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'''Wajihuddin's Tomb''' or '''Hazrat Wajihuddin Dargah''', is a tomb of [[Sufi]] saint [[Wajihuddin Alvi]] in Khanpur area of [[Ahmedabad]], India.
[[File:Wajihuddin Alvi Tomb Ahmedabad 1866.jpg|thumb|Wajihuddin Alvi's Tomb in 1866]]

==History and architecture==
[[Wajihuddin Alvi]] was an Islamic scholar and [[Sufi]] of [[Shattari]] tradition. Born in [[Champaner]], he moved to Ahmedabad where he received and later imparted knowledge in Islamic studies. He was initiated in [[Shattari]] tradition by [[Muhammad Ghawth|Mohammed Ghaus Gwaliori]]. He died in Ahmedabad in 1580 CE (988 H.).<ref name="SufiOrdersOfIslam">{{cite book | last = Trimingham | first = John Spencer and Voll, John O. | title = The Sufi orders in Islam | publisher = [[Oxford University Press]] USA | year = 1998 | pages = 97–98 | isbn = 0-19-512058-2}}</ref><ref name="Yagnik2011">{{cite book|author=Achyut Yagnik|title=Ahmedabad: From Royal city to Megacity|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ivMAUx6Hdl8C&pg=PT42|date=2 February 2011|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-81-8475-473-5|page=42}}</ref>

The tomb dedicated to him was built by his disciple [[Shaikh Farid Bukhari|Syed Murtuza Khan Bukhari]], the eleventh (1606-1609) governor of Ahmedabad during [[Gujarat under Jehangir|reign of Jahangir]]. The central dome is much higher than several other domes surrounding it. The walls have perforated stone windows. There is an underground reservoir and a cistern said to have healing power and not to have been dry ever.<ref name="SufiOrdersOfIslam"/><ref name="Yagnik2011"/><ref>{{cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ahmedabad|year = 1879|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EL4IAAAAQAAJ&q=dastur+khan+mosque&pg=PA278|publisher=Government Central Press|page=278}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>

==References ==
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[[Category:Tombs in Ahmedabad]]
[[Category:Indo-Islamic architecture]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in the 1610s]]

Wajihuddin's Tomb - Revision history

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