He was responsible for the construction of several Mughal monuments, including the Red fort in Delhi, a World Heritage site.

[7] Two of his three sons,[8] Ataullah Rashidi and Lutfullah Muhandis, also became architects, as did some of his grandsons,[7] Shah Kalim Allah Jahanabadi one among them.

[9] Ahmad Lahori was learned also in the arts of geometry, arithmetic and astronomy, and according to his son Lutfullah was familiar with the Euclid's Elements and Ptolemy's Almagest.

The construction project employed some 20,000 artisans under the guidance of a board of architects led by Ahmad Lahori.

Mir Abd-ul Karim counted as the favourite architect of the previous emperor, Jahangir, and is mentioned as a supervisor, together with Makramat Khan,[13] for the construction of the Taj Mahal.