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Tomb of Sheikh Salim Chisti

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Tomb of Sheikh Salim Chisti
Tomb of Sheikh Salim Chisti
Tomb of Sheikh Salim Chisti
Tomb of Sheikh Salim Chisti
Tomb of Sheikh Salim Chisti
Tomb of Sheikh Salim Chisti
Tomb of Sheikh Salim Chisti
Tomb of Sheikh Salim Chisti
Tomb of Sheikh Salim Chisti
Tomb of Sheikh Salim Chisti
Tomb of Sheikh Salim Chisti
Tomb of Sheikh Salim Chisti
Tomb of Sheikh Salim Chisti
Tomb of Sheikh Salim Chisti
Tomb of Sheikh Salim Chisti
Tomb of Sheikh Salim Chisti
Tomb of Sheikh Salim Chisti
Tomb of Sheikh Salim Chisti
Tomb of Sheikh Salim Chisti
Tomb of Sheikh Salim Chisti
Tomb of Sheikh Salim Chisti
Tomb of Sheikh Salim Chisti
Tomb of Sheikh Salim Chisti
Tomb of Sheikh Salim Chisti
Tomb of Sheikh Salim Chisti
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Salim Chishti's thomb, Fatechpur Sikri The Tomb of Sheikh Salim Chishti is famed as one of the finest examples of Mughal architecture in India, built during the years 1580 and 1581, along with the imperial complex at Fatehpur Sikri near Zenana Rauza and facing south towards Buland Darwaza, within the quadrangle of the Jama Masjid which measures 350 ft. by 440 ft. It enshrines the burial place of the Sufi saint, Salim Chisti , a descendant of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti of Ajmer, and who lived in a cavern on the ridge at Sikri. The mausoleum, constructed by Akbar as a mark of his respect for the Sufi saint, who foretold the birth of Akbar's son, who was named Prince Salim after the Sufi Saint and later succeeded Akbar to the throne of the Mughal Empire, as Jahangir.
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