Wazir Khan (Lahore)

Portrait of Wazir Khan.

The Wazir Khan Mosque

Shaikh Ilam-ud-din Ansari (died 1641),^[1] known by his royal title Wazir Khan, was a native of Chiniot, whose family migrated to Lahore.^[2] He rose to be one of the court physicians to the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in Lahore, and was in due course, over a long lifetime of service, made a Mughal noble. He remained Chief Qadi at Lahore for some time.^[3]

From 1628 to 1631 he served as the governor of Agra, after which he was appointed as the governor of Lahore. He held this post until approximately 1640/1641, when he was reappointed as governor of Agra.^[1]

He is best known today for founding Wazirabad, a city near the river Chenab in Punjab, and building the famous Wazir Khan Mosque in Lahore. The title of 'Wazir Khan' by which he is remembered by posterity was granted him by Shah Jahan, and literally means a 'Wazir', or Vizier, a 'Minister/High Court Official'.

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^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Koch, Ebba (2006). The complete Taj Mahal : and the riverfront gardens of Agra. Richard André. Barraud. London: Thames & Hudson. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-500-34209-1. OCLC 69022179.
^ For other family connections in Lahore also see the articles on Fakir Khana and Hakim Ahmad Shuja
^ Dr AMK Islahi, Puranay Lahore ki Tareekh, Eik Jaeza (Urdu:A History of Old Lahore, An Evaluation), Lahore: Chand Publishers Anarkali, 1997, p.128

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[:0-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Koch, Ebba (2006). The complete Taj Mahal : and the riverfront gardens of Agra. Richard André. Barraud. London: Thames & Hudson. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-500-34209-1. OCLC 69022179.

[2] For other family connections in Lahore also see the articles on Fakir Khana and Hakim Ahmad Shuja

[3] Dr AMK Islahi, Puranay Lahore ki Tareekh, Eik Jaeza (Urdu:A History of Old Lahore, An Evaluation), Lahore: Chand Publishers Anarkali, 1997, p.128

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