Mausoleum of Zufdir Junge, Delhi (Mausoleum of Safdar Jang)

1841

Lithograph on paper

Print Size: 12 x 14.5 in (30 x 36.5 cm)
Sheet Size: 12.5 x 16.5 in (32 x 41.8 cm)
With Mount: 19 x 23 in (48 x 58 cm)

This is plate 8 from HH Wilson’s The Oriental Portfolio. Safdar Jang was the title of the nobleman Abul Mansur Khan, who was prime minister under Mughal Emperor Ahmad Shah circa 1748–54. He died in Mehdi Ghat in 1754.

The large mausoleum of Zufdir Junge shown in the print was built by his son and stands in a walled complex at the end of a road leading to Humayun’s tomb in Delhi. Wilson writes: “The building is a chaste and symmetrical edifice, constructed of blocks of red sandstone very carefully adjusted and relieved by mouldings of white marble; it is surmounted by a dome of the same material. The body of the building contains a high vaulted apartment in the centre, and the smaller one in each of the angle ... In the centre of the principal chamber stands a sarcophagus, an oblong block of fine white marble delicately sculptured, and inlaid with mosaic of coloured stones. The tomb is situated in a garden enclosed by a high wall.”

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