A LOST ARCHITECTURAL MASTERPIECE OF LAHORE;
THE MAUSOLEUM OF MIAN LUTUFULLAH KHAN, SON OF
PRIME MINISTER SAADULLAH KHAN; GOVERNOR LAHORE.

The obsession with Lahore has run through everybody, but contrary to the merits of solid scholarship, the present writers have no aptitude to search for the truth. A look at one source here or there, and they rush to write things, or do a video on the same. with scant knowledge of resources at the disposal of the researcher. The result research abounds with every kind of mistake. Quick research results in permanent disinformation.

There is at present a Baradari in Lahore, and you find various write ups as well as videos, announcing it as the Mausoleum of Mian Khan. The unfortunate part is that the vandalism of the Sikhs have destroyed the Sarcophagus, and misinformation from our accepted historian misleads us further. Accepting the verdict of Nuruddin Chisti leaves us nowhere the truth. Yes, it is the remnant of Mian Khan’s tomb, but which Mian Khan, there are three potentials for the same.

Mian Saadullah Khan, Prime Minister of Emperor Shah Jahan:

Mian Saadullah was a favourite of the Emperor, and he even picked up a fight with his beloved Prince Dara Shikoh on him. And yet we find no place where he got buried. Some talk of an unknown grave at the complex of Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia, but there is no confirmation. Obviously his date of death is known. And that helps us in some ways. To be exact 17th April, 1656.

Mian Lutufuillah Khan, Governor Lahore, important Minister of Aurangzeb:

The most misleading thing is that the date of death given by Nuruddin Chisti does not match with his date of death. The official chronicles like Shahjahan nama as well as Maaseray Alamgeri speaks of him being the eldest son and eleven years old at the time of the death of his father (17th April, 1656) and eulogized by the Emperor, but the Maaseray tells us that he died far away from Lahore, from an appointment of Nazim of Aurangabad, he was transferred to Deputy Nazim of Berar and died on the way there. The exact date is not given but it was between August and November, 1702. Confirmed date of death 1702. All speak of the date of death 1671. One realizes how misleading this has become.

Mian Hafeezullah Khan, commander in Mughal army: 

In Insha Madho Ram, letters exchanged between Munshi Madho Ram of Mian Lutufullah Khan, the name of Hafeezullah Khan is mentioned many times. Letters from elder brother to younger brother exist too. More nature of advice to remain patient in adversity. But he was about five years old at time of death of his father, and would be 21 years old in 1671. Was he of enough higher rank to deserve a grand mausoleum of this nature. Of Course not, he was literally a nobody in the Mughal tiers. And certainly not the Governor of Lahore. 

A little research clarifies many things, and nothing is to be taken for granted in any research, till documentation proves otherwise. For a body to be carried to Lahore, from Berar thousands of miles away, required an important royal position. Only Mian Lutufullah Khan had it.

Seal of Mian Lutufullah Khan and various references, including portrait: 

Many manuscripts carry the seal of Mian Lutufullah Khan, and some carry his brief notes too. But a portrait classified his face all the more. We have included it in the portrayal of this documentation. 

The Mausoleum of Mian Lutufullah Khan:

The earliest description is given by Nuruddin Chisti and we have recorded all of it in our book on same. But the best dividend is picture. I am sure none of you have even an idea of the same. By the time I photographed it, some things were still intact. But greed won. No one cared to restore it. By and by more fell. One mosque (the other jawab of same gone) still remains and no one even talks of it being part of the structure. So enjoy our snapshots. The big panorama is in the book and I will not publish it on internet to be copied endlessly by empty researchers. You can always get a copy of our publication free of cost from us, only for love of Lahore. We are Lahoris and we spread truth. And one other thing. It is a mausoleum made by my architect ancestor Lutufullah Ahmad Muhandis and we love it.

Chabuk Sawaran and Haveli of Mian Khan, both in Lahore:

Wall to wall, that is how much we are attached to same. Two Lutufullahs both of Lahore, and got together in an architectural marvel of Lahore. Please remember the same, not as a baradari of 1671, but as a grand project of 1702. Study our book for more information. Well done! Memories can live too.