Tomb of Parvez Mirza To Be Restored

The archaeological department of Uttar Pradesh will execute a conservation project to preserve a Mughal era monument from further decay.

The structure situated between Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) conserved Itimad-ud-Daula’s tomb and Chini Ka Ruza in Agra is said to be tomb of Sultan Parvez (Parviz), grandson of Akbar and second son of Jahangir. His daughter Nadira Banu Begum was the wife of Dara Shik oh, eldest son of Shah Jahan (son of Jahangir) and eldest brother of the sixth Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. Sahib-e-Jamal was Parviz’s mother.

Bearing a striking resemblance to the mausoleum of megalomaniac 14th century Mongol leader Timur in Samarkand in Uzbekistan, Parvez Mirza’s tomb is in a shambles now. Inverted lotus at the dome has been disfigured and lime mortar plaster over its walls has crumbled.

Timur’s mausoleum is known as the Gur-e Amir mausoleum.

Parvez died of delirium tremens in 1626 AD in Burhanpur (now in Madhya Pradesh).

Several Mughal rulers and princes were addicted to alcohol and had died of delirium tremens. Murad and Daniyal, the sons of Akbar, had succumbed to delirium tremens.

Babar, the founder of the Mughal Empire, was an opium eater and loved to drink fine wines.

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