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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh, India)en_US
dc.creatorUnknownen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-03-24T15:24:29Z
dc.date.available2009-03-24T15:24:29Z
dc.identifier111082en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/36782en_US
dc.descriptionLocated on a hillock on Mir Alam road west of Charminar is the tomb-dargah of Mir Mahmud Nimatullah, who came from Najaf in the reign of Abdullah Qutb Shah 1626-72. Mir Mahmud Nimatullah passed away in 1688. A flight of 101 steps lead to the four massive doors of the tomb. The tomb he built in his lifetime has no inscription on it, though there are signs of fading Persian couplets on the first gate of the tomb called Zanjiri Gate; on the second gates is inscribed a quatrain in Persian. The circular tomb, once covered in blue tiles, has arched doors within arched recesses, topped off by a huge dome of 81 1/2 feet radius. Between the doors are double arched recesses at the lower level. Above them is a circular chhajja supported by small brackets. Over the chhajja is a cornice with small domed minarets. Lotus petals decorate the base of the pinnacled dome. The sepulcher contains glass panels in the recesses. The roof shows a circular decorative pattern common to Qutb Shahi tombs. The tomb is well placed, looking down on the blue waters of Mir Alam tank. The grave is covered in a greet sheet.en_US
dc.descriptioninterior, detail of a decorative panel in the Dargah , 2002en_US
dc.format.mediummasonryen_US
dc.format.mediumstoneen_US
dc.relation.ispartof130235en_US
dc.rights(c) M. A. Nayeemen_US
dc.subjectDomesen_US
dc.subjectTombsen_US
dc.subjectShrinesen_US
dc.subjectIslamic cities and townsen_US
dc.subjectArchitecture, Islamic --Indiaen_US
dc.subjectSepulchral monumentsen_US
dc.subjectHyderabad (India)en_US
dc.subjectDecoration and ornament, Islamicen_US
dc.titleDargah Mir Mahmud Nimatullahien_US
dc.title.alternativeTomb of Mir Mahmud Nimatullahien_US
dc.typeImageen_US
dc.rights.accessAll rights reserveden_US
vra.culturalContextIndian (South Asian)en_US
vra.culturalContextIslamicen_US
vra.techniqueconstructionen_US
vra.worktypeShrine (structure)en_US
vra.worktypeTomben_US
dc.contributor.displayIndian (South Asian), Islamicen_US


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