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The Black Taj Mahal is a legendary black marble mausoleum that is said to have been planned to be built across the Yamuna River opposite the Taj Mahal in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. Mughal emperor Shah Jahan is said to have desired a mausoleum for himself similar to that of the one he had built in memory of his second wife, Mumtaz Mahal .
Sultan Muhammed Quli Qutb Shah's mausoleum is considered the grandest of the Qutb Shahi tombs. Built in 1602 A.D., the tomb is on a terrace of 65m square and 4m high. A flight of steps leads to the mausoleum proper, which is 22 m square on the outside and 11 m square on the inside. There are entrances on the southern and eastern sides.
A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the burial chamber of a deceased person or people. A mausoleum without the person's remains is called a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be considered a type of tomb, or the tomb may be considered to be within the mausoleum.
The mausoleum is adorned with precious coverings. Six arches are embedded in its exterior walls. [11] Restoration work on the Termizi mausoleum was carried out in 1996 on the occasion of the 660th anniversary of Amir Temur's birth.On the entrance of Hakim at-Termizi's mausoleum, a series of sentences in Arabic script are inscribed. The ...
Mausoleum of Kunhi Koya Thangal Keramat Habib Noh The Keramat Iskandar Shah at Fort Canning site The mausoleum of Kunhi Koya Thangal, an Indian Muslim scholar from the Malabar , is located in the grounds of the Masjid Malabar [ 3 ]
Just inside the door to the Mausoleum, after a section of hexagonal terracotta tiles, is a black and white marble mosaic depicting the twin-tailed Triton (the son of Neptune in Roman mythology) blowing his shell trumpet forms the threshold. The mosaic, laid in opus vermiculatum, was described as a "Pompeian pavement" and is most likely a copy ...
Inside, the mausoleum chamber is covered by a dome of mahogany wood with coloured glass, while the walls are covered in zellij tiling. Some elements are finished with chased brass. [3] The cenotaph of Mohammed V is carved in white onyx and was made by craftsman Ibn Abdelkrim. [6] A reader of the Quran is often present, having his assigned seat.