Hiran Minar, “The Deer Tower”, is an early 16th-century Mughal era complex located in Sheikhupura, in the Pakistani province of Punjab. The complex was built at the site of a game reserve in the honour of Mughal Emperor Jahangir’s beloved antelope, Mansraj. The Emperor is remembered for his fondness of nature, and the complex contains the Mughal relationship between humans, pets, and hunting.
The Hiran Minar used to be Prince Jahangir‘s garden, in a hunting park. There is a large water tank with an octagonal pavilion at the center, a causeway to the bank and a minaret built for the pet deer Hansraj. The structure consists of a large, almost-square water tank with an octagonal pavilion in its center, built during the reign of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan.