This tomb is situated in Mehrauli Archaeologist Park, behind Bus Terminal. It was built in Pathan period. It is a domed chattri and which occupies the center of a raise platform containing numerous graves within the raised enclosure. Originally the walls of the enclosure were broken with arched recesses which have been restored. The tomb had an octagonal bastion a each of the four angles which have been disappeared now and one of them at south-east corner has been restored. The chattri which measures 5.96 metres square and stands on a platform, is crowned by a dome supported on 12 dressed stone pillars. There is a narrow staircase on either side of the northern wall. The main entrance is through a projected platform on the south side through a flight of stairs on a square chamber below.
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