{"id":11111,"date":"2020-10-23T14:00:58","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T14:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?p=11111"},"modified":"2020-10-23T14:00:58","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T14:00:58","slug":"exploring-the-inside-of-the-dome-of-sahib-jamal-wife-of-prince-saleem-dome-first-of-its-kind-in-the-region-largely-empty-unseen-bottom-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?p=11111","title":{"rendered":"EXPLORING THE INSIDE OF THE DOME OF SAHIB JAMAL WIFE OF PRINCE SALEEM – DOME FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE REGION, LARGELY EMPTY, UNSEEN BOTTOM VIEW"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

EXPLORING THE INSIDE OF THE DOME OF SAHIB JAMAL WIFE OF PRINCE SALEEM – DOME FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE REGION, LARGELY EMPTY, UNSEEN BOTTOM VIEW<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mausoleum-of-Sahib-Jamal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The initial date of the mausoleum (or year of death) is 1008 AH or 1599 AD, and the next one is given as 1024 AH or 1615 AD. A Mughal Prince in 1599, and a full-fledged Emperor in 1615. The sorrow remained fresh for 16 years, and proves that the sentiments of royalty were not fickle and went away with time. Catherine B. Asher writes that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The tomb….has several features that depart from those of other Imperial tombs. A central domed chamber follows a familiar plan.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But what is unusual is that in most mausoleum, standing in the central domed chamber, we see the inside of the dome high up the ceiling. Although the top layer is camouflaged by lower layer, but the inside layer is as curved as the upper one. Here the shape of the lower dome is more Sultanate in style, and the upper dome more bulbous. The later bulbous domes reveal all that. But inside the upper dome is a huge empty space, that we usually do not see in other similar architectural designs. We know that it has been studied by so many professionals, but they have not pointed out this aspect of the design. In my opinion it shows that there was a mausoleum made by the Prince for his wife Sahib Jamal, and later as an Emperor, he had it enlarged in true royal size. The dates seem to confirm that. For 16 years is too long a time for a mausoleum like that to be built under royalty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Different double dome Sahib Jamal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In 1847 a map was made of Lahore, and at number 42, it shows Anar Kullee. But amazingly at 41, it shows Anar Kullee Nullah, that is the nullah which came from River Ravi was named after Anarkalli. But later on, we have Purani Anarkalli, where we still have an ages old police station, recently restored. And then the modern Anarkalli bazaar, which made the myth of Anarkalli famous in the inhabitants of Lahore. Then the drama writers, film makers, song writers took over the romance of the tale of a Prince with a slave girl (modified from the original that the slave girl was the concubine of his father and mother of his step brother).<\/p>\n\n\n\n