History of Khuldabad

Khuldabad situated in Indian State of Maharashtra District Aurangabad place has not only religious importance due to the location of tombs of some sufi saints, but has also historical importance. It is here that Emperor Aurangazeb, the last of the great Mughals lies interred. Aurangzeb, was described in official writings by the posthumous title of Khuld-makan (‘He whose abode is in eternity'). Here are also buried Azam Shah, Aurangzeb’s son, Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah, the founder of theHyderabad dynasty, his second son Nasir Jang, Nizare Shah, king of Ahemadnagar, Tana Shah, last of the Golkonda kings and a host of minor celebrities. The place contains from 15 to 20 doersed tombs and about 1400 plain sepulchre. Khuldabad was once an important and prosperous town. The gardens which surround many of these tombs are overgrown with bushes

 

 

Famous Mazarat of Khuldabad

Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia send 1400 Aulia from Delhi to Deccan they came to Khuldabad to spread the Islamic teaching and Sufism most of them was the Khalifa of Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia. They came and spread the sufisim all over the deccan area. that time Khuldabad was the center of the islamic spiritual and sufisim. In every house there was one Hafize Quran. Muslim from the various part of the India come to learn the Islam and sufism.  

Hazrat Baba Burhanud din Garib

Sayyid Burhan-ud-din, Khuldabad

 

Hazrat was the one of the most prominent Khalifa of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya DelhiOpposite the building which contains the tombs of Aurangzeb and Zain-ud-din, is another of almost equal interest. This has also a large quadrangular courtyard having open fronted building on all sides, and a nagarkhana at the east end. In the courtyard are two large drums. One of them is in fair order, while the parchment of the other has been destroyed and only the huge iron hemisphere remains. The west end of the quadrangle is used as a school and a door here gives access to an inner courtyard containing several graves. Facing the entrance is the tomb of Sayyad Burhan ud din, a Sufi Saint. Burhan-ud-din studied under Nizamuddin Auliya, the Sultan-ul-mashaikh of Delhi and was invested with the cap and the mantle, the symbols of the Kaliphat, in succession to the Sultan-ul-mashaikh. He migrated to Daulatabad in the wake ofMuhammad Tughluq's transfer of capital from Delhi and later, made Khuldabad his abode, dying there in 744 H. (1344 A. D). Within the shrine are preserved some hair of the prophet's beard. The shrine doors are plated with plates of metal wrought into fanciful designs of trees and flowers. There is a mosque in front of the dargah. Within the town are dargahs to other Muslim saints like Muntajab ud din, Sayyad Yusuf etc

 

Hazrat  Sayyed Zain ud din Shirazi Dargah

 

   

Hazrat Zainuddin Shirazi was a great scholar at his time. He wrote Quran with seven types of Qirat .Hazrat pass away on 771 H. (1370 A. D). Sheikh Zain-ud-din was born at Shiraz, in H. 701 and came to Delhi by way of Mecca. He studied under Maulana Kamal ud din of Samana and accompanied him to Daulatabad. He held the office of the Kazi at Daulatabad and in H. 737 was invested with the mantle of the Kaliphat, but did not actually succeed till after Burhan-ud-din's death in H. 741. Zain-ud-din’s sayings have bean recorded by Shaikh Husain in his Hidayatu-l-Kabul. The mausoleum was erected by his disciples much later. It is surrounded by a large quadrangular courtyard, and the enclosure has two gates chased with brass, silver and brass. The court has two mosques, one on a higher and the other on a lower level, a sloping pavement leading up to the former. There are open-fronted buildings on all sides, and a nagarkhana or a music chamber at the east end. The west end is used as a school where the Quran is taught. The doors of the shrine are inlaid with silver plates, and the step below is embellished with a number of curiously cut and polished stones. The grave inside is covered with a richly embroidered pall, and has the usual string of ostrich eggs suspended over it. A small room in an angle of the courtyard wall is said to contain the robe of the prophet, which is exhibited once a year on 12th Rabi-ul-awal. The relics of the parahan and the taj given to Burhan-ud-din on succeeding to the Kaliphat we carefully preserved in a wooden box placed in one of the apartments of Zain-ud,din's dargah

 

Hazrat Aurangzeb

 

 

Hazrat Aurangzeb told to his companion or his family to bury him near the feet of Hazrat Zainuddin Shirazi after his death. Aurangzeb's tomb is in the south-east angle of this courtyard. Facing it is a long low building similar to the one in the outer quadrangle, and in the north end is a small room containing the pall and decorations of the tomb. The grave lies immediately to the right of the entrance and is remarkably simple, in keeping with Aurangzeb's own wishes. The grave lies in the middle of a stone platform, raised about half a foot from the floor.

Aurangzeb funded his resting place by knitting caps and copying the Qu’ran, during the last years of his life, works which he sold anonymously in the market place. Unlike the other great Mughal rulers, Aurangzeb’s tomb is not marked with a large mausoleum instead he was interred in an open air grave in accordance with his Islamic principles.The gateway and domed porch were added in 1760. The floor is of marble, A neat railing of perforated marble is on three sides, and the wall of Burhan-ud-din's dargah forms the fourth side. It was erected by the Nizam at the request of Lord Curzon, then Viceroy of India (who was shocked by the simplicity of the tomb) in the year 1911. On ceremonial occasions Aurangzeb's grave is draped with richly embroidered cloth but ordinarily it is covered by a white sheet. Close by on the right, are the tombs of Azam Shah, his wife and daughte

 

Hazrat Muntazibuddin Zar Zari Zar Baksh Doleh Miya

 

Hazrat was the Brother of Hazrat Baba Burhanuddin Garib he was also one of the great Khalifa of Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia Delhi.The tomb of Zar Zari Baksh is between Malik Ambar's tomb and the northern gate of the town. It contains a number of ornaments and relics, the most remarkable of which is a circular looking-glass of steel mounted on a steel pedestal of four feet in height. It is said to have been presented by king Tana Shah. To the west of the town is the mausoleum of Ganj Ravan Ganj Baksh, believed to be the earliest Muhammedan saint of the district. He arrived towards the end of the 13th century about the time of Ala-ud-din's invasion of Devagiri. His dargah has the horse-shoe shaped dome of the Pathans, with piers on the faces supporting pointed arches. It stands on the band of Pari-ka-talav, also known as Ganj Ravan Talav. On the same side of the town is that of Sayyad Khalksar with a fine tank attached to it. The mausoleums of Abdal Halim and Kak Shahr, situated to the south of Khuldabad have some old pillars probably taken from Hindu temples. A number of other decayed tombs are to the east and south of the town.

On the anniversary day of the death of Zar Zari Zar Baksh an urus lasting for eight days is held. The articles exposed for sale consist of saris, brass and copper vessels and toys, including cutlery articles. The fair is attended by a large number of persons.

 

The saint of this popular Dargah, Muntajib al-Din, known best by his epithetZar Zari Zar Baksh, is said to have come to this area of the Deccan in the fourteenth century at the request of his teacher, Nizamuddin Awliya of Delhi.

The Zar Zari Zar Baksh Dargah [Sufi Shrine] in Khuldabad attracts hundreds of pilgrims each year for ordinary rituals such as seeking the blessings of praying at a holy place. But this Dargah draws people from long distances for more specific purposes too. Thousands of pilgrims travel to the Zar Zari Zar Baksh Dargah for the urs or death anniversary of the saint, immediately followed by the commemoration of the death of the Prophet Muhammad.

Several apocryphal stories are told about Muntajib al-Din to account for the name, Zar Zari Zar Baksh, "the giver of the essence of gold", but historical data notes simply that he was a practicing Sufi who often retreated to a hill cave near the place where his tomb was eventually built.

Hazrat Jalal al-Din or Ganj-i-ravan

       

n the village of Khuldabad, near Aurangabad, known as the Valley of the Sufi Saints, a visit to the shrine of Syed Shah Jalal Ud Din, also known by his epithet Ganj Rawan Ganj Baksh (which means flowing treasure) is a must. There are many interesting facts which are locally known about this Saint and his powers. This shrine overlooks the Pariyon Ka Talab, the waters of which also have healing properties, and the ill can bathe in the same.

Praying at this dargah and washing in the waters of the Fairies' Tank, women are said to be cured of infertility and other ailments. Like pilgrims to the Dargah of Zar Zari Zar Baksh, women pray here to conceive a child and, as a symbol of their prayer, attach colored bits of fabric and bangles above the door lintel or on the limbs of the great tree.

Also in this courtyard is the tomb of a hijra (hermaphrodite or transgendered man) who is said to have mocked the saint's ability to help people conceive. According to the story told by the caretaker of the shrine, the hijra became pregnant by the power of the saint, but died in childbirth. Stones mark the grave of both the hijra and child.

 

Pareo ka talab (Pool of Faris)

 

 

 

The saint was to have been told by his preceptor to set up base where his staff sprung shoots. It did so at this very site at Khuldabad. A stone marks the site where he first gave an aazan 
(Call to prayer).

 

Outer gate of the shrine of Syed Shah Jalal Ud Din

 

Near the shrine are two trees, one is said to have grown from the Saint’s staff. It is located behind the shrine. The other, in front of the shrine, is an offshoot of the original tree.

Stone marking the place where Aazan was first given by Syed Shah Jalal Ud Din

         
   



Infertility is cured if a woman who is unable to conceive eats the fruits of this tree. Eating the fruits of one tree is said to ensure a female child and the other a male child.

In the days gone by, a hijra (transgendered man) is said to have mocked the powers of Syed Shah Jalal Ud Din. This hijra conceived and but died at childbirth. The hijra’s grave and that of the still born baby are found here.

Hazrat Syed Shah Khatal Husseni (r.a.), Khuldabad the father of Hazrath Khwaja Bande Nawaz Gesodaraz (Gulbaraga).

 

Hazrat Syedna Bahruddin Quadri and Maulana Shah Ansari Shuttari

Hazrat Syedna Bahruddin Quadri and Maulana Shah Ansari Shuttari, Daulatabad. Hazrat come first group of Qadri wali who spread the Qadri Silsila in India.

 

Banu Begum’s Makbara

 

 

 

 

Banu Begum Garden 1860sKhuldabad

 

To the west of this group of tombs is the Makbara of Bani Begum, the consort of one of Aurangzeb's son, with the Lall Bagh of Khan Jahan close by. The tomb of Bani Begam is in the centre of a large quadrangular garden. It is surrounded by a handsome wall with arched recesses on the inside. An elegant kiosk at each corner angle stands on eight pillars, and is surmountedby an Indo-Saracenic dome, fluted externally. The main entrance is in the centre of the north wall, and a mosque is in the south wall; while a corresponding open pavilion is in each of the remaining walls. The ground inside is laid out in the usual form of a garden, and contains cisterns and fountains, no longer in working order. The tomb of the Begum is within another walled enclosure in the middle of the garden, and has four small minarets around it. A pretty summer house in the centre of each wall in this wound enclosure, has sixteen slender but elegant pillars, supporting a domed roof in the curious form belonging to the Bengal style. There are, also specimens of perforated stone-work in the makbara
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Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah's Tomb

To the right of Burhan-ud-din's tomb are the resting places of Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah I, the founder of the Hyderabad dynasty, his second son Nasir Jang. The Hyderabad dynasty continued to rule from Hyderabad until after India won her independence, and of one of his consorts. They are covered with white cloth. The graves an on a platform of porphyry inlaid with white marble. A ten feet high screen of red porphyry surrounds them. Nasir Jang's tomb is on the left. It is surrounded by small scolloped arches of red porphyry.

Khan Jahan’s Lall Bagh

The Lall Bagh was built by Aurangzeb's foster-brother Khan Jahan, who was on two occasions Viceroy of the Dakhan, and died about the end of the 17th century. It resembles the garden containing Bani Begam's makbara, but is smaller, and has similar corner towers. The centre of each side wall has a building, one of which forms the gate, and contains a large dome in the centre, with a smaller dome on either side, add three minarets. A cistern in the centre of the enclosure, is connected by four long cisterns with the building in the middle of each wall; and the whole is adorned with fountains. "The water supply is obtained from the Roza tank, and first fills a cistern on the top of an adjoining house, from which it runs down a sloping pavement, into the garden." The makbara of Khan Jahan is just above the garden, and the tombs of his relations are on the western side. A red porphyritic trap, and a cement of the same colour, have been used in the buildings, and hence the name Lall Bagh which has been given to the garden.

Malik Ambar's Tomb

Malik Ambar's dargah is to the north-west of the town and according to Ferishta it was erected during his lifetime. Nearby stands the tomb of his wife Bibi Karima. They are both in the Parther style of architure and stand on raised platforms. The larger of the two contains the mortal remains of Malik Ambar and resembles Nizam Shah's dargah. Though the smaller is also of the same general appearance, it does not have the facade decorated with recesses and cusped arches in stucoo plaster. At a short distance from Malik Ambar's tomb is the open tomb of Tana Shah, the last of the Golkonda kings. To the north of the town is the tomb of Nizam Shah Bhairi which was converted into a trvelles' bungalow by the officers of the contingent stationed at Aurangabad during British days. The mausoleum at the base of the hill close by was erected for himself by Khoja Firoz while engaged in building the tomb of Nizam Shah Bhairi. The dargah of Ahmad Nizam Shah (1489-1509) is built on a raised platform and has an open court all round. It is quadrangular in plan, the walls rising high and plump with the parapet. A projecting string course divides the facade into two portions, the lower of which has three compartments on each face. Each compartment again has a rectangular recess covered by a horse-shoe arch. A cornice above projects well, and is supported on brackets. The parapet is pierced with tracery work; and the corner support little kiosks which look like miniature dargahs. While the summit is crowned with a little drum, the lower portion of the dome is adorned with lotus leaves.

 

 

 

 

Noteable Saints and Rulers Buried at Khuldabad 

• Burhan-ud-din Gharib (1337)
• Tombs of Ruknuddin and Majd ud din and many disciples of Bhuranuddin.
• Nizam ul Mulk Asaf Jha (1748) the first Nizam and his wife Sayyida-un-nisa Begum.
• Nasir Jung (1750) the second Nizam and his wife
• Hidayat Muhi-ud-din Khan Muzaffar Jang (1751) the third Nizam.
• A number of other dignitaries including Iwaz Khan (1730) Mutawasil Khan uncle ofMuzaffar Jung, Jamal ud din Khan (1746) Shah Karim ud din, Shahzada Jangli, Saeed ud din Suam(III) the taluqdar of Aurangabad.
• Bani Begum in a garden, Khan Jahan and Saad ullah Khan in Lal Bagh.
• Zainuddin Shirazi (1369)
• Maulana Khan Bibi adoptive daughter of Zainuddin Shirazi
• Tomba of his disciples such as Shama ud din Fazal ullah, Muhammad Lashkar, and Mir Hasan.
• Aurangzeb (1707)
• Muhammad Azam Shah and his wife Aurangi Bibi.
• Sayyid Mansur Mughal governer of Baglana and his wife.
• Jalal ud din Ganj Rawan
• • Muntajib ud din Zar Zari Zar Baksh (1309)
• Inside the Dargah complex :
• Bibi Hajra, mother of Burhan-ud-din and Muntajib ud din.
• Sona Bai, Hindu princess.
• Tombs of their relatives and Burhan-ud-din's disciples, such as Farid ud din Adib(1337), Pir Mubarak Karwan (1340).
• West of Dargah complex :
• Badr ud din Nawlakha
• Abdullah Habib ul Aydarus (1631)
• Malik Ambar (1626)
• Siddi Karima, wife of Malik Ambar
• Siddi Abdul Rehman, grandson of Malik Ambar.
• East of the Dargah Complex :
• Ankas Khan, a noble of Tughlaq period.
• Mumtaz Khan.
• Sayyid Yusuf al Husain Raju Qatal (1330) Dargah north of Huda Hill.
• Inside the dargah complex :
• Sayyid Chandan Sahib
• Abul Hasan Tana Shah (1699) the last of Qutub Shahi kings.
• Nawab Marhamat Khan, Mughal Governer of Aurangabad.
• Daud Khan (1715) Mughal Governer of Bhuranpur, his brothers and sisters.
• North of the Dargah complex:
• Mosque of 1400 Saints containing graves of scholars such as Zahir ud din Bhakkari.
• Ahmad Nizam Shah (1508) first king of Ahmednagar Sultanet.
• Bhuran Nizam Shah (1553) second King of Ahmednagar Sultanate.
• Amir Hasan Dihlawi Sijzi (1336)
• Azad Bilgrami (1786)
• Khwja Husain (1349) and Khwja Umar, uncle of Zainuddin Shirazi, south of Huda Hill.
• Bibi Aisha daughter of Farid ud din Ganj Shakkar, south of Hasan Dihlawi Tomb.
• Shah Khaksar, southwest of Ganj Rawan's tomb.
• Near Daulatabad
• Momin Arif
• Mardan ul din (1335)
• Nizam ud din Pesh Imam(1370) at Kaghzipura.
• Alauddun Ziya
• Baha ud din Ansari(1515)