Lot Essay
7 November 1789: The Khusrau Bagh (garden) just outside Allahabad was originally built as a pleasure retreat for Akbar's son, Prince Salim, later Emperor Jahangir (ruled 1605-27), who in turn made it over to his son, Khusrau. When the latter rebelled against his father in 1606, he was emprisoned there to be finally handed over to his step-brother, later Shah Jahan, and murdered in 1622. His body was transferred to the Khusrau Bhag to be interred. For a watercolour of the entrance to the Mausoleum see lot 83.