Dariya Khan's Tomb
Dariya Khan's tomb, 1866
Religion
AffiliationIslam
StatusActive
Location
LocationAhmedabad
MunicipalityAhmedabad Municipal Corporation
StateGujarat
Dariya Khan's Tomb is located in Ahmedabad
Dariya Khan's Tomb
Location in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Dariya Khan's Tomb is located in Gujarat
Dariya Khan's Tomb
Dariya Khan's Tomb (Gujarat)
Geographic coordinates23°03′10″N 72°35′13″E / 23.052725°N 72.586809°E / 23.052725; 72.586809
Architecture
TypeTomb
StyleIslamic architecture
Funded byDariya Khan
Completed1453
Specifications
Dome(s)17
MaterialsBaked bricks

Dariya Khan's Tomb or Darya Khan's Dome or Ghummat is a medieval brick tomb in Shahibaug, Ahmedabad, India.

Dariya Khan's Tomb(c. 1880)

History and architecture

Daryā Khān was a Gujarāti Muslim friend and amīr of Sult̤ān Maḥmūd Begarah, who in 1459 was bestowed the title of Khān and awarded a panjhazārī. Daryā Khān also founded the town of Daryāpūr outside Ahmedabad.[1][2]

The tomb of Dariya Khan was built in 1453 during his lifetime. The tomb, the largest in Gujarat, is of brick with nine feet thick wall unlike other tombs in Ahmedabad which are made of stones. The tomb is made of the true arches and domes which create a cavernous interior as in Turko-Persian Islamic architecture. There is a large central dome surrounded by sixteen smaller domes and there are five entrances on each of the four sides of the structure. The interior houses the cenotaph surrounded by the arcaded verandah.[3][4][5] The site is encroached upon now.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Misra, S. C.; Rahman, M. L. (1961). The Mirat-i-Sikandiri: A History of Gujarat from the Inception of the Dynasty of the Sultans of Gujarat to the Conquest of Gujarat by Akbar of Shaikh Sikandar ibn Muhammad urf Manjhu ibn Akbar. The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. p. 94.
  2. ↑ Bano, Ajaz (1988). Socio-Political Condition of Gujarat During the Fifteenth Century (PhD thesis). Aligarh Muslim University. p. 162.
  3. ↑ Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ahmedabad. Government Central Press. 1879. p. 284.
  4. ↑ "AHMEDABADS OTHER ROZAS". Times of India Publications. 25 February 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  5. ↑ Sir H. A. R. Gibb (1954). The Encyclopaedia of Islam. Brill Archive. p. 295. GGKEY:9ZS5X6XZAXR.
  6. ↑ "PEARLS OF PAST: Need Some Elbow Room". The Times of India. 25 November 2011. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
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