The Kuri Bagh
By LahoreBazaar Published: 01/24/2009
Close to the mausoleum of Mauj Daria, Bukhari, is the Ahluwalaia hosue, or the house belonging to the Raja of Kapurthala. It is called by the people Kuri Bagh, or daughters garden. The house was originally built by Mr. Allard, the french Officer, in the service of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. His daughter, having died here, was interred in the garden attached to the house, which on that account came to be called Kuri Bagh. The tomb of the deceased is on a mound to the north-west of the garden, and on a slab in the floor is the following inscription:
To Marie Charlotte, decedee le 5me Avril, 1827, fille de M. Allard de St. Topiz Chivalier de la Legion d Honneur General de la Cavalerie.
A Persian inscription over the entrance outside gives also the name of the deceased.
