Mausoleum of Nawaub Asoph Khan, Rajemahel such as this tomb, which they believed to be that of Nawab Asaf Khan, Jahangir's brother-in-law. Asaf Khan (d. 1641) in fact is buried in Lahore, and it is not now known who lies buried in this now vanished tomb in Rajmahal, the former capital of the Subahdar or Mughal Viceroy of Bengal and Bihar. From the book ' Oriental scenery: one hundred and fifty views of the architecture, antiquities and landscape scenery of Hindoostan ' by Thomas Daniell, and William Daniell, Published in London by the Authors May 1, 1813


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