The Tomb of Anarkali () is an octagonal 16th-century Mughal monument in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
Location
The tomb of Anarkali is located on the grounds of Lahore's Punjab Civil Secretariat complex near the British-era Mall, southwest of the Walled City of Lahore. It is considered to be one of the earliest Mughal tombs still in existence, and one of the most significant buildings of the early Mughal period. The building is currently used as the Punjab Archives, and public access is limited.
The tomb was said to have been built by the Mughal Emperor Jehangir for his beloved, named in contemporary travel accounts as Anarkali, who, as per legend, was suspected by Emperor Akbar to have relations with Jehangir, at the time known as Prince Saleem. and later was further desecrated by its conversion into the residence for the wife of General Jean-Baptiste Ventura, who was employed in the army of Ranjit Singh. In 1891, the church congregation was relocated, and the tomb was repurposed as the Punjab Record Office.
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thumb|Inscription on the cenotaph
thumb|The [[Names of God in Islam|99 names of Allah inscribed on the cenotaph.]]
In addition to the 99 names of Allah, the cenotaph is inscribed with a Persian couplet taken from the Persian poet Saadi which reads:
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::"Ah! could I behold the face of my beloved once more,
::I would give thanks unto my Creator until the day of resurrection"
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Conservation
The tomb is listed on the Protected Heritage Monuments of the Archaeology Department of Punjab.
In popular culture
The Anarkali Tomb was portrayed in Shoaib Mansoor's song "Supreme Ishq" as a shooting location of Anarkali.