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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. [ 5 ]
On the left of the tomb, to the east, stands a red sandstone tomb of Islam Khan I, son of Shaikh Badruddin Chishti and grandson of Shaikh Salim Chishti, who became a general in the Mughal army in the reign of Jahangir. The tomb is topped by a dome and thirty-six small domed chattris and contains a number of graves, some unnamed, all male ...
It is the mausoleum of Mariam-uz-Zamani, the favorite [28] [29] and most influential consort of the Mughal Emperor Akbar. [30] [31] [32] The tomb was built by her son Jahangir, in her memory between years 1623-1627 and is located in Sikandra, next to the Akbar's Tomb, [33] [34] [35] in the direction of Mathura. [36]
Akbar's tomb is the mausoleum of the third and greatest Mughal emperor Akbar. The tomb was built in 1605–1613 by his son, Jahangir and is situated on 119 acres of grounds in Sikandra, a suburb of Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. The buildings are constructed mainly from a deep red sandstone, enriched with features in white marble. [1] [2]
Decorated arch of the Tomb of Nithar Nithar's tomb interior. The four sandstone mausoleums within this walled garden, present an exquisite example of Mughal architecture.The design of its main entrance, the surrounding gardens, and the three-tier tomb of Shah Begum, who died in 1604, has been attributed to Aqa Reza, Jahangir’s principal court artist.
The victorious Jahangir, at 26 years of age, ordered the completion of the Jahangir Mahal a famous Mughal citadel in Orchha to commemorate and honour his victory. [citation needed] From the very beginning of Jahangir reign as emperor, he witnessed the internal rivalry of the bundela chiefs for control. [35]
Despite the name of the structure, Akbari Sarai was begun during the reign of Islam Shah Suri in the mid 1550s, and not during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Akbar. [3] The mosque at the sarai dates from the Suri period, though the cells which line the complex, and its gateways, [2] date from the Shah Jahan period in the mid 1600s.
Shalimar Bagh was built by Mughal Emperor Jahangir in 1619. [4] He enlarged the ancient garden in 1619 into a royal garden and called it 'Farah Baksh' ('the delightful'). In 1630, under Emperor Shah Jahan ’s orders, Zafar Khan the governor of Kashmir extended it.