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The tomb of
Khusrau is the last of the three tombs in Khusro Bagh. Khusro was first imprisoned in the garden after he rebelled against his father, Jahangir, in 1606. Following an attempt to escape, he was blinded by Jahangir's instructions. In 1622 he was killed on the orders of Khusrau's brother and
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Khusrau's tomb was completed in 1622, while that of Nithar Begum's, which lies between Shah Begum's and
Khusrau's tombs, was built on her instructions in 1624-25. Nithar's mausoleum is however empty and it does not contain her tomb within it.
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Next to the Begum's is the tomb of
Khusrau's sister, Nithar. Architecturally, this is the most elaborate of the three. It lies on an elevated platform and is adorned with panels depicting the scalloped arch motif. Within the
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Governor of liberated Allahabad. In Allahabad however, the Mutiny was swiftly put down and Khusro Bagh was retaken by the British in two weeks.
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are rooms whose ceilings have been elaborately painted with stars in concentric circles. The central room has on its walls floral decorations depicting
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that adorn her tomb were carved out by Mir
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