Tomb of Jahangir

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Jahangir's mausoleum in Shahdara, Lahore

Tomb of Jahangir, is the mausoleum built for the Mughal Emperor Jahangir who ruled from 1605 to 1627. The mausoleum is located in Lahore, Pakistan. His son Shah Jahan 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 frescoes and pietra dura inlay and colored marble. The mausoleum features prominently on the Pakistan Rupees 1,000 denomination bank note.

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Jahangir's mausoleum on the old 1000 Pakistani Rupee 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 Mahal at Agra. On two sides of the sarcophagus the ninety-nine attributes of God are inlaid in black. Beautiful 'jalis' admit light in various patterns.

Main entrance	The mausoleum	Four-tiered minaret	Pietra dura detail
Entrance to the tomb chamber	Beautifully inlaid sarcophagus	"Illumined Grave of His Majesty, Asylum of Pardon: Emperor Nur-ud-din Muhammad Jahangir, 1037 AH"	Nur Jahan's nearby mausoleum
Fresco in vestibule of tomb chamber	Fresco in vestibule of tomb chamber	Fresco in vestibule of tomb chamber	Glazed tile kashi inlay in mausoleum verandah