Renowned Mausoleums

Following are the Renowned Mausoleums of the world.

1. Quaid-e-Azam Mausoleum, Karachi: The Mausoleum building was designed by famous Architect Yahya Merchant. Construction began on July 31, 1960 and was complete d in 1969.
2. Akbar’s Tomb: Third Mughal Emperor. Tomb is in Sikandria, near Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India.
3. Humayun’s Tomb: secand Mughal Emperor. It is situated in Delhi and built by the widow of Humayun in 1565.
4. Jahangir’s Tomb: Fourth Mughal Emperor. It is situated in Shahdara, Lahore and was built by his wife Nur Jahan.
5. Lenin’s Mausoleum: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Russian communist revolutionary and first premier of the Soviet Union, located at Red Square, Moscow, Russia.
6. Nur Jahan’s Tomb: This is situated in Lahore along the bank of River Ravi. Besides Nur Jahan, there is Asif-ud-Daula’s tomb. Asif-ud-Daula was the Nawab Wazir of Oudh.
7. Iqbal’s Mausoleum: It is a small tomb outside Badshahi Mosque, Lahore.
8. P’tmad-ud-Daula’s Tomb: Situated in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. I’tmad-ud-Daula (Mirza Ghiyas Baig) was the father of Nur Jahan.
9. Bibi-Ka-Muqbara: This Mausoleum is situated in Aurangabad (Hyderabad) Maharashtra, India, constructed and built in 1660 A.D. by Aurangzeb in memory of his beloved wife Rabia Durrani.
10. Taj Mahal,Agra,Uttar Pradesh, India: It was built by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favourite wife Mumtaz Mahal (Arjumand Bano Begum)
11. Great Pyramids of Egypt: The huge pyramid of Khufu at Giza was one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
12. Shirvanshah’s palace mausoleum: located in Baku, Azerbaijan. There lies the tomb of Shirvanshahs’family.
13. Terracotta Army, Located at Shaanxi, China: The Mausoleum of the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty, Qin Shi Huang. The tomb of the emperor has not been excavated yet but his buried terracotta army unearthed nearby has already become one of the top tourist attractions in China.