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Chiragh-i-Dihli's Dargah |
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| The Dargah of Chiragh-i-Dihli is located in the
Chirag Delhi Village and can be reached by either taking the
Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg through the Chiragh main road or the
Outer Ring Road through the Soami Nagar South Colony. It is
the burial place and tomb of Sufi saint Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud.
Entitled Raushan Chiragh-i-Dihli, which means the 'Illuminated
lamp of Delhi', the saint died in the year 1356. He was a disciple
of Hazrat Nizamuddin, whom he succeeded as the head of the Chisti
sect. The village of Chirag Delhi, now an urban settlement gradually
grew up around this sacred tomb and was earlier enclosed within
rubble-built rectangular walls with gateways on each side, built
by Muhammad Bin Tughlaq (1325-51). |
| The main tomb of the devout saint is a square
chamber supported on twelve pillars and surmounted by a dome
with turrets on every corner. Like the dome of Mubarak Shah's
tomb, the dome here also rises from an octagonal drum and is
a plastered one. Several additions have been made in the shrine
complex from time to time. At present there are several structures
in the complex like the assembly hall (Majlis-Khana) or the
symposium hall (Mahfil-Khana), apart from many graves and tombs
of eminent personalities inside the enclosure. There are also
several mosques in the Dargah enclosure. King Farrukhsiyar built
one among them in the early 18th century to pay homage to the
great saint. |
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