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{{about|the tomb of [[Ahmad Shah I]]|the mosque erected by Ahmad Shah|Ahmed Shah's Mosque}}
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'''Ahmad Shah's Tomb''', locally known as '''Badshah no Hajiro''' or '''Raja no Hajiro''' (King's Mausoleum), is a medieval mosque and the group of tombs in [[Ahmedabad]], India. Ahmad Shah's tomb is situated close to [[Jama Mosque, Ahmedabad|Jama Mosque]] and [[Manek Chowk (Ahmedabad)|Manek Chowk]].<ref name="Ward1998">{{cite book|author=Ward|title=Gujarat–Daman–Diu: A Travel Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P7EHTBl_pyQC&pg=PA26|date=1 January 1998|publisher=Orient Longman Limited|isbn=978-81-250-1383-9|pages=26–27}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Ahmed Shah, Mausoleum.jpg|thumb|Tomb of Ahmad Shah|left]]
[[File:Traditional drummers at Ahmedabad's old city (16214799847).jpg|thumb|Traditional drummers playing ''Naubat''|left]]
The mosque has the tomb of [[Ahmad Shah I]], the founder of Ahmedabad in centre. It was completed by his son [[Muhammad Shah II]] (r. 1442-1451) who is buried to his left. His grandson Qutb-ud-Din [[Ahmad Shah II]] (1451–1458) is buried to his right. The tomb of Ahmad Shah's brother is outside of the main chamber. On Ahmad Shah's tomb flowers and ''chadar''s are still offered.<ref name="Ward1998"/>

==Architecture==
The mosque has the main square building with large central dome. There are four chambers at all four corners with smaller domes. The tombs are in centre. The chamber is lit with delicately carved stone screens, (''jaalis'').<ref name="Ward1998x">{{cite book|author=Ward|title=Gujarat–Daman–Diu: A Travel Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P7EHTBl_pyQC&pg=PA22|date=1 January 1998|publisher=Orient Longman Limited|isbn=978-81-250-1383-9|page=22}}</ref><ref name="Sharma">{{cite book|author=Dr. Shiv Sharma|title=India - A Travel Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=COHI7LlpkSAC&pg=PA491|publisher=Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd.|isbn=978-81-284-0067-4|page=491}}</ref>

Women are not allowed to enter, and men must cover their heads before entering. There are also tombs of a few ministers laid across the road.<ref name="Ward1998"/>

==''Naubat''==
''Naubat'' is a traditional orchestra which announced arrival and departure of the king, welcomed dignitaries, marked beginning of wars and special occasions like birth, death or marriage of Royals. They were also time keepers of the city. ''Naubat'' is still played as a remembrance of Ahmad Shah near the tomb. The ninth generation of ''Naubat'' musicians plays ''[[nagara (drum)|nagara]]'' and ''[[shehnai]]'' every day at ''Naubat Khana'', a drum room above the entrance of the tomb. They played ''Naubat'' at evening to announce the sunset and at night to announce the closing of the gates of fort during royal times. They are played at 19:30 (or sunset) and 23:00 IST every day. On Thursday and Friday three more ''Naubat''s are played; 09:00, 12:00 and 15:00 IST.<ref name="Desai2006">{{cite book|author=Anjali H. Desai|title=India Guide Gujarat|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gZRLGZNZEoEC&pg=PA93|date=November 2006|publisher=India Guide Publications|isbn=978-0-9789517-0-2|page=93}}</ref>

==Gallery ==
<gallery widths="140px" heights="140px" perrow="5">
Image:Tomb of Sultan Ahmed Shah at Ahmedabad India.jpg|''Badshah no Hajiro'', Tomb of Ahmed Shah
Image:Ahmed Shah Badshah's tomb.jpg|Gate of Tomb
Image:Carving at Ahmed Shah Badshah's tomb.jpg| Lattice work in windows of tomb
Image:Outside ahmedshah tomb another tomb.JPG|Lattice work
Image:Wall Carving in Ahmad Shah Tomb.JPG|Lattice work
Image:Inside ahmedshah tomb.JPG|Tomb
Image:Tomb of Sultan Ahmed Shah.jpg|Pillars and windows
</gallery>

==See also==
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* [[Rani no Hajiro]]

==References ==
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{{Ahmedabad topics|status=collapsed}}

[[Category:Tombs in Ahmedabad]]
[[Category:Mausoleums in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Monuments of National Importance in Gujarat]]

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>Feroze Ahmad 2 at 08:29, 24 December 2020