Amid the myriad historical and archaeological sites of socio-cultural significance in Lahore lay the Tomb of Shahzada Pervaiz, the second son of Emperor Jahangir. As mentioned in Tuzk-i-Jahangiri, “Jahangir had five sons named Sultan Khusro, Sultan Pervaiz, Sultan Khurram, Sultan Jahandar, Sultan Shehryar and two daughters called Sultan Nisar Begum and Bahar Bano Begum. Khusro, Pervaiz and Jahandar passed away during the king’s lifetime.” Sultan Pervaiz had a son and a daughter. The son died during his lifetime while the daughter was later married to Emperor Shah Jahan’s son, Prince Dara Shikoh. Fond of constructing buildings, like most Mughal rulers, Prince Pervaiz had built a charming palace in Lahore’s Kot Khawaja Saeed area. As the people of Lahore greatly loved the prince, that locality, later on, came to be known as Pervaiz Abad. There is some controversy about Sultan Pervaiz’s tomb. Maulvi Noor Ahmad Chishti in his book, Tehqiqat-i-Chishti (Researches of Chishti), writes: “This tomb is of prince Pervaiz, the brother of King Shah Jahan. Its dome is higher even than that of Ali Mardan Khan’s tomb. It is surrounded by eight gates that are decaying now. Previously, all the door-frames were made of marble but now everything looks abandoned. Later on, Shah Jahan built a market here by the name Pervaiz Abad and it is still called by this name. The prince died in 1081 Hijra.” But some observations by Chishti are not authentic. For instance, he wrote that Pervaiz died in 1081 Hijra, which cannot be correct as Pervaiz died during the lifetime of Emperor Jahnagir who himself died in 1037 Hijra.
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