Place · Mughal tomb · India
Shamsher Khan's Tomb, Batala
A domed Mughal tomb in Batala built in 1589 for Shamsher Khan, foster-brother of Akbar and the Mughal faujdar of Batala. The octagonal plan with four chhatris at the corners and a central lotus-finial dome places it in the north-Indian Afghan-Mughal transition style of the late Akbari period. Protected monument.
- Function
- Burial and funerary
- Patron dynasty
- Mughal
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 31.817, 75.205
Connections (1)
- Court associationAkbar
Shamsher Khan was Akbar’s foster-brother (kokaltash) and his Mughal faujdar of Batala until his death in 1589. His octagonal domed tomb at Batala was built the same year with imperial patronage; the plan with four corner chhatris follows the late Akbari transition style that is also seen in Humayun’s Tomb and the sixteenth-century Sayyid-Lodi mausolea at Delhi.
Sources
Standard reference (Archaeological Survey of India).
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