Tomb of Jahangir

The tomb of the Mughal emperor Jahangir lies in a walled garden complex at Shahdara Bagh, across the Ravi river north-west of the city. It was built by his son Shah Jahan in the years after 1627 and is a low square mausoleum of red sandstone inlaid with white marble — set in a perfect four-square charbagh garden of fountain channels and cypress avenues.

A combined ticket also covers the adjacent Akbari Sarai (a Mughal caravanserai) and the Tomb of Asaf Khan (Jahangir's brother-in-law). The complex is half an hour's drive from the centre and noticeably quieter than the Walled City sights.

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Jahangir was buried here in 1627 at his own instruction — the spot he had chosen during life with his queen Nur Jahan, who lies in her own tomb a short walk to the west. Their daughter-in-law Mumtaz Mahal, more famous for the Taj Mahal in Agra, is the connection between Lahore's tomb gardens and those of the better-known sister monuments downstream.

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