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Tomb of Khan-e-Jahan Bahadur Kokaltash ( ur, ) is a 17th-century tomb of a

governor that is located in ''Mohalla Ganj'', in the

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i city of

History

Khan-e-Jahan Bahadur Zafar Jung Kokaltash served as Mughal Sūbehdar (governor) of Lahore from 11 April 1691 – 1693. In mid of 1693, Emperor

Aurangzeb Muhi al-Din Muhammad (; – 3 March 1707), commonly known as ( fa, , lit=Ornament of the Throne) and by his regnal title Alamgir ( fa, , translit=ʿĀlamgīr, lit=Conqueror of the World), was the sixth emperor of the Mughal Empire, ruling ...

Alamgir dismissed him from this office. Four years later, Khan-e-Jahan died on 23 November 1697 in

and buried the location of this tomb. Historic evidences are obscure about Khan-e-Jahan. Historians have different views about that who is buried here. Historian Kanhaiya Lal give remarks that he was a

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and Umrā-ul-Umrā during the reign of Mughal Emperor

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and he died in 1602. But in later Mughal History, we can find who is buried here?. He was a great noble-man, named Khan-e-Jahan Bahadur Zafar Jung Kokaltash, during the reign of Mughal Emperor

. Mostly historians disagree from Kanhaiya Lal's historic remark. Historian Noor Ahmed Chishti have not written any view about Khan-e-Jahan Bahadur in his "''Tehqeeqt-e-Chishti''", but only wrote about tomb's structure. The grave of Khan-e-Jahan was demolished in

Ranjit Singh Ranjit Singh (13 November 1780 – 27 June 1839), popularly known as Sher-e-Punjab or "Lion of Punjab", was the first Maharaja of the Sikh Empire, which ruled the northwest Indian subcontinent in the early half of the 19th century. He s ...

's Era. When the Sikh Empire collapsed in 1849, and construction of

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was in underway, Some English chiefs converted this tomb into

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. It is one of the last tomb, who built in the late era of

Structure

The tomb was built in 1697–1698, After the death of Khan-e-Jahan. But certain years of construction are unknown. It is built on an octagonal platform by bricks and marble. The tomb is composed in octagon shape of architecture. The grave was adorned with marble. In the early British India period, grave was demolished, when the construction of Mian-Mir Cantonment was in underway. The tomb has two-storey building, can reach to upper building via stairs.

Conservation

The mausoleum is protected under the Punjab Special Premises Act of 1975. The present appearance is much denuded. In

Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 or the Second Kashmir War was a culmination of skirmishes that took place between April 1965 and September 1965 between Pakistan and India. The conflict began following Pakistan's Operation Gibraltar, which was d ...

, most of southern and eastern facade collapsed. The dome is now supported by a brick-pillar of modern design. The Kalib-Kari (Muqarnas) of upper storey is also damaged.

Gallery

File:Southwest-Entrance of tomb of Khan-e-Jahan Bahadur Kokaltash, Lahore.jpg, Southwest-Entrance of the tomb File:Eastern Facade of tomb of Khan-e-Jahan Bahadur Kokaltash.jpg, Eastern Facade of the tomb File:Dome of Tomb of Khan-e-Jahan Bahadur Kokaltash.jpg, Dome of the Tomb, seen from southern facade, and modern brick-pillar is behind the dome. File:Western Facade of the tomb of Khan-e-Jahan Bahadur Kokaltash.jpg, Western Facade of the tomb File:Interior Dome of the tomb of Khan-e-Jahan Bahdur Kolkaltash.jpg, Interior Dome of the tomb File:Southern-West Facade of the tomb of Khan-e-Jahan Bahadur Kokaltash.jpg, Southern-West Facade of the tomb File:Stairs of the tomb of Khan-e-Jahan Bahadur Kokaltash.jpg, Stairs of the tomb for Upper storey File:Brick pillar in the Eastern Side of Tomb of Khan-e-Jahan Bahadur Kokaltash.jpg, Brick-Pillar in the Eastern Side of the tomb File:Niche in western side of Tomb of Khan-e-Jahan Bahadur Kokaltash.jpg, Niche in Western Side of the tomb File:Dome of the tomb of Khan-e-Jahan Bahadur Kokaltash.jpg, Exterior view of the dome File:Stairs of Ground floor of the tomb of Khan-e-Jahan Bahadur Kokaltash.jpg, Stairs of Ground floor of the tomb

References

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History

Structure

Conservation

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