Nasir ud-din Muhammad Humayun was the second Mughal Emperor who ruled present day Afghanistan, Pakistan, and parts of northern India from 1530–1540 and again from 1555–1556.
He originally ascended the throne at the age of 22
He was also deeply superstitious, and fascinated by Astrology and the Occult.
Humayun's tomb is a complex of buildings built as the Mughal Emperor Humayun's tomb. It was commissioned by Humayun's wife Hamida Banu Begum in 1562 CE, and designed by Mirak Mirza Ghiyath, a Persian architect.
It was the first garden-tomb on the Indian subcontinent, and is located in Nizamuddin East close to the Dina-panah citadel also known as Purana Qila, that Humayun founded in 1533.
It was also the first structure to use red sandstone at such a scale.
The complex was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993, and since then has undergone extensive restoration work.
The complex encompasses the main tomb of the Emperor Humayun, which houses the graves of his wife, Hamida Begum, and also Dara Shikoh, son of the later Emperor Shah Jahan, as well as numerous other subsequent Mughals, including Emperor Jahandar Shah, Farrukhsiyar, Rafi Ul-Darjat, Rafi Ud-Daulat and Alamgir II.
The site was chosen on the banks of Yamuna river, due to its proximity to Nizamuddin Dargah, the mausoleum of the celebrated Sufi saint of Delhi, Nizamuddin Auliya, who was much revered by the rulers of Delhi, and whose residence, Chilla Nizamuddin Auliya lies just north-east of the tomb.
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