The Tombs of Ustad-Shagird are two

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-era tombs in the town of

Nakodar Nakodar is a town and a municipal council in Jalandhar district in the Indian state of Punjab (India), Punjab. The city is almost 365 km from Delhi, 25 km from Jalandhar, 49 km from Ludhiana, and about 101 km from Amritsar. S ...

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, the word ''Ustad'' refers to teacher, and ''Shagird'' means student or disciple. The Tomb of ''Ustad'' is of Muhammad Mumin Hussaini, a musician and nobleman from the time of

Jahangir Nur-ud-din Muhammad Salim (31 August 1569 – 28 October 1627), known by his imperial name Jahangir (; ), was List of emperors of the Mughal Empire, Emperor of Hindustan from 1605 until his death in 1627, and the fourth Mughal emperors, Mughal ...

, as identified by an inscription on the tomb dating it to 1612–13 CE. The Tomb of ''Shagird'' is of Haji Jamal, the student of Mumin Hussaini, and dates to 1657, during the reign of

Shah Jahan Shah Jahan I, (Shahab-ud-Din Muhammad Khurram; 5 January 1592 – 22 January 1666), also called Shah Jahan the Magnificent, was the Emperor of Hindustan from 1628 until his deposition in 1658. As the fifth Mughal emperor, his reign marked the ...

. The similarity of the inscriptions, both in terms of the same chapters and verses of the Quran as well as the style of writing, point to both being done by the same calligrapher.

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These tombs had been built during the

period amidst a garden called the ''Hadironwala Bagh'' (Garden of the Tombs). The garden does not exist anymore. The tombs themselves are great examples of

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. On the west of the tombs is a gateway said to have been built in 1667 CE. There is another smaller gateway on the east, now in ruins. To the north is a tank, and on one side of it is a summer house. Beyond the tank is a baradari containing the shrine of Bahadur Khan who died during the reign of

, and also an old mosque which is now in a dilapidated condition.

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