Type: Monument - Tomb
Province: Punjab
District: Lahore
Period: Historic
Relative Chronology: 1526 - 1857 CE
Description: Nawab Mian Khan was the son of Nawab Saadullah Khan who was the Prime Minister of Lahore during the reign of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan. Following GT road,Shiwala Chowk in Singhpura area of Bhogiwal, there is a well preserved Baradari. According to Kanhaiya Lals Tareekh-e-Lahore written in 1884, it is the same Baradari that houses Mian Khans grave. Main Khan died in 1671 during the reign of Aurangzeb and was buried inside this baradari.Unlike other Baradari constructed in that era, this one is relatively small. Since Nawab hailed from Chiniot in Punjab, and Chiniot being famous for having black stone, he used the same black stone in all of his constructions. History states that at the time of its construction, hundreds of thousands of rupees were reportedly spent on the tomb of Mian Khan son of a man valued by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb. Exquisite floral patterns border the roof of the Baradari, paying tribute to the artistic details that were so popular in that era. On all four sides of the Baradari, there is a large high rise podium. The floor of the podium is made of large slabs of black stone and in fact, the whole podium including the sides is constructed of the same Chiniot black stone. In the middle of the main podium, there is another black stone podium of the height of 1/2 a meter on which the building of the Baradari stands. In the middle of the Baradari, there is another podium of the height of 15 cm upon which stood the marble tomb of Mian Khan which was removed by Raja Sachets Singh commander of Ranjit Singhs crack cavalry brigade the Charyari Sowars and ruler of Ramnagar and now only the podium remains. The Baradari was surrounded by a garden with a fountain like many other Mughal era gardens. The south end of the garden had a gate chamber which does not exist now. Also, two identical mosques were built on the western and eastern ends of the garden
Latitude: 31.585445823
Longitude: 74.368487314
Ownership: Private
Legal Status: Protected by The Punjab Special Premises (Preservation), Ordinance, 1985
Title of Publication: Mian Khans Tomb
Published In: https://archive.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/08/27/mian-khans-tomb/
Year of Publication: 2021 (Retrieved)
Bibliography/Reference: Qureshi, Tania
