Tomb of Nawab Mian Khan

Name of Monument: Maqbara Nawab Mian Khan

Location: Boghiwal Lahore

Date of Construction: 1670’s

Material of construction and finishes: Brickwork, Sang e Siyah (Black Taxila Stone), fresco paintings

The tomb of Nawab Mian Khan, son of Nawab Saad ullah Khan, prime Minister of Shah Jahan, is located in a garden and rests on a high platform in the form of a baradari pavilion and approached by a flight of steps. Each face of baradari has three multifoil arched openings. The facia below the pent was decorated with fresco paintings. The sarcophagus was made in white marble but destroyed during the Sikh period by Suchet Singh. It is the only sub-imperial Mughal garden built in Stone.

Tomb of Nawab Mian Khan