Karbala Jor Bagh

Karbala in Jor Bagh is a significant Shia Muslim site, identifiable by its open, arid grounds and the presence of scattered, historic graves. It is not a graveyard for the general public, but a specialized burial site reserved exclusively for tazias—elaborate, often paper-mache replicas of the tomb of Imam Husain Ibn Ali, which are brought here in procession during the month of Muharram. The boundary walls surrounding these grounds date back to the reign of the Mughal emperor Shah Alam the Second, who ruled in the eighteenth century.