Noor Jahan Tomb!!! by Dr. Imran Sohail. Having survived Jahangir by 18 years, Queen Noor Jahan died

Noor Jahan Tomb!!! by Dr. Imran Sohail. Having survived Jahangir by 18 years, Queen Noor Jahan died at the age of 68 years and much of the mausoleum was most probably constructed during her lifetime. The tomb took four years to complete at the cost of Rupees three lakhs. Following the ascent of Shah Jahan to the Mughal throne, she was provided a yearly allowance of 200,000 rupees. Given the poor state of relations between her and Shah Jahan, it is likely that she funded the construction of her tomb from her annual allowance. As with the Tomb of Asif Khan, Noor Jahan’s tomb was stripped of its ornamental stones and marble during the occupation of Lahore by the army of Ranjit Singh. Much of the materials were used to decorated the Golden Temple in Amritsar, and it has been said that half the Golden Temple’s splendour derives from marble plundered from Noor Jahan’s shrine. The Shahdara ensemble of monuments, including the Noor Jahan tomb, suffered under British rule when a railway line was built between the tombs of Asif Khan and Noor Jahan.[ https://flic.kr/p/2gj7zVY -- source link

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