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| name = Tomb of Aurangzeb
| image = Tomb Aurangzeb.jpg
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| location = [[Khuldabad]], [[Aurangabad district, Maharashtra|Aurangabad district]], [[Maharashtra]], India<ref name="Location"/>
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| start_date = 4 March 1707
| completion_date = 1707
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| architect = [[Muhammad Azam Shah|Azam Shah]]
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The '''Tomb of [[Aurangzeb]]''', the last of the great [[Mughal emperors]],<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/43255/Aurangzeb "Aurangzeb"] ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]''. Retrieved 21 March 2015.</ref> is located in [[Khuldabad]], [[Aurangabad district, Maharashtra|Aurangabad district]], [[Maharashtra]], India. In notable contrast to other Mughal tombs, which are large monuments of [[Mughal architecture]], including the [[Taj Mahal]], at his own direction Aurangzeb is buried in an unmarked grave<ref>{{cite book|author1=Mikaberidze|first=Alexander|title=[[Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World|Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World: Historical Encyclopedia]]|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2011|isbn=9781598843378|volume=I|location=Santa Barbara|pages=148–149|author-link=Alexander Mikaberidze}}</ref> at the complex of the [[dargah]] or shrine of [[Zainuddin Shirazi|Sheikh Zainuddin]].

==Background==
Aurangzeb (4 November 1618 – 3 March 1707), the sixth [[Mughal emperors|Mughal emperor]], ruled most of the Indian subcontinent for half a century until he died on 3 March 1707. According to his wish, he was buried near the dargah of Sheikh Zainuddin, a sufi who was also his "spiritual and religious teacher".<ref name="Location"/>

==Location==
The tomb is located in the city of Khuldabad, in the district of [[Aurangabad district, Maharashtra|Aurangabad]], {{convert|24|km}} from [[Aurangabad]].<ref name="Location">{{cite web|title=Tomb of Aurangzeb|url=http://www.asiaurangabad.in/pdf/Tourist/Tomb_of_Aurangzeb-_Khulatabad.pdf|publisher= Archaeological Survey of India, Aurangabad|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609182758/http://www.asiaurangabad.in/pdf/Tourist/Tomb_of_Aurangzeb-_Khulatabad.pdf|archive-date=9 June 2020|url-status=dead|accessdate=20 March 2015}}</ref> It is located in the south-eastern corner of the complex of the dargah of Sheikh Zainuddin.<ref name="Location"/>

[[File:Aurangzeb's Tomb (Khuldabad) 3.JPG|thumb|Aurangzeb's Tomb, with marble ''[[jaali]]'' (latticed screen) around it.]]

==Description==
Aurangzeb died in 1707 at [[Ahmednagar]]. His body was then carried to Khuldabad after his son [[Muhammad Azam Shah|Azam Shah]] and his daughter [[Zeenat-un-Nissa]] arrived at their father's camp.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Sarkar|first=Jadunath|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.5977/page/n215/mode/2up|title=History of Aurangzib|publisher=M. C. Sarkar & Sons|year=1952|edition=2|volume=V|location=Calcutta|pages=209–210|author-link=Jadunath Sarkar}}</ref>

There is a platform over the tomb made of red stone, less than three yards in length. There is also a "cavity" in the middle which measures a "few fingers". Inspired by the [[Jahanara Begum#Burial|grave]] of his sister [[Jahanara Begum]], the tomb has been covered with soil on which herbs grow.<ref name=":0" /> After his burial, Aurangzeb was given the posthumous title of "Khuld-makan" ("he whose abode is in eternity").<ref>{{cite web|title=World Heritage Sites - Ellora Caves - Khuldabad|url=http://asi.nic.in/asi_monu_whs_ellora_khuldabad.asp|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312085815/http://asi.nic.in/asi_monu_whs_ellora_khuldabad.asp|archive-date=12 March 2017|access-date=20 March 2015|website=[[Archaeological Survey of India]]}}</ref> [[George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston|Lord Curzon]] later covered the site with marble and surrounded it with a "pierced marble screen". The tomb is roofed by "the vault of the sky".<ref name="Location" /> The gateway and the domed porch were added in 1760.<ref name="Location" />

It is said that Aurangzeb paid for his burial place by stitching caps during his last years and that it cost only 14 rupees and 12 annas.<ref name="Location"/> The tomb is "remarkably simple in keeping with Aurangzeb's own wishes". Aurangzeb's full name is written on a marble plate located in one of the corners of the tomb.<ref name="Location"/>

The dargah also houses the tomb of the first [[Nizam of Hyderabad]], [[Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I|Asaf Jah I]], his son [[Nasir Jung]], and those of Aurangzeb's son [[Muhammad Azam Shah]] and his wife.<ref name="Location"/>

==In literature==
{{wikisource|Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L. E. L.) in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1833/Tomb of Aurungzebe|'The Tomb of Aurungzebe', a poem by L. E. L.}}
In her poem, ''The Tomb of Aurangzebe'', [[Letitia Elizabeth Landon]] may have been confused by the illustration she was given, as in it she justifies the construction of mighty tombs.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commonscat|Aurangzeb's Tomb}}
* [http://www.aulia-e-hind.com/dargah/aurangzeb.htm Tomb of Aurangzeb.]

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[[Category:Tombs in India]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Aurangabad, Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Mughal architecture]]
[[Category:Monuments and memorials in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Aurangabad, Maharashtra]]
[[Category:1707 establishments in India]]

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