Heritage record
Akbari Sarai and Mosque
PunjabSaraiProtected
The Akbari Sarai features a monumental gateway that leads to the Tomb of Jahangir. From the structural evidence and the size of the bricks, it appears that the Sarai and the entrance gateway of the tomb were built simultaneously and were integral parts of the same building of Shahjahans period. The Sarai was meant for the wayfarers and also to accommodate the establishment looking after the tomb, but during the British period it was used as the manufacturing depot of the north-western Railway. An old mosque of the period of Shahjahan is also standing close to the Akbari Sarai.
Photographs: Department of Archaeology & Museums national inventory record, displayed from the official source (doam.gov.pk). Not PWHI photography.
- Record ID
- 6478
- Province / territory
- Punjab
- District
- Lahore
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Sarai
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Protected by The Antiquity Act 1975 (As amended in 1992) (instrument: Protected by The Antiquity Act 1975 (As amended in 1992))
- Coordinates
- 31.62250, 74.29970 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Khan, Ahmad Nabi. (1987). Archaeological Sites and Historical Monuments Protected Under the Antiquities Act, 1975. Federal Department of Archaeology & Museums, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad.
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