Safdarjung’s Tomb : Last flicker in the lamp of Mughal architecture at Delhi || News Station

Archaeological Survey of India's Ex-director Dr. Syed Jamal Hasan is telling the untold story of Safdarjung’sTomb
The tomb of Mirza Muqim Abul-Mansur Khan entitled Safdar Jang, who was the viceroy of Oudh under Muhammad Shah (1719-48) and later on the prime minister under Ahmad Shah (1748-54). The tomb was built in about 1754 by Shuja'u'd-Daula, Safdar Jang's son. The tomb is the last example of the pattern which began with Humayun's tomb. Enclosed within a large garden, divided into squares on the charbagh pattern, with tanks and fountains along the central pathway, with a gate on the east and pavilions on the other three sides, the tomb proper stands out in the center of the enclosure. It is a square double-storeyed structure built on a raised terrace and surmounted by a bulbous dome of marble. Red and buff sandstone has been used in its facing, a large proportion of which was stripped off from' Abdu'r-Rahim Khan-i-Khan's tomb. The marble panels on its corner-towers are pleasing but rather florid. In fact, its exaggerated ornamentation and lack of proportions, evidenced particularly by its vertical elevation, rob it of the character of a great building, although it has been rightly described as 'the last flicker in the lamp of #MughalArchitecture at Delhi'
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