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Khan-I-Khanan
This mausoleum is situated to the south of the road to Shalimar,
and south-west of the garden of Nawab Mahabat Khan, on a platform of brick-work
now, however in a decayed condition.The dome which is decorated with porcelain work of blue and yellow
color, is supported by a quadrangular building, each side of which is
provided with an arched entrnce, with an arcaded by buttresses of solid
brick-work, and give the edifice a graceful and pleasing appearnce.The mausoleum originally stood in the midst of a garden, the gateway
of which existed until lately; but Shera, a zemindar, having purchased
it from Government, dismantled it and no trace of it now remains.
Khan-I-Khanan, surnamed Yamin-ud-daula, who lies buried beneath
this dome, was the elder son fo Nawab Qamr-ud-din Khan, the Minister of
Mahomed Shah, Emperor of Delhi, who ws killed by a cannon ball in the
battle of Karnal with the Abdali Ahmad Shah.His younger brother was Nawab Moin-ul-Mulk, commonly known by the
title of Mir Mannu, the vault of whose tomb is close to the Punjab Norht-Western
Railway station.He was created khan-I-Khanan by Ahmad Shah, the Moghal Emperor
of Delhi, son and successor of Mahomed Shah.He come to Lahore to settle a dispute between his own sister and
Khan bahadur, to whom she was married, but died at Lahore in 1192 A.H.
(1778 A.D.) and was buried here.
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