Thursday, March 10, 2011

Dai Anga's Tomb




Zeb Un Nisa aka Dai Anga, was a wet nurse of Mughal King Shah Jehan and was well respected in the royal family. The tomb of Dai Anga is known as the Gulabi Bagh. Her family was closely associated with the Mughal empire. Her husband Murad Khan served Emperor Jahangir as Magistrate of Bikaner, and her son Muhammad Rashid Khan, was the best archers in the kingdom, and died fighting in the service of Shah Jahan's eldest son Dara Shikoh. Shah Jahan highly regarded Zeb Un Nisa.
[Wikipedia]

The tomb of Dai Anga is located in Begumpura, Lahore

Photo Credits: Shiraz Hassan















2 comments:

  1. Very nice pictures.

    You are really doing a great job.

    God bless you!

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  2. :O the photographs are beautiful! oh, how I wish I could visit Lahore :(

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