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	==History==		==History==
	Sikandar Shah, who was then the Gujarat Sultan, was murdered on the instruction of his slave Imád-ul-Mulk Khush Kadam on 30 May 1526 after the reign of few weeks. Imad-ul-Mulk seated Sikandar Shah's six years old younger brother, Nasir Khan, on the throne with the title of [[Mahmud Shah II of Gujarat\|Mahmud Shah II]] and governed on his behalf. The nobles deserted Imad-ul-Mulk’s cause in favour prince Bahadur Khan later. Bahadur Khan marched on [[Champaner]], captured and executed Imad-ul-Mulk. He had defeated his brother Latif Khan who had rebelled against him who later died of wounds. He then poisoned Nasir Khan and his other brothers. He ascended the throne in 1527 with the title of [[Bahadur Shah of Gujarat\|Bahadur Shah]]. Bahadur Shah raised the mausoleum in honour of his brothers, Sikandar Shah and others.<ref name="Commissariat1938">{{cite book\|url=https://archive.org/details/bk585\|title=A History of Gujarat including a Survey of its Chief Architectural Monuments and Inscriptions\|author=Commissariat\|first=M. S.\|publisher=Longman, Greens & Co.\|year=1938\|volume=I\|pages=310–312, 318–319\|chapter=XXV. Sultans Sikandar and Mahmud II, 1526}}</ref><ref name="GBP">{{cite book\|editor=[[James Macnabb Campbell]]\|title=History of Gujarát\|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/files/54652/54652-h/54652-h.htm\|series=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency\|volume=~~Volume~~ I. Part II.\|year=1896\|publisher=The Government Central Press\|pages=253–254\|chapter=II. ÁHMEDÁBÁD KINGS. (A. D. 1403–1573.)}}{{PD-notice}}</ref><ref name=GBPKP/><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.gujarattourism.com/destination/details/10/161\|title=Sikander Shah's Tomb, Halol\|website=www.gujarattourism.com\|language=en\|access-date=2018-09-21}}</ref>		Sikandar Shah, who was then the Gujarat Sultan, was murdered on the instruction of his slave Imád-ul-Mulk Khush Kadam on 30 May 1526 after the reign of few weeks. Imad-ul-Mulk seated Sikandar Shah's six years old younger brother, Nasir Khan, on the throne with the title of [[Mahmud Shah II of Gujarat\|Mahmud Shah II]] and governed on his behalf. The nobles deserted Imad-ul-Mulk’s cause in favour prince Bahadur Khan later. Bahadur Khan marched on [[Champaner]], captured and executed Imad-ul-Mulk. He had defeated his brother Latif Khan who had rebelled against him who later died of wounds. He then poisoned Nasir Khan and his other brothers. He ascended the throne in 1527 with the title of [[Bahadur Shah of Gujarat\|Bahadur Shah]]. Bahadur Shah raised the mausoleum in honour of his brothers, Sikandar Shah and others.<ref name="Commissariat1938">{{cite book\|url=https://archive.org/details/bk585\|title=A History of Gujarat including a Survey of its Chief Architectural Monuments and Inscriptions\|author=Commissariat\|first=M. S.\|publisher=Longman, Greens & Co.\|year=1938\|volume=I\|pages=310–312, 318–319\|chapter=XXV. Sultans Sikandar and Mahmud II, 1526}}</ref><ref name="GBP">{{cite book\|editor=[[James Macnabb Campbell]]\|title=History of Gujarát\|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/files/54652/54652-h/54652-h.htm\|series=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency\|volume=I. Part II.\|year=1896\|publisher=The Government Central Press\|pages=253–254\|chapter=II. ÁHMEDÁBÁD KINGS. (A. D. 1403–1573.)}}{{PD-notice}}</ref><ref name=GBPKP/><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.gujarattourism.com/destination/details/10/161\|title=Sikander Shah's Tomb, Halol\|website=www.gujarattourism.com\|language=en\|access-date=2018-09-21}}</ref>

	James Forbes had visited the mausoleum in 1785 and had noted presence of marble tombs adorned with fine carvings. These tombs are now lost.<ref name="Commissariat1938"/>		James Forbes had visited the mausoleum in 1785 and had noted presence of marble tombs adorned with fine carvings. These tombs are now lost.<ref name="Commissariat1938"/>
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	==References ==		==References ==
	{{reflist}}		{{reflist}}

	[[Category:Tourist attractions in Gujarat]]		[[Category:Tourist attractions in Gujarat]]
	[[Category:Tombs in India]]		[[Category:Tombs in India]]

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The '''tomb of Sikandar Shah''', also known as '''Sikandar Shah Maqbara''', is a mausoleum built by [[Gujarat Sultanate|Gujarat Sultan]] [[Bahadur Shah of Gujarat|Bahadur Shah]] in honour of his brothers and predecessors including [[Sikandar Shah of Gujarat|Sikandar Shah]] in {{circa|1527}} at [[Halol]], [[Gujarat]], India.

==History==
Sikandar Shah, who was then the Gujarat Sultan, was murdered on the instruction of his slave Imád-ul-Mulk Khush Kadam on 30 May 1526 after the reign of few weeks. Imad-ul-Mulk seated Sikandar Shah's six years old younger brother, Nasir Khan, on the throne with the title of [[Mahmud Shah II of Gujarat|Mahmud Shah II]] and governed on his behalf. The nobles deserted Imad-ul-Mulk’s cause in favour prince Bahadur Khan later. Bahadur Khan marched on [[Champaner]], captured and executed Imad-ul-Mulk. He had defeated his brother Latif Khan who had rebelled against him who later died of wounds. He then poisoned Nasir Khan and his other brothers. He ascended the throne in 1527 with the title of [[Bahadur Shah of Gujarat|Bahadur Shah]]. Bahadur Shah raised the mausoleum in honour of his brothers, Sikandar Shah and others.<ref name="Commissariat1938">{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/bk585|title=A History of Gujarat including a Survey of its Chief Architectural Monuments and Inscriptions|author=Commissariat|first=M. S.|publisher=Longman, Greens & Co.|year=1938|volume=I|pages=310–312, 318–319|chapter=XXV. Sultans Sikandar and Mahmud II, 1526}}</ref><ref name="GBP">{{cite book|editor=[[James Macnabb Campbell]]|title=History of Gujarát|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/files/54652/54652-h/54652-h.htm|series=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency|volume=Volume I. Part II.|year=1896|publisher=The Government Central Press|pages=253–254|chapter=II. ÁHMEDÁBÁD KINGS. (A. D. 1403–1573.)}}{{PD-notice}}</ref><ref name=GBPKP/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gujarattourism.com/destination/details/10/161|title=Sikander Shah's Tomb, Halol|website=www.gujarattourism.com|language=en|access-date=2018-09-21}}</ref>

James Forbes had visited the mausoleum in 1785 and had noted presence of marble tombs adorned with fine carvings. These tombs are now lost.<ref name="Commissariat1938"/>

==Architecture==
The single storied sandstone mausoleum has two central and five small domes. This mausoleum raised on the elevated plinth in Ahmedabad style. It has two chambers. The interior is adorned with floral patterns and geometric designs especially on porches and pillars. The central domes have fallen down, but the small fluted cupolas above the porches are surviving.<ref name="Commissariat1938"/><ref name=GBPKP/><ref name="Burgess1885"/>

There is a single grave on one side of a chamber with a low pillar near it which indicates that it is dedicated to a martyr. In other chamber, there are no graves. These chambers had once the graves of the brothers of Bahadur Shah; Nasir Khan and Latif Khan who had also died in 1526. At the time of building the mausoleum, a suitable establishment was endowed to say daily prayers for the princes souls, according to ''Ferishta''.<ref name="Commissariat1938"/><ref name=GBPKP>{{cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kaira and Panch Maháls|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NLUBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA307|year=1879|publisher=Printed at the Government Central Press|pages=307, 316}} {{PD-notice}}</ref><ref name="Burgess1885">{{cite book|author=James Burgess|title=Lists of the Antiquarian Remains in the Bombay Presidency: With an Appendix of Inscriptions from Gujarat|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xScXAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA138|year=1885|publisher=Government Central Press|page=138}}</ref>

==References ==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Tombs in India]]
[[Category:Mausoleums in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Monuments of National Importance in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1527]]