Chauburji (Agra)

Chauburji (literally "Four Towers") is a building located in Agra, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

It is set within a garden on the banks of the Yamuna river, and a small mosque is situated to its west.

Ram Nath identifies it with the Chaukhandi within the gardens named Bagh-i Zar Afshan, which is considered to be the original burial place of the first Mughal emperor Babur.

[4][3] Other scholars ascribe it to the reign of the fourth Mughal emperor Jahangir, probably having been commissioned by his chief consort and empress Nur Jahan.

In this case, the mausoleum and its garden may be identified with the Moti Bagh, mentioned in the 17th-century records of Francisco Pelsaert and Peter Mundy.

[5] During the British colonial period, an English officer named Mr. Mackenzie utilized the mausoleum as his residence.

[9][10] The building is set within a garden, situated on the banks of the Yamuna river, near the Tomb of I'timād-ud-Daulah.

The garden laid out in the charbagh style, and four rectangular tanks stand in front of each side of the mausoleum.