Tomb of Mariam uz Zamani

The Tomb of Mariam-uz-Zamani is the mausoleum of Mariam-uz Zamani, the Queen consort of the Mughal Emperor Akbar. The tomb changed into constructed by way of Jahangir, in memory of his mother Mariam-uz Zamani. The tomb is placed in Sikandra, a suburb of Agra. Mariam-uz-Zamani become born a Rajput princess named Jodha Bai, the eldest daughter of Raja Bharmal of Amer. She changed into married to Emperor Akbar in 1562 CE. She turned into honoured with the title Mariam-uz-Zamani after she gave start to Jahangir. She died in Agra in 1623 and her son Jahangir constructed a tomb for her in between 1623 and 1627 CE.

The tomb is just subsequent to the Tomb of Akbar the Great, the only nearest of all the tombs of his other other halves. The shape became at the start an open baradari beneath Sikander Lodi, who constructed it in 1495 AD. It turned into followed with the aid of the Mughals in 1623 AD and become converted right into a tomb by making a crypt below the imperative compartment and remodelling it notably. The mausoleum carries 3 tombstones: one inside the underground mortuary chamber, which is the grave itself; the cenotaph above it; and any other cenotaph at the terrace.