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Plate 10 : Coping from Mansur ka Madrasa , Tomb of Mirza Jahangir and Tomb of Shah Nizamuddin at Delhi

Coping from Mansur ka Madrasa at Delhi. This moulding is from a Muhammedan Madrasa or College at Delhi, founded by Abu’l Mansur Ali Khan, better known as Safdar Jang, Vazir of Oudh, A.D. 1739-1753. See Plate 12 , fig. 2.

The tomb was built in about 1754 by Shuja’u’d-Daula, Safdar Jang’s son. The tomb is the last example of the pattern which began with Humayun’s tomb. Enclosed within a large garden, divided into squares on the charbagh pattern, with tanks and fountains along the central pathway, with a gate on the east and pavilions on the other three sides, the tomb proper stands out in the centre of the enclosure. It is a square double-storeyed structure built on a raised terrace and surmounted by a bulbous dome of marble. Red and buff sandstone has been used in its facing, a large proportion of which was stripped off from’ Abdu’r-Ral,lim Khan-i-Khanan’s tomb.

The marble panels on its corner-towers are pleasing but rather florid. In fact, its exaggerated ornamentation and lack of proportions, evidenced particularly by its vertical elevation, rob it of the character of a great building, although it has been rightly described as ‘the last flicker in the lamp of Mughal architecture at Delhi.

मनसुर का मदरसा, दिल्ली में सफदरजंग मकबरा के नाम से जाना जाता है. यह मकबरा मुग़ल काल का आखिरी मकबरा है.  यह मकबरा संगमरमर और बलुआ पत्थर से बना है. इसे अवध के नवाब शुजाउद्दौला खां ने अपने पिता सफदरजंग यानी मुकीम अबुल मंसूर खान की याद में बनवाया था. 

मनसुर का मदरसा, नवाब के नाम पर मशहूर है. उस समय मदरसे आम थे और पुराने साइनबोर्ड भी इस बात की पुष्टि करते हैं. यह मकबरा, मिर्ज़ा मुक़ीम अबुल मंसूर खान (सफदरजंग) की क़ब्र है. 

सफदरजंग, अवध के स्वतंत्र शासक थे. वह मुग़ल सम्राट मुहम्मद शाह के वायसराय थे. मुहम्मद शाह की मृत्यु के बाद, वह दिल्ली आ गए थे

Coping From the Tomb of Mirza Jahangir, Delhi.

Mirza Jahangir, the son of Akbar II, was buried here in 1832; the tomb itself is probably a century older

Coping From the Tomb of Shah Nizamuddin, Delhi Figs. 3 and 4. From the Tomb of Shah Nizam-ud-din, near Delhi. From the group of buildings referred to above; see remarks on Plate 7.

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