{"id":1553,"date":"2010-12-18T19:14:07","date_gmt":"2010-12-18T14:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aasims.wordpress.com\/?p=1553"},"modified":"2025-05-08T10:52:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T10:52:23","slug":"anonymous-tomb-near-samanabad-lahore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aasimnaseem.com\/blog\/anonymous-tomb-near-samanabad-lahore\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomb of Princes Zaib-un-Nissa – Lahore Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had a different script in my mind for this post; I had captured this place 6 or 7 months back at the hot midday of June, but when I started digging into history to know about this tomb, I was really surprised that there isn’t any concrete info available for the personality that rests there. According to those who live nearby, this is a tomb of Princess Zeb-un-Nissa, daughter of Mughal emperor \u201cAurangzeb\u201d (known as Alamgeer).<\/p>\n

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Is this myth or true history that was doubtful? I searched over the internet, read Mughal history, and used Google Maps to see if someone marked that tomb as related to some personality, but all in vain. A few lines replicated by many (from local writers) tell us that this is the tomb of Princess Zeb-un-Nisa, but there is no other historical evidence one can find.<\/p>\n

My saunterer soul led me to the Department of Information\u00a0Culture<\/em> and\u00a0Tourism & Resort Development<\/em> Department of the Government of Punjab to see their records; I went to the history department at the University of Punjab. Everywhere it is marked as the mausoleum of Princess Zeb-un-Nisa.<\/p>\n

From some other sources, like Wikipedia and Annemarie Schimmel (in his book The Empire of the Great Mughals: History, Art, and Culture), we found that the tomb of Princess Zeb-un-Nisa, daughter of Alamgeer, was build in Delhi. The place was known as the garden of “thirty thousand trees.”<\/p>\n

location of tomb in Lahore Pakistan;Zeb-un-Nissa died in 1701 in\u00a0Shahjahanabad<\/a> (old\u00a0Delhi<\/a>), while Aurangzeb was on a trip to Deccan<\/a>. Her tomb was in the garden of “Thirty Thousand Trees,” outside of the Kabuli Gate. But when the railway line was laid out at Delhi<\/a>, her tomb was shifted to\u00a0Akbar<\/a>‘s mausoleum at Sikandara,\u00a0Agra<\/a>.
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You can read about her at Wikipedia (http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zeb-un-Nisa); She was a poet, famous for her taste for art & craft and her love for nature & parks. Chouburji monument, the centre of activity & one of the busiest squares in Lahore was supposed to be a gateway for magnificent ladies’ park founded by the Mughal princess outside the walled city at that time;<\/p>\n

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Besides the fact whos inside, the tomb is really in miserable condition; The black walls, broken bricks, wall chalking and illegal construction in tomb’s yard has ruined its beauty; Painted & crafted wall interior is either damaged or lost in defense with harsh weather seasons; At its peak it must be true representative of Mughal’s unique architectural style; Still we can find some of great work on faded walls and arches; Click to view full album.<\/a><\/p>\n