Hazrat Shams-e Tabrizi-(Ra) lived together with Rumi in Koyna in present day Turkey, for several years, and is also known to have traveled to Damascus in modern Syria.After several years with Rumi, Hazrat Shams-e Tabrizi-(Ra) disappeared from the pages of history quite suddenly. He is responsible for initiating Mawlana Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi (rah), usually known as Rumi in the West, into Islamic mysticism, and is immortalized by Rumi's poetry collection Diwan-e Shams-e Tabriz-i ("The works Shams of Tabriz ") (Ra). 1248 was an Iranian Sufi mystic born in the city of Tabriz in Iranian Azerbaijan. Historians now believe the tomb to be that of Sahab-e-Jamal, one of the wives of Jahangir, who died in Lahore in 1599. No doubt the two inscribed dates 10 refer to the date of Anarkali's death and the completion of the sepulcher respectively. "Ah! could I behold the face of my beloved once more, I would give thanks unto my God until the day of resurrection," and is signed "Majnoon Salim Akbar" or "The profoundly enamoured Salim, son of Akbar" and expresses Jahangir's intense passion for the beautiful Anarkali. From accounts of its discovery, the grave is apparently of plastered brick-work, inscribed on the top and sides with the ninety-nine attributes of God and below with a Persian couplet. The Persian couplet inscribed on the sarcophagus has been translated by Latif into English. In 1940 the grave was found intact in its original position, five feet below the present floor. It was then placed in the spot from which the altar had been removed rather than being replaced in its original central position. The sarcophagus made of pure marble of extraordinary beauty and exquisite workmanship is, in view of 19th century scholars, "one of the finest pieces of carving in the world." It was put away in one of the side bays when the building was first converted into a church. James' Church, later being declared a Pro-Cathedral. From 1851 it was the venue for divine service, while in early 1857 it was consecrated as St. From 1847 it was used as offices for the clerical staff of the first British Resident, Henry Lawrence. In the first half of 19th century it served as the residence of Ranjit Singh's French general Jean Baptiste Ventura's Armenian wife. Over the last couple of hundred years, the tomb has been put to several uses. It is a masterpiece of solid masonry work of the early Mughal period. The central dome is supported inside by eight arches 12 feet 3 inches thick. The lower shell of the dome is constructed of small bricks in five stages or rings. A low pitched dome-among the earliest Mughal examples of double-dome-spans the central chamber and is carried on a drum or neck.
Architecturally, however, it is unique in its utilization of semi-octagonal towers dominating each corner, rising well above the walls and terminated with cupolas over pavilion-like kiosks. The monument employs a popular format using an octagonal plan, its sides alternately measuring 44 feet and 30 feet.
However, it is this tomb which gifted the name Anarkali to the whole area when the British first set up a cantonment here. The tomb, once set off as the centerpiece of a beautifully laid out garden setting, is today hemmed in by the structures surrounding it. The prince, who must have been devastated, on succeeding the throne in 1605, "had an immense superstructure raised over her sepulcher" 16 years after her death. Accordingly, she was placed in an upright position and buried alive in a masonry wall, brick by brick. Suspecting an intrigue or worse, Akbar ordered Anarkali to be interred alive. Latif, quoting popular legend, says that Sharf-un-Nisa or Nadira Begam, with the title of Anarkali, was found giving a return smile to the prince by the emperor in the mirrors of his palace. Although Mughal sources are silent about Anarkali, European contemporary travelers such as William Finch related the popular gossip rife at the time, mentioning her as Akbar's "most beloved wife."
Not only is it a "most ingeniously planned octagonal building", it is a memorial to the love-legend centering around prince Salim (later emperor Jahangir), and Anarkali (pomegranate blossom) who belonged to the harem of emperor Akbar, Salim's father.
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