grave – Rana Safvi

Grave of Mirza Jahangir In Dargah of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, Delhi

ranasafvi — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 20:39:53 +0000

The grave of Mirza Jahangir brother of Bahadur Shah Zafar in Dargah of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya

Built by his mother Empress Mumtaz Mahal wife of Emperor Akbar Shah Was supposed to be very pretty. Now just dirty and neglected

The grave of Aurangzeb

ranasafvi — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 19:59:13 +0000

Aurangzeb like his elder sister Jahan Ara, forbade people to raise mausoleums on their graves like his father’s Taj Mahal. His grave lies in open ground at Khuldabad like his sister’s ordinary grave at the shrine of Shaikh Nizam-u’d-din Auliya at Delhi. The grave lies within the courtyard of the shrine of the Sufi saint Shaikh Burhan-u’d-din Gharib (died 1331). This disciple of Nizam ud-Din Auliya of Delhi was buried at Khuldabad near Aurangabad.

Grave of Mughal Emeperor,Aurangzeb at Khuldabad, Aurangabad, 1850s.

Date1850-1856 SourceBritish Library

William Carpenter (1818–1899)

On a recent trip to Khuldabad I visited Aurangzeb ‘s grave. It was initially just a simple grave in the courtyard of his spiritual master’s dargah.

The entrance of the dargah of Shaikh Zaynuddin Shirazi

The name of the area was Rauza because it housed the shrines of in numerous Sufi saints. Since Aurangzeb was given the posthumous title of khuld-makani it was called Khuldabad.

Aurangzeb had willed that he should be buried here—‘they should carry this sinner drenched in sins to the neighborhood of the holy Chishti tomb of the revered leader, Sayyid and Shaykh Zaynuddin Husayn Shirazi, since without the protection of that court (of the saints), which is the refuge of forgiveness, there is no refuge for those drowned in the ocean of sin’ (Ernst 2004a:223-24).

The epitaph :

Az tila o nuqreh gar saazand gumbad aghniyaa! Bar mazaar e maa ghareebaan gumbad e gardun bas ast!.

Translation: “The rich may well construct domes of gold and silver on their graves! For the poor folks like me, the sky is enough (of a dome to shelter my grave

It is said that Aurangzeb paid for his burial place by stitching caps during his last years and that it cost only 14 rupees and 12 annas.

He had wanted a simple grave but the seventh Nizam of Hyderabad got a delicate marble screen placed around it, as well as a marble platform in the 20th century. Lord Curzon also helped in its beautification.

Kaun jaye Zauq” par Dilli ki galiyan chhod kar

ranasafvi — Sun, 08 May 2016 11:46:34 +0000

“Sir where will I find Sheik Ibrahim Zauq’s grave here””Next to the KoodaKatta” (rubbish dump)Kaun jaye Zauq” par Dilli ki galiyan chhod kar

This was a very polite gentleman in Delhi’s Paharganj where Sheikh Ibrahim Zauq the Mughal poet laureate was buried.

Dilli see where Zauq sleeps
Tho I should thank God for smaller mercies. A public lavatory was made on his grave. Thanks to efforts of Firoz Bakht at least that was removed & a memorial built in its place. It’s called yaadgar e Zauq as no one knows where original grave was.

We traversed narrow, filthy lanes to reach the mazar which was locked. We were helped by a very kind gentleman from Dargah Qadam sharif . We could not have reached here on our own.

Laayi Hayat aaye qaza le chali chale

na apni khushi aaye na apni khushi chale

(Written on the walls)

behatar to hai yahi ke na duniya se dil lage

par kya karen jo kam na bedillagi chale

ho umr-e-khizr bhi to kahenge bavaqt-e-marg

hum kya rahe yahan abhi aaye abhi chale

duniya ne kis ka rah-e-fana mein diya hai sath

tum bhi chale chalo yun hi jab tak chali chale

nazan na ho khirad pe jo hona hai wo hi ho

danish teri na kuch meri danishvari chale

kam honge is bisat pe hum jaise badqimar

jo chal hum chale wo nihayat buri chale

ja ki hava-e-shauq mein hain is chaman se ‘zauq’

apni bala se bad-e-saba kaheen chale