Showing posts with label bahlol lodi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bahlol lodi. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Wall Mosque of Darwesh Shah

Situated inside Gulmohar park on the Asiad village road. This is a Lodi period mosque.
Entry  is from Dalbir Saxena Marg (the road from Siri Fort to Uphaar Cinema)




Who was the Darwesh Shah? 

As per one story he the one who had asked a group of boys over six centuries ago whether they would like to buy the kingdom of Delhi for 2,000 tankas? Only Bahlol agreed and was blessed by the darwesh. His friends later made fun of him for being “a fool”. Bahlol replied that it was not so, because if the darwesh's word was true he stood to gain a kingdom, and if it was not so, he had done the right thing in giving a fakirwhat he desired. How right he was is evident, for Bahlol Lodhi became the founder of a dynasty which bore his name.


Thursday, December 30, 2010

Tomb of Mubarak Shah

Kotla Mubarakpur in south Delhi next to south extension gets its name from the prominent tomb of Muizud Din Mubarak Shah, son of Khizr Khan of the Sayyid dynasty of the fifteenth century Delhi Sultanate rule in India.










Khizr Khan
 who was the governor of Punjab under the Lodi dynasty took over the reigns at Delhi, in 1414 AD, after defeating Daulat Khan Lodi. 


He established the Sayyid dynasty, which had four successors till 1451 AD. 


His son Muizud Din Mubarak Shah succeeded him. He established a city called Mubarakabad on the banks of theYamuna River. No traces of Mubarakabad are present today.


He died in 1434 AD and he was buried in Kotla Mubarakpur, named after him. 


His tomb was built in a fusion of Lodi style octagonal plan combined with Tughlaq style buttresses and wide dome.




Saturday, May 15, 2010

Tomb of Kale Khan

 Kale Khan was a courtier in the Lodi period during the reign of Bahlol Lodi.


This tomb is dated to 1481 AD as per an inscription on the Mihrab inside the tomb.


It is stated to be the earliest dated tomb of the Lodi period and is behind the south extension 1 market close to the vocational training college for women in south extension1.