| Mehdiyan | |
|---|---|
| Details | |
| Location | to the left of Delhi Gate, Delhi |
| Country | India |
Mehdiyan is a famous graveyard on left side of Delhi Gate, where Shah Waliullah was buried beside his father Shah Abdur Rahim. Indian freedom fighter and Islamic scholar Hifzur Rahman Seoharwi is buried in this cemetery.[1]
Momin Khan Momin, one of the greatest Urdu poets is also buried inside the same compound. According to a popular legend his contemporary Ghalib offered his entire diwan (collection of poems) in exchange for this one verse: Tum mere pas hote ho goya Jab koi dusra nahi hota You are close to me (as if) When no one else is. Other prominent graves include that of freedom fighter and Islamic scholar Maulana Hifzur Rahman Seoharwi, Yunus Dehlvi, former editor of Shama, an old and out of print Urdu film magazine, and BJP member Sikander Bakht. The entire compound consists of graves, a dargah and a madrasa.