Tombs of the Nawabs of Kalyani
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Date
1621Description
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. interior, tombstone, 2008
Type of Work
Cemetery; Tomb; ComplexSubject
Cemeteries, Tombs, Noblemen, Complexes, Islamic cities and towns, Architecture, Islamic --India, Sepulchral monuments, Hyderabad (India), Qutb Shahi dynasty, Tombstones
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