The Sabz Gumbaz
By LahoreBazaar Published: 01/24/2009
This small but imposing dome, of kansi work, is situated opposite the fort, to the south of the road leading to the Taxli Gate, and north of the Sadar Tahsil court. The outer walls are covered with passages from the Kuran, written in raised letters. The mausoleum is ascribed to a Bukhari Syad, named Badr-ud-din Shah Alam, who died during the reign of Shah Jahan.
The present mausoleum was raised to his memory by Sa’dulla Khan, the Wazir of Shah Jahan. Around it was a large garden, all traces of which have disappeared, except an old well which has been included in the Tahsil premises. Raja Suehet Singh, when building his haueli close to this makbara, appropriated the whole of the ground which formerly belonged to it. The Bukhari Syads of Lahore maintain that the saint is one of their primogenitors.