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Tombs of the Nawabs of Kalyani

unknown (Indian (South Asian))
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URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/21609
Date
1621
Description
Located near Talab Mir Jumla is a Shiite cemetery dating from 1621 during the Qutb Shahi era. There are numerous inscriptions carved on the graves in Thulth characters representing fine examples of Arabic and Persian calligraphy, usually on polished black basalt. Among the famous buried here include Mir Mumin Astarabadi, the Qutb Shahi nobleman, Nimat Khan-i Aali, the Mughal satirist, Mir Alam, Siraj al-Mulk, three generations of the Salar Jang family; the most recent significant person to be buried was Prince Muazzam Jah, who died in 1987.
 
general view, view of complex, 1996
 
Type of Work
Cemetery; Tomb; Complex
Subject
Cemeteries, Tombs, Noblemen, Complexes, Islamic cities and towns, Architecture, Islamic --India, Sepulchral monuments, Hyderabad (India), Qutb Shahi dynasty
Rights
(c) Hans Winterberg
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