Her tomb at Sikandara
is locally known simply as Rauza Maryam, 'the mausoleum of Mary', a
designation which has had much to do with the persistence of the
erroneous belief in the existence of a Christian consort of Akbar.
Mr. Beveridge holds, and I think rightly, that Jodh Bai is not a
proper name. It seems to mean merely 'princess of Jodhpur'. The only
lady really known as Jodh Bai was the daughter of Udai Singh (Moth
Raja) of Jaipur, who became a consort of Jahangir. Sleeman's notion
that Jahangir's mother also was called Jodh Bai is mistaken
(Blochmann, _ut supra_).
4. It was blown up about 1832 by order of the Government, and the
materials of the gates, walls, and outer towns were used for the
building of barracks. But the mausoleum itself resisted the spoiler
and remained 'a huge shapeless heap of massive fragments of masonry'.
The building consisted of a square room raised on a platform with a
vault below. The marble tomb or cenotaph of the queen still exists in
the vault. A fine gateway formerly stood at the entrance to the
enclosure, and there was a small mosque to the west of the tomb
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