Type: Monument - Tomb
Province: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District: Peshawar
Period: Historic
Relative Chronology: 1526 - 1857 CE
Description: The tomb of Nawab Rashid Khan Bajauri (Tajik), the first Mughal Governor of Peshawar of Babur, is situated in the Murshidabad locality on Kohat Road, just outside the Ram-Das Gate of Peshawar City. His wife is also buried besides him. The mausoleum is in poor shape. The structure over the tomb is evidently an erection from later Mughal times. The graveyard around it is for the exclusive use of the clan of his descendants.
Latitude: 33.987700000
Longitude: 71.561900000
Ownership: Private
Legal Status: Not Protected
Title of Publication: Peshawar: Historic City of the Frontier
Published In: Sang-e-Meel Publications, Lahore
Year of Publication: 1995
Bibliography/Reference: Dani, Ahmed Hassan