1814
according
to
Sikh
court
records.
The
tomb
complex,
however,
was
also
desecrated
under
Sikh
rule
when
they
were
pillaged
by
the
army
of
Ranjit
Singh,
with
building
materials
used
for
decoration
of
the
Golden
Temple
in
Amritsar.
The
pillaged
grounds
were
then
converted
for
use
as
a
private
residence
for
an
officer
in
the
army
of
Ranjit
Singh,
Senor
Oms,
who
was
also
known
as
Musa
Sahib.
Ranjit
Singh
further
desecrated
the
mausoleum
once
more
when
he
ordered
that
Musa
Sahib
be
buried
on
the
tomb's
grounds
after
dying
from
cholera
in
1828.
By
1880,
a
rumor
had
begun
circulating
which
alleged
that
the
tomb
once
was
topped
by
a
dome
or
second
story
that
was
stolen
by
Ranjit
Singh's
army,
though
no
evidence
has
been
found
to
suggest
that
a
dome
or
second
story
ever
existed
at
the
tomb.
The
Shahdara
ensemble
of
monuments
suffered
further
under
British
rule,
when
a
railway
line
was
built
between
the
tombs
of
Asif
Khan
and
Nur
Jahan.
The
site
was
then
repaired
by
the
British
between
1889
and
1890.
Flooding
from
the
nearby
River
Ravi
threatened
or
damaged
the
site
in
1867,
1947,
1950,
1954,
1955,
1957,
1958,
1959,
1962,
1966,
1973,
1976,
1988,
and
2010.
The
site
sustained
water
damage
during
flooding
in
1988
that
covered
much
of
the
site
in
10
feet
of
water
for
5
days.
Architecture
The
tomb
was
constructed
in
a
Mughal
style
influenced
by
Safavid-style
architecture
from
Persia.
The
mausoleum
is
laid
out
as
a
takhtgah
-
or
a
mausoleum
built
upon
a
podium
which
serves
as
a
takht,
or
"throne
for
except,
there
is
no
takhtgah
on
the
podium,
nor
seemingly
had
ever
been
built.
Similar
to
the
tomb
of
Akbar,
Jahangir's
tomb
lacks
a
central
dome
as
the
emperor
is
reported
to
have
expressly
forbade
the
construction
of
a
dome
over
his
tomb.
The
use
of
domes
in
Mughal
funerary
architecture
was
first
used
at
the
Tomb
of
Humayun
and
re-established
by
Shah
Jahan.
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