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{{short description|Tomb in Delhi, India}}
{{Infobox historic site
| name = Tomb of Imam Zamin
| native_name =
| native_language =
| image = File:Qutb Minar Complex Tomb of Imam Zamin.jpg
| caption = Tomb of Imam Zamin
| designation1 = WHS
| designation1_date = 1993 <small>(17th [[World Heritage Committee|session]])</small>
| designation1_partof = [[Qutb Minar complex|Qutb Minar and its monuments]]
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| designation1_criteria = iv
| designation1_type = Cultural
| designation1_free1name = Region
| designation1_free1value = [[List of World Heritage Sites in India|India]]
| location = [[Qutb Minar complex]], [[Delhi]], India
| built = 1538
| rebuilt =
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| coordinates = {{coord|28|31|27|N|77|11|09|E|display=inline,title}}
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The '''tomb of Imam Zamin''' is a mausoleum housing the remains of Muhammad Ali (popularly known as Imam Zamin), an Islamic cleric of the 16th century. It is located at the [[Qutb Minar complex]], [[Delhi]], in India and was built by Ali himself during the reign of Mughal emperor [[Humayun]], long after the original monuments of the complex were constructed.

==Background==
Imam Zamin was a direct descendant of [[Muhammad]] and his original name was Muhammad Ali.{{sfn|Smith|2005|pp=5–6}} Zamin was thus a [[Sayyid]] and belonged to the [[Chishti Order|Chishti sect]] of Sufism.{{sfn|Smith|2005|pp=5–6}} It is believed that he migrated from [[Turkestan]] to Delhi during the reign of Sultan [[Sikandar Lodi]], and subsequently became the ''[[imam]]'' (chief priest) of the Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque, at the [[Qutb Minar complex]].{{sfn|Smith|2005|pp=5–6}}

According to the inscription on the entrance, the mausoleum was built by Zamin between 1537 and 1538 during the reign of [[Humayun]].{{sfn|Smith|2005|pp=5–6}}<ref name="RKS">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hfalDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT57|title=The Islamic Monuments of Delhi|author1=Ranjan Kumar Singh|date=2016|publisher=Patridge Publishing}}</ref> He died in 1539.{{sfn|Smith|2005|pp=5–6}} Located east of the [[Alai Darwaza]], the tomb was constructed long after the original group of monuments and was the last addition to the Qutb Minar complex.{{sfn|Smith|2005|pp=5–6}}<ref name="ASI">{{cite book|title=Qutb Minar & adjoining monuments|url=https://archive.org/details/qutbminaradjoini00page|author1=Y.D. Sharma|date=2002|publisher=[[Archaeological Survey of India]]|isbn=9788187780076|page=[https://archive.org/details/qutbminaradjoini00page/page/71 71]}}</ref> Zamin is buried at the centre of the mausoleum.{{sfn|Smith|2005|pp=5–6}}

==Architecture==
The tomb is built in the Lodhi architectural style.{{sfn|Smith|2005|pp=5–6}} The mausoleum is square in shape and measures {{convert|7.3|m|ft|abbr=}} in both length and breadth.<ref name="RKS" /> The roof is supported by twelve pillars and is surmounted by a sandstone dome with ''[[jali|jalis]]'' on all the sides, except the west and south.<ref name="RKS"/> The dome rises from an octagonal drum and is decorated with a marble panel above the ''[[chhajja]]'' (overhanging eaves or cover of a roof) along with a double row of [[Embrasure|crenelles]].<ref name="ASI" /> Marble is extensively used for the interior ornamentation and in the construction of the [[cenotaph]].<ref name="ASI" /> The western side of the mausoleum contains a marble-wrought ''[[mihrab]]'' (niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the direction towards which the Muslims pray).<ref name="ASI" /> The entrance, located at the southern side, is also made of marble.<ref name="ASI" />

The entire sandstone structure was originally covered by polished [[stucco]], a portion of which is still extant.<ref name="ASI" /> The name of Zamin is written in the [[Naskh (script)|Naskh]] script over the doorway of the entrance.<ref name="ASI"/>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Tomb of Imam zamin.JPG| The tomb in the foreground, [[Alai Darwaza]] and [[Qutb Minar]] at the background
File:Plaque for the Tomb of Imam Zamin, Qutub Minar complex.jpg| Plaque of the tomb
File:The tomb of Imam Zamin.jpg | Interior of the mausoleum, the cenotaph made of marble in ground
</gallery>

==References==
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===Bibliography===
*{{cite book|title=The Delhi that No-one Knows|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Delhi_that_No_one_Knows.html?id=cN7-8ZwviRgC|last=Smith|first=Ronald Vivian|publisher=Orient Blackswan|date=2005|ISBN=9788180280207}}

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[[Category:Architecture of the Lodi dynasty]]
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