Burial Jahanara Begum

jahan ara s tomb (left), nizamuddin auliya s tomb (right) , jamaat khana masjid (background), @ nizamuddin dargah complex, in nizamuddin west, delhi.

jahanara had tomb built during lifetime. constructed entirely of white marble screen of trellis work , open sky.

upon death, aurangzeb gave posthumous title: sahibat-uz-zamani (mistress of age). jahanara buried in tomb in nizamuddin dargah complex in new delhi, considered remarkable simplicity . inscription on tomb reads follows:

بغیر سبزہ نہ پو شد کسے مزار مرا کہ قبر پوش غریباں ہمیں گیاہ و بس است‎

allah living, sustaining.

let no 1 cover grave except greenery,

for grass suffices tomb cover poor.

the mortal simplistic princess jahanara,

disciple of khwaja moin-ud-din chishti,

daughter of shah jahan conqueror

may allah illuminate proof.

1092 [1681 ad]