Marvelous Monuments

Dhai Harir, a household lady of Mahmud Begada according to the Persian inscription, built a tomb in which she was buried. It is in Asarwa area, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. This said to be the final resting place of Bai Harir. There are 5 tombs within this structure. Picture Credit:  Parth Vaghela

Dada Harir Step well is a step well in Asarwa area 15 KM off Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The step well was built in 1485 by Dhai Harir, a household lady of Mahmud Begada according to the Persian inscription in the step well. She was the superintendent of the royal harem. The well bears two inscriptions, one in Sanskrit on the south, and one in Arabic on the north wall, of the first gallery.   The Arabic writing reads: This holy and wholesome water; the splendid travelers’ rest-house enclosed on four sides by carved and painted walls, and a grove of fruit trees with their fruit, a well, and a pool of water for the use of man and heist, were built in the reign of the Sultan of the Sultans of the age, established by the grace of God and of the faith, Abul Fath Mahmud Shah, son of Muhammad Shah, son of Ahmed Shah, son of Muhammad Shah, son of Muzaffar Shah the Sultan, may God keep his kingdom. Dated the metropolis of the kingdom the 2nd of Jamadi-ul-awwal in the 26th...

Tomb of Mahmud Begada is a mausoleum located in the village of Makarba, Ahmedabad in Gujarat state, India. Sultan Mahmud Begada or Mahmud Shah I (r. 25 May 1458 – 23 November 1511), was the most prominent Sultan of Gujarat Sultanate. Raised to the throne at young age, he successfully captured Pavagadh and Junagadh forts in battles which gave him his name Begada. He established Champaner as the capital. Sultan Mahmud Begada was fond of Sarkhej and expanded this complex greatly. He dug a large Sarkhej lake, surrounded it with cut stone steps, built on its south-west corner a splendid palace, and finally, opposite to the Ganj Baksh's tomb, raised a mausoleum for himself and his family, where he, his son Muzaffar Shah II and his queen Rajbai are buried. Across the courtyard on the left are two mausoleums with a connecting porch, the east mausoleum containing the tombs of Mahmud Begada, and of his son Saltan Muzaffar II, and the west, the tomb of Rajabai, Muzaff...