Imambara Kaiwan Jah. (Lucknow)

India / Uttar Pradesh / Lakhnau / Lucknow
 tomb(s), islam, imambara
This Imambara was built by Malika Zamani Sahiba (Wife of King Nasir-ud-Din Haider). Kaiwan Jah was son of Malika Zamani Sahiba, Kaiwan Jah died on May 16, 1838 at a young age, so the grief- stricken Malika Zamani erected an Imambara over her son’s grave in a bid to find solace and keep alive the memory of Kaiwan Jah forever. This Imambara is ornamented with beautiful foliage and floral designs and borders of exquisite calligraphic inscriptions of Quranic verses, that are painted on the inside walls of its halls. Stucco mouldings embellish the arches and pillars of the two halls and shahnashin of the Imambara.The flora! decoration and calligraphy is also there, in stucco, on the facade.
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Coordinates:   26°50'6"N   80°53'22"E
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