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'''Dariya Khan's Tomb''' or '''Darya Khan's Dome or Ghummat''' is a medieval brick tomb in Shahibaug, [[Ahmedabad]], India.
[[File:Dhera Khan's Tomb, Ahmedabad (c. 1880).jpg|thumb|left|Dariya Khan's Tomb(c. 1880)]]

==History and architecture==
The tomb of Dariya Khan was built in 1453 during his lifetime. He was a talented minister and advisor of [[Mahmud Begada]]. The tomb, the largest in Gujarat, is of brick with nine feet thick wall unlike other tombs in Ahmedabad which are made of stones.
The tomb is made of the true arches and domes which create a cavernous interior as in Turko-Persian Islamic architecture. There is a large central dome surrounded by sixteen smaller domes and there are five entrances on each of the four sides of the structure. The interior houses the cenotaph surrounded by the arcaded verandah.<ref name=gg>{{cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ahmedabad|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.3354|year=1879|publisher=Government Central Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.3354/page/n290 284]}}</ref><ref name="Times2011">{{cite news|title=AHMEDABADS OTHER ROZAS |publisher=Times of India Publications|date=25 February 2011|url=http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=2&edlabel=TOIA&mydateHid=25-02-2011&pubname=&edname=&articleid=Ar00202&format=&publabel=TOI|accessdate=7 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="Gibb1954">{{cite book|author=Sir H. A. R. Gibb|title=The Encyclopaedia of Islam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J5U3AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA295|year=1954|publisher=Brill Archive|page=295|id=GGKEY:9ZS5X6XZAXR}}</ref> The site is encroached upon now.<ref name="toi2011">{{cite news|title=PEARLS OF PAST: Need Some Elbow Room|work=The Times of India|date=25 November 2011|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Layout/Includes/pastissues2/ArtWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=pastissues2&BaseHref=TOIA%2F2011%2F11%2F25&ViewMode=HTML&PageLabel=2&EntityId=Ar00202&AppName=2|accessdate=7 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213193323/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Layout/Includes/pastissues2/ArtWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=pastissues2&BaseHref=TOIA%2F2011%2F11%2F25&ViewMode=HTML&PageLabel=2&EntityId=Ar00202&AppName=2|archive-date=13 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References ==
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* This article includes public domain text from {{cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ahmedabad|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.3354|year=1879|publisher=Government Central Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.3354/page/n290 284]}}

{{Ahmedabad topics|status=collapsed}}

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

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