The Dome of Nawab Bhawalpur
By LahoreBazaar Published: 01/24/2009
The dome of Nawab Saadat Khan, the Nawab of Bahawalpur is situated close to Kuri Bagh, or the Ahluwalia house, towards the southern extremity of the Anarkali Bazars. The dome is beautiful and elegant, and is situated in the midst of a garden enclosed by walls of solid masonry.
Saadat Khan was the younger son of Nawab Bahawal Khan, and according to the will of his father, he succeeded to the Chief ship of the State at the close of 1851, when his father died. Haji Khan, the eldest son of the deceased Nawab, who was supported by the Daud putras, having expelled the younger brother, ascended the masnad of Chiefship, and Saadat Khan was brought to Lahore, and placed under arrest in the fort. He died while in custody in the Samman Burj, in 1862, and was buried here. The present mausoleum was built to his memory at a cost of Rs. 1,5000 by his widows, who had accompanied him to Lahore.