Mausoleum in the khusrau bagh, near allahabad, uttar pradesh. Coloured aquatint by thomas daniell, 1796. Plate 22 from the first set of thomas daniell's 'oriental scenery. ' the daniells wrote, 'the remains of sultan purveiz, the son of the emperor jehangire, were here deposited about the year 1626. ' the identification of the tomb is actually uncertain and it is now believed to be that of his sister nithar begum (d. 1624/5). It is a building of typical mughal style, a cube crowned by a dome on a terrace, with many wall niches, slender portals in the middle of each side and slim chhatris or pavilions. In the main building is only a cenotaph; the entrance at the lower level leads to the actual tomb of the princess. Iconographic collections
keywords: thomas daniell. Object Type: print. Mausoleum in the Khusrau Bagh, near Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh Wellcome V0050481
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