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  2. Haji Ali Dargah - Wikipedia

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    The Haji Ali Dargah is a mosque and dargah or the monument of Pir Haji Ali Shah Bukhari located on an islet off the coast of Worli in the southern Mumbai. An exquisite example of Indo-Islamic Architecture , associated with legends about doomed lovers, the dargah contains the tomb of Haji Ali Shah Bukhari .

  3. Architecture of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    The buildings and architecture of Chicago reflect the city's history and multicultural heritage, featuring prominent buildings in a variety of styles. Most structures downtown were destroyed by the Great Chicago Fire in 1871 (an exception being the Water Tower ).

  4. Richard J. Daley Center - Wikipedia

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    The Richard J. Daley Center, also known by its open courtyard Daley Plaza and named after longtime mayor Richard J. Daley, is the premier civic center of the City of Chicago in Illinois. The Center's modernist skyscraper primarily houses offices and courtrooms for the Cook County Circuit Courts , Cook County State's Attorney and additional ...

  5. Pir Haji Ali Shah Bukhari - Wikipedia

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    Peer Syed Haji Ali Shah Bukhari was a wealthy merchant. Haji Ali Shah came from Samarqand with Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani. He was a disciple of Ali Hamadani, At some point during the Delhi Sultanate rule over the island of Worli, Peer Sayyed Haji Ali came to settle there. Many legends point out that during his journey to Mecca, he fell ill and ...

  6. File:Sunrise at the Hali Aji Dargah & Masjid.jpg - Wikipedia

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    It is believed that praying at the dargah helps fulfill one's wishes.The Sunni Barelvi Movement of India Controls the Dargah and Masjid as is the case of most of the Masjids of Mumbai. The dargah was built in 1631 by a wealthy Muslim merchant and saint named Haji Ali who renounced all his wordly possessions before making a pilgrimage to Mecca.

  7. Chicago Architecture Center - Wikipedia

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    In 2009, the center opened a new exhibition, Chicago Model, which includes a 3D-printed scale model of the central area of the city and is now on permanent display. [5] Changing its name to the Chicago Architecture Center, it moved to a newly expanded space in Mies van der Rohe's One Illinois Center at 111 E. Wacker Dr. on the Chicago River in ...

  8. Dargah - Wikipedia

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    The Tomb of Salim Chishti at Fatehpur Sikri, India was built in 1581 during the reign of Mughal Emperor Akbar.. A dargah (Persian: درگاه dargâh or درگه dargah, Turkish: dergâh, Hindustani: dargāh दरगाह درگاہ, Bengali: দরগাহ dôrgah) is a shrine or tomb built over the grave of a revered religious figure, often a Sufi saint or dervish.

  9. History of Mumbai under Islamic rule - Wikipedia

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    The Haji Ali Dargah in Bombay, built in 1431, by a Muslim saint named Haji Ali, when Mumbai was under Islamic rule. From 1348 to 1391, the islands were under the Muzaffarid dynasty. In 1391, shortly after the establishment of the Gujarat Sultanate, Muzaffar Shah I was appointed viceroy of north Konkan. [1]