Chausath Khamba

Chausath Khamba
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Religion
AffiliationIslam
DistrictNew Delhi
ProvinceDelhi
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusTomb
LeadershipJahangir
Year consecrated1624
Location
LocationIndia New Delhi, India
TerritoryDelhi
Geographic coordinates28°35′28.7″N 77°14′30.5″E / 28.591306°N 77.241806°E / 28.591306; 77.241806
Architecture
Architect(s)Koka Khan-i-Azam
TypeTomb
StyleMughal architecture
Completed1623
Specifications
Direction of façadeOpen on four sides
Dome(s)25
MaterialsMarble

Chausath Khamba, also spelled Chaunsath Khamba, is a tomb built during 1623–24. It is located in Nizamuddin precincts of Sufi Muslim shrines and tombs in New Delhi, India. The name means "64 pillars" in Urdu and Hindi. It was built by Mirza Aziz Koka, son of Ataga Khan, as a mausoleum for himself, at the time when Mughal Emperor Jahangir ruled from Delhi. Mirza Aziz Koka had served several times as Jahangir’s Governor of Gujarat before he died in Gujarat.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Mirza 'Aziz Kotaltash Tomb". ArchNet Digital Library. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
  2. ^ Geraldine Forbes; Gordon Johnson; B. R. Tomlinson; Stewart Gordon; Catherine Ella Blanshard Asher (1992). The new Cambridge history of India. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-26728-1. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
  3. ^ "Chausath Khambhaaccess". Delhilive.com. 21 March 2007. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008.