Tomb of Shamsher Khan, Batala

This Mughal mausoleum in Batala, Punjab, is protected as a monument of national importance. An inscription by the entrance records that Shamsher Khan gave Batala a mosque, a garden and a reservoir in 1589–90, in Akbar's reign, and the tomb probably dates from the same time. Little is known of him; the one contemporary source names a eunuch who was superintendent of the exchequer in 1577–78, while later accounts call him Akbar's foster brother or a Rajput.

The tomb rises from a platform of 34 by 39 metres, entered from the south, with a domed round turret at each corner and a low wall with a mihrab on the west. The building is an irregular octagon, its longer and shorter sides alternating, each with two storeys of pointed-arch niches and arabesque spandrels, under a low dome on a drum. Painted floral, geometric and calligraphic work survives inside, but only traces remain on the outside.