Tomb of Parvez Mirza To Be Restored

 restoration and conservation of a Mughal

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. 

 

Spread over six marlas, the structure is typical of Mughal architecture with beautiful floral patterns all over the inside walls and roof. The heritage site is about 8km from Peshawar city an  Owing to ravages of time, most of its floral patterns have been disfigured and plaster over of its inner and outer walls has gone rustic and crumbled

 and father of Dara Shikoh’s wife Nadira Banu Begum. 

a brick manufacturer during the reign of Emperor Shah Jahan (1628-58).

known as Sultan Parviz’s tomb

Parviz's tomb is located on the banks of the Yamuna river, near the Itimad-ud-Daula and Chini Ka Ruza. The original design of the tomb was modeled after the mausoleum of Timur, and was situated in the center of the garden at Char Bagh. Not many people of Agra know of this tomb. It once boasted lime mortar plaster, octagonal minarets, and an inverted lotus at the dome. The tomb is not protected by the Archaeological Survey of India or any state level archaeological organization, and is subsequently falling into ruin.[45]