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The Tomb of Jahangir (Urdu: 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 . [1]
The Tomb of Jahangir in Shahdara, Lahore. A lifelong user of opium and wine, Jahangir was frequently ill in the 1620s. Jahangir was trying to restore his health by visiting Kashmir and Kabul. He went from Kabul to Kashmir but decided to return to Lahore because of a severe cold.
The tomb of Jahangir was built after the Mughal emperor’s death in 1627 and completed in 1637, in the reign of his son and successor, Shah Jahan, when the Mughal Empire held sway over the entire Indian subcontinent and Lahore was an important urban center.
Oct 31, 2011 · The tomb of Jahangir is located in Shahdara, a suburb of Lahore to the northwest of the city. The area had been a favorite spot of Jahangir and his wife Nur Jahan when they resided in Lahore, and the area was commonly used as a point of departure for travels to and from Kashmir and Lahore.
The Jahangir's tomb is the second-most magnificent Mughal structure and was built under the observation of his wife Noor Jahan who outlived him by eighteen years but it was Jahangir’s son, Shah Jahan ascended to the throne, and ordered to build this magnificent tomb to honor his father.
Oct 12, 2022 · Mughal Emperor Jahangir’s tomb in Lahore, considered a gem of Mughal architecture, is famous for its exquisite marble inlay work or ‘Parchin Kari’. And yet it is dwarfed by its more famous counterparts like the Taj Mahal and Humayun’s tomb.
The Tomb of Jahangir was commissioned in 1631. Construction for the mausoleum was completed in 1637. Mughal Emperor Jahangir was honored by his surviving family members. The son ordered the construction of his father’s mausoleum. The tomb was extensively embellished and richly decorated.
Jahangir’s tomb lies in the middle of Bāgh-i Dilkusha, a garden previously laid out by his wife, the empress Nur Jahan (r. 1627–1658) right on the bank of Ravi. (Mutamad Khan, “Iqbal Nama-e-Jahangiri,” in History of India, ed. Elliot, 6:436)
Jahangir's Tomb. The tomb of 4th Mughal Emperor, Noor-ud-Din Muhammad Jahangir (1569-1627 A.D) built in the middle of an enormous garden on the right bank of River Ravi at Shahdara town on the north- western outskirts of Lahore.
The single-storey square structure measures 267 feet on each side and built in red sandstone inlaid with marble motifs. It is surrounded by a 58.77-acre garden divided into sixteen sub-quarters separated by walkways and water channels. The tomb features rich fresco paintings and mosaic tiles.
