Tomb of Jahangir

Mausoleum Of The Mughal Emperor Jahangir, Completed About 1637; On Pakistan'S UNESCO Tentative List With The Shahdara Complex · Lahore, Punjab

The Tomb of Jahangir is the mausoleum of the fourth Mughal emperor, who loved Lahore and died in 1627; it was built by his son Shah Jahan and his widow Nur Jahan and completed about ten years later, in a walled Persian-style garden at Shahdara across the Ravi from the city. It is one of the most beautiful Mughal buildings in Pakistan and quite unlike the Taj Mahal that followed it: a long, low platform of red sandstone with four tall octagonal minarets at its corners and no dome, faced with marble inlay, pietra dura flowers and painted and tiled panels. The cenotaph inside is carved with the ninety-nine names of God. Next door, the Akbari Sarai, a Mughal caravanserai, leads to the tomb of Asif Khan, Nur Jahan's brother, and just beyond the railway line lies the smaller, sadder tomb of Nur Jahan herself. The complex was damaged by Sikh and British use and by Ravi floods, and restoration continues. It is peaceful, rarely crowded, and one of the best half-days in Lahore.

Shahdara Bagh, across the Ravi from Lahore, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Open daily in daylight hours, with a ticket and a higher foreigners' rate. The tombs of Asif Khan and Nur Jahan are nearby and may have separate access. Shahdara is about twenty to forty minutes from central Lahore depending on traffic, across the Ravi bridge.

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