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{{Infobox religious building
|building_name= Chausath Khamba
|image=Chaunsath_Khamba_06.jpg
|caption=View of Chausath Khamba
|location={{Flagicon|India}} [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
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|religious_affiliation=[[Islam]]
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|province= Delhi
|territory=[[Delhi]]
|district=[[New Delhi]]
|consecration_year=1624
|status=Tomb
|leadership= [[Jahangir]]
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|architect= Koka Khan-i-Azam
|architecture_type= Tomb
|architecture_style= [[Mughal architecture]]
|facade_direction=Open on four sides
|year_completed=1623
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'''Chausath Khamba''', also spelled '''Chaunsath Khamba''' ({{lang-ur|چونسٹھ کھمبا}}, {{lang-hi|चौंसठ खम्बा}}), is a tomb built during 1623–24. It is located in [[Nizamuddin West|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.<ref name=arch>{{Cite web|url=http://www.archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=26|title=Mirza 'Aziz Kotaltash Tomb|access-date=2009-04-10|publisher=ArchNet Digital Library|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503084653/http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=26|archive-date=2012-05-03}}</ref><ref name=khamba>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3ctLNvx68hIC&q=Chausath+Khamba&pg=PA141|title= The new Cambridge history of India|access-date=2009-04-10|author= Geraldine Forbes|author2=Gordon Johnson |author3=B. R. Tomlinson |author4=Stewart Gordon |author5=Catherine Ella Blanshard Asher |year=1992|publisher= Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-26728-1}}</ref><ref name=delhi>{{Cite web|url=http://www.delhilive.com/chausath-khambha|title=Chausath Khambhaaccess|date=2007-03-21|publisher=Delhilive.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121062708/http://www.delhilive.com/chausath-khambha|archive-date=2008-11-21}}</ref>

==Structure==
Chausath Khamba monument was initially built as a hall in an innovative eclectic architectural style of the Mughal period. It was later converted into a tomb. It is a square structure constructed entirely of white [[marble]]. The structure (pictured with [[facades]]) has 64 columns that support twenty five [[bays]]. Each bay supports a [[dome]]. The domes are not visible externally since they are reverse domes (picture). The roof is flat. Each wall has five [[arch]]es that are held by square [[pilasters]]. In each face, between each of five pilasters, marble trellised [[:wikt:screen|screens]] have been fixed.<ref name=khamba/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.artfact.com/auction-lot/william-daniell,-r.a.-1769-1837-1-c-16yt3vb1v3|title=The Chausath Khamba, Nizamuddin, Delhi. inscribed 'Mausoleum of a Mahommedan Poet at Delhi. East Indies'|access-date=2009-04-10|publisher=Abbey, Travel, 420, no. 82.|date=1801-12-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110135547/http://www.artfact.com/auction-lot/william-daniell,-r.a.-1769-1837-1-c-16yt3vb1v3|archive-date=10 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
[[File:Atgha Khan's tomb.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[Ataga Khan]]’s Tomb near Chausath Khamba]]
According to inscriptions, the structure houses the tomb of Mirza Aziz Koka (also named Kotaltash). The tomb of his father, [[Ataga Khan]], the Prime Minister of [[Akbar]], is also in the vicinity. In addition, there are several other unidentified tombs inside this monument.<ref name=arch/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://szerlem.blogspot.com/2008/05/dead-souls.html|title=Dead souls|access-date=2009-04-11}}</ref> It is considered the family shrine of Atgah Khan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=6845|title=Walk Through History|access-date=2009-04-11|publisher=Delhi Newsline|date=2002-01-14}}{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
The structure is enclosed and has an imposing entrance gate. The [[Ghalib]] tomb is located adjoining this structure on the northern side.<ref name=delhi/> Comparison is drawn to a similar tomb built in marble in [[Sarkhej]] in [[Gujarat]] where Mirza Aziz Koka served several times as [[Jahangir]]’s [[Governor]] of Gujarat. He died in Sarkhej and was temporarily buried there. His remains were later shifted to Chausath Khamba.<ref name=khamba/>

==Heritage status==
[[File:Inside Chusath Khamba tomb.JPG|thumb|left|Marble pavilion with [[mausoleum]] of Mirza Aziz Koka inside the Chausath Khamba]]
The Chausath Khamba is located in the busy 14th century market area of [[Nizamuddin West|Nizamuddin]] Basti in New Delhi. The shrine of the Sufi saint [[Nizamuddin Auliya]] (1236 AD – 1325 AD) is nearby.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hopeprojectindia.org/html/st_tour.htm.|title= Shan-e-nizam: Discover the World of the Basti|access-date=2009-04-10|publisher=Dargha Inayat Khan Hope Project}}</ref>
The monument is part of the Nizamuddin religious complex and has been declared a heritage building.<ref name="city"/> The forecourt of Chaunsath Khamba was recently landscaped by the Aga Khan Trust. The successful Sufi qawwali music of Jashn-E-Khusrau, in which performers from India and Pakistan performed, was held here in March 2010.<ref name=city>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ccsindia.org/ccsindia/pdf/Delhi%20CDP_Pgs%201-172.pdf|title=City Development Plan|access-date=2009-04-10|work=Conservation and Heritage Management,chapter 7|pages=128–132|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727113729/http://www.ccsindia.org/ccsindia/pdf/Delhi%20CDP_Pgs%201-172.pdf|archive-date=2011-07-27}}</ref>

==Other structures==
There are two other structures adjoining the Chausath Khamba, which are also heritage monuments.

;Urs Mahal
Located in front of the Chausath Khamba, Urs Mahal is an assembly hall (pictured in the gallery) where Khawwali programmes are held on festival days and on the days during "[[Urs]] of Sufi saint [[Nizamuddin Auliya]]". It is a protected monument (refurbished in 2003).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=55086|title=Nizamuddin Dargah decks up to receive President during Urs|access-date=2009-04-11|publisher=Delhi News Line|date=2003-06-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110135414/http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=55086|archive-date=10 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indianmuslims.in/tag/urs-mahal/|title=Islamic Volleyball Islamic Volleyball at Hazrat Nizamuddin at Hazrat Nizamuddin.|access-date=2009-04-11|publisher=Indian Muslims.in|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720223833/http://indianmuslims.in/tag/urs-mahal/|archive-date=20 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

;Mirza Ghalib’s tomb
Mirza Ghalib's tomb is a small tomb of famous Urdu poet [[Mirza Ghalib]] (1797–1869), who was renowned in Urdu and [[Persian language|Persian]] poetry during the [[Mughal period]].{{citation needed|date=June 2018}} It is a protected monument. The tomb is a work of art located north of the enclosure of the Chausath Khamba.{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}

==References==
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== External links ==
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*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/nbg90455/ Chausath Khamba @Flickr]
* [http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1200_1299/nizamuddin/chaunsat/chaunsat.html Old images of Chausath Khamba] at ''[[Columbia University]]''
*{{cite news |title=Delhi's Belly: Unknown city, Glimpses of Delhi's past through monuments that dot almost every neighbourhood|url=http://www.livemint.com/2011/04/01205634/Delhi8217s-Belly--Unkown-c.html |newspaper=[[Live Mint]] |date=1 April 2011}}

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