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Further down is the Jamali Kamali masjid and tomb, which has recently been renovated by INTACH, an autonomous cultural organization. Jamali was the alias of the Sufi saint Shaikh Fazlullah, who was also known as Jalal Khan. The saint had a prodigious life – he lived right through Sikander Lodi's reign, the famous battle of Panipat in 1526, Babur and died during the lifetime of Humayun. Who Kamali was remains a tantalizing mystery.


¤ The Construction

The tomb and mosque bearing their names lie within yards of each other. They were started in Babur's time in about 1528 and finished in Humayun's reign by 1535-36.


¤ The Tomb

The tomb lies immediately behind the mosque and is a smallish chamber. Small but not humble. Upon entering it your eye is immediately caught by the richly ornamented ceiling and walls. They are covered with tiles of various hues and patterns in incised and painted plaster. Several verses compose by Jamali are also inscribed on the walls.
The beautiful and spruce lawns of Jamali Kamali make it a popular picnic spot for Delhites.

Sultan Ghari’s Tomb

About 8km from the Qutub Minar, on road from andheria More, is Sultan Ghari's tomb. It was built by Altamash in 1231 for his son and heir-apparent Nasiruddin Mahmud, who died in battle in 1229 in Lakhnauti (Lucknow). It is built in the same style as the Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque and is assembled from assorted destroyed Hindu temples and other buildings.


¤ The Insides of The Tomb

You approach the octagonal tomb-chamber from a raised courtyard. Under a rubble-built platform the tomb is built like a crypt (ghar). The platform is encompassed by rows of columns on the east and west sides and the other sides are plain walls. These together with the domed parapets on the corners make the tomb look more like a fortress.

It is possible that the corridors of this tomb were at one time used as a madrasa. In the centre of the western wing there is a marble prayer niche which is richly and profusely embellished all over with verses from the Holy Quran.


¤ Other Attractions

Th exterior of the tomb had been grey sandstone to begin with, but Feroze Shah Tughlaq (1351-88) changed all that and had it faced all over with marble. Next to the Sultan Ghari tomb, lie the tombs of the other two sons of Altamash Ruknuddin Feroze Shah (died 1237) and Muizzudin Bahram Shah (died 1241), who occupied the throne of Delhi for very brief periods, before and after the sultan's favorite child and heir Raziya Sultana.  

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