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Dargah (mausoleum) of grandeur Sufi saint Nizamuddin Auliya

"Jamat Khana Masjid" redirects here. For glory saint, see Nizamuddin Auliya.

The Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah^[1] is the dargah and mosque complex of say publicly SufisaintNizamuddin Auliya, located in loftiness Nizamuddin West area of City, India.

The dargah, or undercroft depository, is a Sufi shrine deliver is visited by thousands star as pilgrims every week.^[2] The lodge is also known for betrayal evening qawwali devotional music sessions.^[3][4]

The complex comprises the Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah, including several tombs, greatness Jamat Khana Masjid (or Khilji Mosque), and a baoli.

Go to regularly of the structures are Monuments of National Importance,^[5] administered provoke the Archaeological Survey of Bharat.

Architecture

The tombs of Amir Khusrau, Nizamuddin's disciple, and Jehan Constellation Begum, Shah Jahan's daughter, sense located at the entrance round the complex.^[6]Ziauddin Barani and Muhammad Shah are also buried interior.

Overall, the dargah complex has more than 70 graves.^[7][8][9]

The difficult was renovated and restored spiky c. 2010 by the Aga Caravansary Trust for Culture.^[10]

Dargah

Nizamuddin's tomb has a white dome. The souk structure was built by Muhammad bin Tughluq in 1325, mass Nizamuddin's death.

Firuz Shah Tughlaq later repaired the structure increase in intensity suspended four golden cups unfamiliar the dome's recesses. Nawab Khurshid Jah of Hyderabad’s legendary Paigah Family gifted the marble railing that surrounds the grave. Representation present dome was built infant Faridun Khan in 1562. Goodness structure underwent many additions go into the years.^[11] The dome latitude is approximately 6 metres (20 ft).^[12]

The dargah is surrounded by spick marble patio and is iced up with intricate jalis (transl. trellis walls).^[9] The dargah complex also has a wazookhana (transl.  ablution area).^[13][14]

The tombs of Nizamuddin Auliya trip Amir Khusro, and the author of Jahanara Begum and Muhammad Shah, are listed as Monuments of National Importance.^[5]

Jamat Khana Masjid

Next to the dargah is primacy Jamat Khana Masjid, also systematic as the Khilji Mosque.

Class mosque is built of get it together sandstone^[15] and has three fame. Its stone walls are graven with inscriptions of texts superior the Quran. The mosque has arches that have been lofty with lotus buds, in evacuate to the façade of sheltered dome having ornamental medallions. Picture structure was built during authority reign of Alauddin Khalji contempt his son Khizr Khan.

Ripe between 1312 and 1313, Khizr was responsible for the inner dome and hall, and was a follower of Nizamuddin. Litter 1325, when Muhammad bin Tughlaq took over the reign, blooper constructed the two adjoining halls, each of which has unite domes. The southern hall, chhoti masjid (transl. small mosque) is controlled to women and features boss wooden door.

The large noggin of the mosque features swell golden bowl that is swinging from the centre.^[16]

Baoli

At the withdraw entrance of the complex in your right mind a baoli (transl. stepwell), commissioned beside Nizamuddin^[8] and completed in 1321.

It is close to leadership Yamuna river and is every filled. People believe that hang over waters have magical powers avoid bathe in it.^[10] According disruption legend, Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq had empowered the Tughlaqabad Fort at blue blood the gentry same time the baoli was being built. Because he forbade all workers from working consideration the baoli, they would run away with on it at night.

Air strike discovering this, the supply complete oil was restricted. The masons then lit their lamps form a junction with the water of the baoli, after a blessing.^[8]

The baoli obey listed as a Monument do in advance National Importance.^[5]

Location

See also: Nizamuddin West

The neighborhood surrounding the dargah, Nizamuddin Basti, is named after position saint.

The area was at or in the beginning the site of the conformity of Ghiyaspur, where Nizamuddin flybynight, and was later named make something stand out him.^[17] The Basti's population in the main grew after refugees settled surrounding during the Partition of India.^[18] Prior to that, the parade was mainly occupied only stomachturning the pirzade, the direct consanguinity of Nizamuddin.^[19]

The dargah complex not bad immediately surrounded by the Sabz Burj at the intersection observe Lodhi Road and Mathura Path, the Urs Mahal (a situation for the qawwalis), and magnanimity Chausath Khamba.^[9]

Culture

The area is referred to as the "nerve hub of Sufi culture in India".

On the 17th and Eighteenth day of the Islamic four weeks of Rabi' al-awwal, thousands supplement to observe the birth party and urs (death anniversary) disbursement the saint. Besides this, many also visit on the inception and death anniversaries of Ameer Khusrau, Nizamuddin's disciple. Hundreds go again the dargah everyday throughout goodness year to pray and compromise their respects.

The dargah has a tradition of qawwali, vastly the one on every Weekday night attracting approximately 1,500 visitors.^[20]> The regular qawwalis occur evermore evening after the Maghrib entreaty. The dargah has multiple intergenerational darbari qawwals.^[21] Women are ordinarily not allowed inside the dargah’s inner sanctum.^[22] Besides this, righteousness dargah organizes a daily langar.^[23]

The evening prayers in which lamps are lit, called the Dua-e-Roshni, is an important ritual.

Pilgrims gather around the khadim, distinction caretaker, who prays for picture wishes of all those concentrated to be granted.^[24]

Death is famed in most Sufi orders. Although part of the urs, leadership dargah complex and the tombs are lit up in influence tradition of charaghan.

Lakhs unbutton people from different religions star from across the world duct recite verses in the institution of fateha. Plates of chromatic petals and sweets are offered to the tombs and scented chaddars (transl. sheets) are draped adaptation them. People tie colourful clothes on the jaalis and engineer vows (mannat) to the saints.

Each thread symbolizes a wish.^[25]

The festival of Basant Panchami go over also celebrated at the dargah. According to legend, Nizamuddin was deeply attached to his nephew, Khwaja Taqiuddin Nuh, who convulsion due to an illness. Nizamuddin grieved over him for practised long time. Khusrau, his proselyte, wanted to see him lighten and dressed up in pusillanimous and began celebrating the strike of Basant, after spotting tiresome women do the same.

That caused Auliya to smile, break off occasion that is commemorated stain this day.^[26][27]

In popular culture

"Arziyan", fastidious qawwali in the 2009 membrane Delhi 6 composed by Neat. R. Rahman is dedicated add up Nizamuddin Auliya. "Kun Faya Kun", a song in the 2011 movie Rockstar and again poised by Rahman, is also change at the dargah, featuring Ranbir Kapoor and Nizami Bandhu, character traditional qawwal of the dargah.^[28] The dargah has also archaic featured in movies like Bajrangi Bhaijaan featuring Salman Khan present-day Kareena Kapoor, and in "Aawan Akhiyan Jawan Akhiyan" a qawwali in the 2006 film Ahista Ahista featuring Soha Ali Caravanserai and Abhay Deol.^[29]

Management

The dargah even-handed a property that belongs do research the Delhi Waqf Board.

Kind are collected under the baridari system through pirzadas, who be conscious of the custodians of the Mohammedan shrines. This usually comprises brotherhood of those buried at probity dargah. The committee, Anjuman Peerzadan Nizamiyan Khusravi, looks after rectitude dargah.^[30]

Gallery

• Nizamuddin's mausoleum

• The mosque mihrab

• Basant whack at the dargah

• Qawwali session take care Nizamuddin

See also

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