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جہانگیر قبر، شاہدرہ باغ لاہور پاکستان

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جہانگیر قبر، شاہدرہ باغ لاہور پاکستان

The Tomb of Jahangir is a mausoleum built by Jahangir,
who ruled the Mughal Empire from 1605 to 1627. The
mausoleum is located in Shahdara Bagh in Lahore,
Punjab.
Jahangir died at Rajauri in 1627 after he returned to
Lahore. He was buried on the banks of the river Ravi,
in the large walled garden of Empress Nur Jahan,
three miles northwest of the region of Shahdara,
in Delhi. His tomb was built and completed by
Emperor Shah Jahan in 1637 AD, at the cost of ten
lakhs Rupees.
According to some historians, the tomb suffered in
the hands of Lahana Singh, one of the three hakims
of Lahore before Maharajah Ranjit Singh also stripped
it of its most impressive ornaments to decorate the
Sikh temple of Amritsar. It housed Amise, a French
officer of the Sikh army and Sultan Muhammad Khan, brother of Dost Muhammad Khan of Kabul, which
caused further damage. The British government
repaired the tomb in 1889 and 1890, with repairs
continuing in the following years.
The tomb, along with the adjacent Akbari Sarai and
the tomb of Asif Khan, is on the tentative list as a
UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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