The mausoleum known as Hazira contains the graves of Qutb-ud-din Muhammad Khan who was the tutor of Salim, son and successor of Akbar, and also that of his son Naurang Khan who held important offices in Gujarat under Akbar. Qutb-ud-din was uncle of Mirza Aziz Koka
foster brother of Akbar and Governor of Gujarat thrice in between 1573
AD. To 1583 AD. He was killed in 1583 by Muzaffar III in the last sultan
of Gujarat. Built on high octagonal platform with smaller gates on the
cardinal directions and five arches on each side. It is in the style of Mughal tombs at Delhi.
The real grave is in an underground chamber and the false grave in the
tomb chamber. The Quranic texts in Arabic are carved, inside tomb
chamber, on lintels, arches and also above Jali work on eastern side
walls. The extant parapet wall on the roof terrace is embellished with
Merlon designs in brick red color evident from the traces. The lower
portion of cylindrical dome surrounding the tomb was covered with thick
plaster of brick red color, The mausoleum has a double dome and seems to
have been a garden tomb and vav or step well to its across west the
modern road was perhaps used for supplying the water to the garden [1]
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