The tomb of Makhdoom Shah Daulat, a descendant of Kamal Uddin Yahya, a scholar and Sufi saint, locally known as Choti Dargah, is situated at Maner, about 15 km from Patna. It is one of the finest specimens of Mughal architecture. At its centre is the tomb of the famous saint Makhdoom Shah Daulat who died in 1608 AD and the tomb of Ibrahim Khan is near the saint’s feet.
The tomb is built of Chunar sandstone on a square platform with verandahs all around the square with stone roofs carved with floral and geometric patterns and calligraphy of verses from the Quran. At the corners of the verandah are small rooms with domes on the roofs, each supported by twelve pillars. The roof of the main chamber rests on four tall stone pillars on each side, between which are curtain walls, adorned with horizontal mouldings and rows of niches and arches. In addition there are two additional towers on the south side at each corner. A gallery is also provided on its northern and western side, with a mosque occupying the central portion of the western gallery. The tomb is accessed from a gateway on the north side, which bears an Arabic inscription dating its construction to 1613 AD, while a Persian inscription in the mosque mentions its completion in 1619 AD by Ibrahim Khan who was the Governor of Bihar and a pupil of great Sufi Saint.
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Nice piece of history there @rizbab28 . Sometimes wonder how resilient these structures are to stand such length of time.
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