Qutb-ud-Din Bakhtiyar ShrineDelhi, India
Qutb Sahib Bakhtiyar Kaki was a 14th century saint of the Chishti order. His dargh, or shrine, was a popular place of pilgrimage even during his life. Babur visited this shrine in his visit to Delhi in 1526. Later Mughal emperors, starting with Shah 'Alam Bahadur Shah (r. 1707-), patronized the shrine and the followers of Bakhtiyar Kaki, a relationship that the rulers valued as an association with moral and religious authority. The tomb of Shah 'Alam Bahadur Shah was built adjacent to the shrine, near the Moti Mosque which he commissioned. Farrukh Siyar (r.1713-19), the next emperor, continued patronizing the shrine, adding a screened marble enclosure and two marble gates. Under Muhammad Shah (r.1719-48), the link between the shrine and the rulers was celebrated by the installation of elaborate lighting devices that lined the road leading from the palace in Shahjahanabad to the shrine, 15km away.
Sources:
Asher, Catherine. 1992. The New Cambridge History of India: Architecture of Mughal India. Cambridge University Press, 293-95.
Tillotson, G.H.R. 1990. Mughal India. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 28.
Sources:
Asher, Catherine. 1992. The New Cambridge History of India: Architecture of Mughal India. Cambridge University Press, 293-95.
Tillotson, G.H.R. 1990. Mughal India. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 28.
Location
Delhi, India
Associated Names
Events
14th century
Variant Names
Bakhtiyar Kaki
Variant
Dargh Bakhtiyar Kaki
Variant
Building Usages
religious
Qutb-ud-Din Bakhtiyar Shrine
Delhi, India
Qutb Sahib Bakhtiyar Kaki was a 14th century saint of the Chishti order. His dargh, or shrine, was a popular place of pilgrimage even during his life. Babur visited this shrine in his visit to Delhi in 1526. Later Mughal emperors, starting with Shah 'Alam Bahadur Shah (r. 1707-), patronized the shrine and the followers of Bakhtiyar Kaki, a relationship that the rulers valued as an association with moral and religious authority. The tomb of Shah 'Alam Bahadur Shah was built adjacent to the shrine, near the Moti Mosque which he commissioned. Farrukh Siyar (r.1713-19), the next emperor, continued patronizing the shrine, adding a screened marble enclosure and two marble gates. Under Muhammad Shah (r.1719-48), the link between the shrine and the rulers was celebrated by the installation of elaborate lighting devices that lined the road leading from the palace in Shahjahanabad to the shrine, 15km away.
Sources:
Asher, Catherine. 1992. The New Cambridge History of India: Architecture of Mughal India. Cambridge University Press, 293-95.
Tillotson, G.H.R. 1990. Mughal India. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 28.
Sources:
Asher, Catherine. 1992. The New Cambridge History of India: Architecture of Mughal India. Cambridge University Press, 293-95.
Tillotson, G.H.R. 1990. Mughal India. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 28.
Location
Delhi, India
Associated Names
Events
14th century
Variant Names
Bakhtiyar Kaki
Variant
Dargh Bakhtiyar Kaki
Variant
Building Usages
religious