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{{Infobox historic site
| name         = Barid Shahi tombs
| image        = Tomb of ali barid shah.jpg
| caption      = Tomb of Ali Barid Shah
| location     = [[Bidar, Karnataka]], India
| architecture = [[Indo-Islamic architecture]]
| coordinates  = {{Coord|17.919|N|77.504|E|display=inline, title}}
| built        = 16th century
}}
[[File:Tomb Qasim Barid Shah.jpg|thumb|Tomb of [[Qasim Barid I|Qasim Barid Shah I]]]]
[[File:Tomb Ali Barid Shah.jpg|thumb|Tomb of [[Ali Barid Shah I]] along with the two-storied gateway]]
The '''Barid Shahi tombs''' are tombs of the [[Barid Shahi dynasty]]. They are located in [[Bidar]] in the Indian state of [[Karnataka]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.journeynlife.com/2014/10/barid-shahi-park-bidar-great-historical-architecture.html|title=Journey & Life.: Barid Shahi Park – A great historical architecture in Bidar, Karnataka|website=Journey & Life.|access-date=2019-10-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111093056/http://www.journeynlife.com/2014/10/barid-shahi-park-bidar-great-historical-architecture.html|archive-date=2016-11-11|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

==History==
The [[Barid Shahi dynasty]] ruled between 1492 and 1695.

They were built during the medieval period in the 16th and 17th centuries.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Modern_Hyderabad_(Deccan)|title=Modern Hyderabad (Deccan)|last=Law|first=John|publisher=Thacker, Spink and Co.|year=1914|location=Calcutta|pages=16}}</ref>

==Architecture==
The tombs were built in the [[Indo-Islamic architecture|Indo-Islamic]] style typical of the [[Deccan Sultanates]]. Similar necropolises include the [[Qutb Shahi tombs]] in Hyderabad.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5887/|title=Monuments and Forts of the Deccan Sultanate|website=UNESCO World Heritage Centre|language=en|access-date=2019-10-02}}</ref> They are set in a garden, of which a few mango and tamarind trees still survive.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

===Tomb of Qasim Barid===
The Tomb of Qasim Barid lies to the East of his son Amir Barid's unfinished tomb.{{sfn|Yazdani, 1947|pp=149}}

===Tomb of Amir Barid===
Amir Barid lies in an unfinished tomb. He began the construction of his tomb, however, he died in 1542 CE before the tomb could be completed.{{sfn|Yazdani, 1947|pp=150}}

===Tomb of Ali Barid===
The tomb of Ali Barid was completed in 984 Hijri (1576-1577 CE), three years before his death.{{sfn|Yazdani, 1947|pp=152}}

===Tomb of Ibrahim Barid===
The tomb of Ibrahim Barid is a replica of his father Ali Barid's tomb.{{sfn|Yazdani, 1947|pp=160}} The tomb is located on a raised platform 6 feet tall.

A two storied gateway leads to the tomb enclosure.

There are several graves within the enclosure, under the shade of mango trees.

=== Tomb of Qasim Barid II ===
The tomb is to the south of Ibrahim Barid's tomb.{{sfn|Yazdani, 1947|pp=162}}

Several other tombs are located on the platform.

=== Idgah ===
There is an [[Eidgah|idgah]] at the eastern end of Qasim Barid's tomb.{{sfn|Yazdani, 1947|pp=165}} The idgah might have been constructed during the Bahmani period.

== Preservation ==
The [[Archaeological Survey of India]] has listed the site as a [[Monuments of National Importance (India)|monument of national importance]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=List of Centrally Protected Monuments / Sites under the jurisdiction of Karnataka (Bangalore Circle, Dharwad Circle and Hampi Circle) |url=https://asi.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Karnataka-Bangalore-Circle-Dharwad-Circle-and-Hampi-Circle.pdf |website=[[Archaeological Survey of India]]}}</ref> The complex, along with other sites in Bidar, Gulbarga, Bijapur, and Hyderabad is also listed on the tentative list of the [[World Heritage Site]]s.<ref name=":0" />

==See also==
*[[Chahartaq (architecture)]]

==References==
=== Citations ===
{{Reflist}}

=== Bibliography ===
* {{cite book |title=Historic Landmarks of the Deccan |last1=Haig |first1=Major T. W. |year=1907 |publisher=Pioneer Press, Allahabad |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Historic_Landmarks_of_the_Deccan |ref={{sfnref|Haig, 1907}}}} 
* {{cite book |title=Bidar, Its History and Monuments |last=Yazdani |first=Ghulam |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.279710/page/n1 |year=1947 |ref={{sfnref|Yazdani, 1947}}}}
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