Tomb of Muhammad Shah Sayyid (Delhi)

India / Delhi / Ni Dilli / Delhi
 tomb(s), monument
This beautiful octagonal maqbara (tomb) of Muhammad Shah Sayyid (also known as Mubarak Khan) is located near the south-west corner of the Lodi Garden. The tomb was built in 1444 for the third Sayyid sultan Muhammad Shah. (Kotla Mubarakpur near South Extension I was build/named after him.
The architecture follows the style of the Khan-i-Jahan Tilangani maqbara and the Mubarak Shah Sayyid maqbara with some modifications. It has a fuller dome on a raised seat surrounded by chhatris. Each of the octagonal side has a three-arch opening, bordered by inclined columns at each corner. This is arguably the best example of Sayyid monuments. The tomb is beautifully ornamented and some of the original coloured plaster-work is still visible.

More at:
"Delhi: Its Monuments and History" by Spear (& Gupta & Sykes)
"History of Sultanate Architecture" by R. Nath
archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.tcl?site_id=7607
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Coordinates:   28°35'27"N   77°13'5"E

Comments

  • Delhi has about 700 historical monuments scattered all over.
  • A wonderful historical place indeed. My college friend Tej Bhan Anand and I spent a number of days here under the shades of the trees surrounding the tomb preparing for our science subjects for Inter.Sc. examination in 1957.
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