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[Chausath Khambe, Nizam-ud-din, Delhi. Wrongly captioned] Tomb of Mirza Jahangir, saint in Khursoo, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022L/13

Scope and Contents

234x186mm. View of the Chausath Khambe or 64 Pillared Hall, family tomb of Mirza Aziz Kukaltash, son of Azam Khan (one of the most influential nobles at the court of Akbar) and foster brother of Akbar. The mausoleum is a marble building 69 foot square with 5 grained marble arches on each side, the pillars connected by lattice-work marble screens, the top section of the arches being open. There are four entrances to the hall, one in the centre of each facade. This terrace-roofed building is remarkably restrained in decorative effects compared to other tombs in the area. The miscaptioning of plates Y3022L/12 and 13 is evidently due to their being transposed at some stage. The caption to this plate, however, introduces another confusion in the reference to Mirza Jahangir, son of Akbar and also buried at Nizam-ud-din.

Dates

  • Creation: 1880 - 1889

Creator

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Language of Materials

English

Date information

DateText: The date is approximate..

Finding aid date

2011-01-14 11:14:07+00:00

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