Type: Monument - Tomb
Province: Punjab
District: Lahore
Period: Historic
Relative Chronology: 1526 - 1857 CE
Description: Near Dai Angas tomb, there is a solid tower like, tapering brick built structure surmounted by a four sided pyramidal low dome carried over a double low neck. This building is the tomb of Sharfun Nisa Begum, the sister of Nawab Zakariya Khan, surnamed Khan Bahadur Khan, governor of Lahore during the reign of Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah. The tomb is locally known as Sarvwala tomb (the cypress tomb), from its ornamentation of cypress trees. These cypresses, four on each side are intercepted by smaller blooming flower plants, all in enameled tile mosaic work on plaster base.
Latitude: 31.580900000
Longitude: 74.364100000
Ownership: Federal Government
Legal Status: Protected by The Antiquity Act 1975 (As amended in 1992)
Title of Publication: Archaeological Sites and Historical Monuments Protected Under the Antiquities Act, 1975
Published In: Federal Department of Archaeology & Museums, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad
Year of Publication: 1987
Bibliography/Reference: Khan, Ahmad Nabi
