Tags: Religious Building.

Chausath Khamba also spelled Chaunsath Khamba (Hindi: चौंसठ खम्बा) is a tomb built during 1623–24. It is located in Nizamuddin precincts of Sufi Muslim shrines and tombs in New Delhi India. The name means 64 pillars in Urdu and Hindi. It was built by Mirza Aziz Koka son of Ataga Khan as a mausoleum for himself at the time when Mughal Emperor Jahangir ruled from Delhi. Mirza Aziz Koka had served several times as Jahangir’s Governor of Gujarat before he died in Gujarat.

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