Asaf Khan was Jahangir's brother-in-law and governor of the Punjab at the time of the emperor's death in 1627. When Asaf Khan died on November 21, 1641, he held the post of commander-in-chief under Shah Jahan (r. 1627–1658). The Emperor directed that he should be buried close to the late Emperor Jahangir’s Mausoleum, and a lofty dome edifice should be erected over his tomb (W. E. Begley, ed., The Shah Jahan nama of ʻInayat Khan, 282). The tomb lies in the middle of a chahārbāgh, measuring 300 gaz square. The main entrance gateway to the tomb garden was on the south side, a false Jawab gate on the north, a mosque on the west, and a pavilion on the east to balance the layout. The project is being conserved with the financial assistance of Global Heritage fund.
Source: Court Chronicle, 1658
-Abdul Rehman, Munazzah Akhtar
Resources:
The Shah Jahan nama of ʻInayat Khan : an abridged history of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, compiled by his royal librarian : the nineteenth-century manuscript translation of A.R. Fuller (British Library, add. 30,777) (Open in Zotero)
Originally published at: Rehman, Abdul, and Munazzah Akhtar. “Tomb Garden of Asaf Khan.” Middle East Garden Traditions. Dumbarton Oaks, November 18, 2014. https://www.doaks.org/resources/middle-east-garden-traditions/catalogue#b_start=0&c6=Mughal+Gardens. Archived at: https://perma.cc/9W6B-6FJT
