Place · Jahangir-era Mughal tomb group · India
Nakodar Tombs, Nakodar (Jalandhar)
Also known as Tomb of Mohammad Momin, Nakodar tombs
A pair of octagonal domed tombs at Nakodar, built in 1612 and 1657 for the Mughal courtier Muhammad Momin Khan Husaini and his son by order of Jahangir and Shah Jahan. The tiled dado in Multani-blue kashi work and the carved sandstone chhajjas are the most elaborate on any Mughal tomb in Punjab; the inscriptions name the Lahore master-mason Miyan Hasan.
- Function
- Burial and funerary
- Patron dynasty
- Mughal
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 31.125, 75.474
Connections (1)
- PatronageNur Jahan
The two octagonal domed tombs at Nakodar — for the Mughal courtier Muhammad Momin Khan Husaini (1612) and his son (1657) — were raised in Jahangir’s and Shah Jahan’s reigns during Nur Jahan’s effective co-sovereignty, and share the Multani-blue kashi tile dado and carved sandstone chhajjas of her other Punjab projects. The master mason Miyan Hasan named on the inscriptions worked across her imperial-sarai programme on the Lahore-Delhi highway.
Sources
Standard reference (Archaeological Survey of India).
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