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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Islamic cemetery in Murshidabad, Bengal, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox cemetery<br />
| name = Jafarganj Cemetery<br />
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| established =<br />
| type = [[Islamic funeral|Islamic]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|24|12|03|N|88|15|45|E|display=title, inline}}<br />
| graves =<br />
| image = Jafarganj Cemetery 6.jpg<br />
| caption = The burials at the Jafarganj Cemetery<br />
| location = [[Murshidabad]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]<br />
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'''Jafarganj Cemetery''' was built by [[Mir Jafar]] over an area of 3.51 acres within an enclosure of waved walls, about half a mile north to the [[Hazarduari Palace#Kila Nizamat|Nizamat Fort Campus]] and inside the campus of [[Namak Haram Deorhi]]. It hosts the graves of the later [[Nawabs of Bengal and Murshidabad|Nawabs of Bengals]] of the Najafi dynasty, starting from Mir Jafar, and their family members while [[Khushbagh]], which was built by Nawab [[Alivardi Khan]], hosts the graves of the Nawabs of Bengal belonging to the Afshar dynasty and their family members. At present this graveyard is controlled and maintained by the [[Archaeological Survey of India]].<br />
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==History==<br />
It is said that earlier there was a "Kitchen Garden" at the site of this cemetery which Shah Khanaum Begum (Mir Jafar's wife and Alivardi Khan's sister) was very fond of.<br />
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The Jafarganj Cemetery has the graves of the family members of the Nawab of Bengal. It hosts the graves of Nawab Nazim [[Mubarak Ali Khan (Nawab of Bengal)|Humayun Jah]], his wives Umdat-un-nisa Begum, Amir-un-nia-Dulhan Begum, Sultana Ghetiara Begum and Rais-un-nisa Begum; Nawab Nazim [[Ahmad Ali Khan|Walla Jah]], his wife Nazib-un-nisa Begum; Mir Jafar and his wives Shah Khanaum Begum, Babbu Begum and Munny Begum; Nawab Nazim [[Ashraf Ali Khan|Mubarak ud-Daulah]], his wife Faiz-un-nisa Begum; Syud Ahmed Nazafi, (Mir Jafar's father); Muhammad Ali Khan (Mir Jafar's brother); Bohu Begum, wife of Nawab Nazim [[Zain-ud-Din Ali Khan|Ali Jah]]; Nawab nazim [[Najimuddin Ali Khan|Nazam ud-Daulah]]; Nawab Nazim [[Najabut Ali Khan|Saif ud-Daulah]]; Babar Ali; Mehr Lekha Begum, (also known as Guiti Afroz Mahal), wife of Humayun Jah, who was previously a [[Nikah mut‘ah|''mut‘ah'' wife]] and Ismail Ali Khan and Ashraf Ali Khan (the sons-in-law of Mir Jafar).<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
<gallery><br />
File:MirJafarTomb.jpg|Tomb of [[Mir Jafar]]<br />
File:MunniBegum.jpg|Tomb of [[Munni Begum (noble)|Munni Begum]]<br />
File:TombAshrafAliKhan.jpg|Tomb of [[Ashraf Ali Khan]]<br />
File:MubarakAliKhan.jpg|Tomb of [[Mubarak Ali Khan of Bengal|Mubarak Ali Khan I]]<br />
File:HumayunJahTomb.jpg|Tomb of [[Mubarak Ali Khan II]] (Humayun Jah)<br />
File:Jafarganj Cemetery 4.jpg|Tomb of Hira and Panna, two [[Homing pigeon|messenger pigeons]]<br />
File:Jafarganj Cemetery 5.jpg|Mosque inside the cemetery<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{cite web|url=http://murshidabad.net/history/places-topic-places-zone-three.htm|title=Website}}<br />
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