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Description
Property Name: Khusro Bagh
Inventory No: 91-532-1
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2009-06-09
Country (State party): India
Province: Uttar Pradesh
Town: Allahabad
Geographic coordinates: 25° 26′ 33.54″ N
81° 49′ 15.17″ E
Historic Period: 17th century, 1st half
Year of Construction:
Style: Mughal
Original Use: Garden
Current Use: Garden
Architect: Unknown
Significance
An important example of Mughal gardens, Khusro Bagh surrounds the tombs of Khusro, the eldest son of Jahangir, Shah Begum, Jahangir’s wife and Princess Sultan Nithar Begam, Jahangir’s sister. The tombs present elegant examples of Mughal architecture.
Selection Criteria
iv. to be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history
vi. to be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance
State of Preservation
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References
U. Singh: Allahabad: A Study in Urban Geography (Varanasi, 1961)
J. B. Harrison: “Four Gridirons (Philadelphia, Singapore, Rangoon, Allahabad),” East India Company Studies, ed. K. Ballhatchet and J. Harrison (Hong Kong, 1986)