The Tomb Of Beghum Mushir Zadi
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Tomb of Beghum Mushir Zadi.
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The tomb has 3 arched windows on each face and 2 side windows beyond the pillars.
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The octagonal pillars have watch towers to keep a track of whats going on.
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The way up the tomb has mini arches to give the structure strenght and provide heat sink.
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The arches are arranged in layers upwards to the main tomb embellished with engravings.
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The main arches have typical mughal designs.
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The patterns of flower and its petals is evident throughout the arch.
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The top dome is octagonal and converges to the centre. Smaller arches are divided into groups of three.
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Side view of the tomb showing octagonal pillars with tandom window openings.
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One of the four smaller domes that support the main dome. It is octagonal in shape and has no openings.
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One of the two pillars on each face of the tomb is made column by column fully engraved with patterns.
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The first floor of the tomb has a verandah and small arches in groups of five make a boundary.
This tomb was built by the King Ghazi-ud-din Haider (1814-27 A.D.) for his mother Mushir Zadi, wife of Nawab Saadat Ali Khan (1798-1814 A.D.). It was erected on the spot of residential complex where Ghazi-ud-din Haider lived as crown prince. Square on plan, it is built up of lakhauri bricks laid in lime mortar and decorated with plaster mouldings. It has four octagonal towers crowned by pillared kiosks with dome above. The main hall has verandah on each side. The parapet has a number of miniature domes. Above the main hall are four octagonal corner domes and an elegant central dome. The underground vault contains two graves,one of which is that of the queen and the other is said to be that of her daughter.
