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Dargah Sayyid Mir Shujaauddin Husayn

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Creator(s)
Indian (South Asian), Islamic
Time period
creation date: 1848
Location
Site: Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh, India)
Cultural context
Indian (South Asian)
Islamic
Description
He arrived from Burhanpur, in the reign of Nizam Ali Khan (d.1803) like most Hyderabadi sayyids. Shujaauddin Husayn moved into the precincts of the Jama Masjid, though he is buried in the Dargah at Eidi Bazaar. On his death in 1848, a domed tomb, mosque, and drum room, naqqar khana, were built constituting the Dargah.
exterior, 2008
Work type
Shrine (structure)
Tomb
Mosque
Complex
Medium
masonry
stone
Keywords
Type
Image
Rights
(c) Sanjeeva Kumar
Access rights
All rights reserved
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