Maqbara of Nadir Shah and Adil Shah in Burhanpur in Madhya Pradesh

Friday, June 23, 2017

The Maqbara of Nadir Shah and Adil Shah are located around 2 KM away from the Maqbara of Begum Shah Shuja. There is a muddy path that leads to it.

Maqbara of Nadir Shah and Adil Shah in Burhanpur

Directions for the same are tagged on Google maps.

Mr Chaudhari, who we had met at the Maqbara of  Begum Shah Shuja had already informed Mr. Taide another ASI executive posted at Maqbara of Nadir Shah that we would be visiting this place.

Maqbara of Nadir Shah

There is no sign of humans here, total wilderness. There is no provision for food and water either. Luckily we had very little water remaining and we were rationing the water. Both the Maqbara are built very close to each other.

The cenotaph in the middle belongs to Nadir Shah

There are plenty of unknown tombs here. Some of them had inscriptions on them, not sure if it is Arabic or Urdu.

Tombstone

The bigger tomb belonged to Nadir Shah. It is built on a podium. A series of steps leads one to the tomb door. He was the founder of the Faruqui Dynasty in the 15th century. The cenotaph  in the centre belongs to him. There are a couple of other cenotaph too, not sure who they belong too.

Maqbara of Adil Shah

There was also a Maulana aka priest there. He looks after the maintenance of these two Tombs. He too is unaware of the of the other cenotaph. The entrance to the tomb is under lock and key. The Maulana showed us around in the tomb.

The cenotaph placed in the middle with a blue chaddar on it belongs to Adil Shah

We then visited the Adil Shah tomb located a couple of feet away. This tomb was small in size. The cenotaph placed in the middle with a blue chaddar on it belongs to Adil Shah, not sure who the other cenotaph belong too.

Thats us, from the right, Mr Taide, Maulana and Me.

Mr. Taide, then gave us a lift on his bike to take us to Mazaar of Tota Maina. On the way, we located some unknown tombs. He was stunned, when heard that we had walked it all the way to this place from Kali Masjid in Burhanpur.