JAHANGIR'S TOMB(LAHORE)

                                         

JAHANGIR'S TOMB

    Jahangir's Tomb (fabricated 1627-37)

   The Burial place of Jahangir is located in Shahdara, a suburb of Lahore toward the northwest of the city. The region had been a most loved spot of Jahangir and the region was usually utilized as a take-off point for movements to and from Kashmir and Lahore.

    Jahangir passed on in 1627 he might have at first been covered in shahdara in one of its many nurseries .His child, Shah Jahan ,requested that s tomb befitting an Emperor be worked as a lon-asting remembrance .

Construction

    Development of the sepulcher endured 10 years, from 1627 to 37, and was likely supported by the royal depository (however there is some proof that Jahangir's better half, Nur Jahan, may have funded the development).

   The area about , an immense quadrangle estimating 600 gaz (roughly 500 meters) to a side and is partitioned into four chahar baghs (four-section gardens).

   A fountainhead possesses the focal point of each of the chahar baghs and the in the middle between, making a ring of 8 wellsprings around the focal burial chamber. 

   Water for the wellsprings was provided by wells beyond he nursery and raised into channels on oft the dividers utilizing water wheels that are presently not surviving. Burial place at Shahdara significantly impacted the personality of the suburb, the aim of Jahangir's.

  Though before hand the regions has been utilized as a position of unwinding ,during Shah  Jahan's time the rural area was changed into a landmark  to the Mughal's Supreme Rule.

    This was just strong by the development of a jilau khana (forecourt) toward the west of the burial place and the ensuing development of a burial place to Jahangir's central pastor Asaf Khan toward the west. The gathering arrived at its pinnacle