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The Dome of Nawab Bhawalpur
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 soild 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. |
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