Mausoleum of the Ranee, wife of the Emperor Jehangire, near Allahabad, William Daniell

Plate 4 from the third set of thomas and william daniells' 'oriental scenery. ' this funerary monument was built for jahangir's wife, known as the shah begum. She was a rajput princess of amber, and the mother of prince khusrau. She killed herself in 1605, unable to bear the shame of her son's rebellion. As befits a hindu princess, her mausoleum is a simple three-storeyed trabeate construction without arches, finely decorated by sandstone screens piereced with geometric designs. Object Type: print. Date: 1801 ; medium = aquatint print coloured. Place of creation: London. Dimensions: height: 54 cm (21.2 in); width: 73.7 cm (29 in). Depicted Place: Allahabad. Collection: British Library. Mausoleum of the Ranee, wife of the Emperor Jehangire, near Allahabad; by Thomas and William Daniell, 1801