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| North of the Qutab-Mehrauli Road at the entrance
of Mehrauli village, along the walls of Lal Kot, is the octagonal
tomb of Adham Khan. He was the son of Maham Anga, who was a
wet nurse of the Mughal Emperor Akbar. Adham Khan was a noblemen
and a general in Akbar's army. However, when he killed Ataga
Khan, the husband of Ji Ji Anga, another of Akbar's wet nurses,
he was thrown down from the ramparts of Agra Fort, on Akbar's
orders. Soon, Maham Anga also died, consumed by grief, and Akbar
built this tomb for them in 1562. |
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| Surmounted by a dome, the tomb is popularly
known as Bhulbhulaiyan, due to its labyrinth where one may lose
one's way in the corridors of the tomb. The tomb is built in
Lodi style with a verandah on each side with three openings
and that too without the usual eaves below the parapets. It
is said that in the early 19th century, the tomb was converted
into a residence of an Englishman named Blake of the Bengal
Civil Service. Later the tomb was also used or misused as a
police station, post office and even a rest house. The tomb
was finally vacated and maintained as a monument on the orders
of Lord Curzon. |
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