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'''Kotla Mubarakpur Complex''', a medieval village, is | '''Kotla Mubarakpur Complex''', a medieval famous urban village, is a market place with residential colony in South central part of [[New Delhi]]. | ||
Kotla Mubarakpur classified by the [[Delhi Development Authority]] (D.D.A.) as an Urban Village dominated by [[Bainsla ]] and Baisoya of [[Gurjar]] Samaj, it is situated within touching distance of [[South Extension]]. [[Defence Colony]] lies to its east. Nearest Delhi Metro stations are [[South Extension]], [[Dilli Haat - INA metro station|Dilli Haat - INA]] and [[Lajpat Nagar]]. Its history can be traced to the prominent tomb of Muizud Din Mubarak Shah, son of [[Khizr Khan]] of the [[Sayyid dynasty]] of the fifteenth century [[Delhi Sultanate]] rule in India, and its adjoining [[mosque]]. There are several other tombs of [[Lodi Dynasty]] period such as the Darya Khan's tomb, Kale Khan ka Gumbad, Bare Khan ka Gumbad, Chote Khan Ka Gumbad and Bhure Khan ka Gumbad, and also a Baoli (step well).<ref name=Peck>{{Cite book|last=Peck|first=Lucy|title= Delhi: a Thousand Years of Building|chapter=Kotla Mubarakpur |page=117|publisher=Roli Books Pvt Ltd|location=New Delhi|year=2005|isbn=81-7436-354-8|url=https://www.vedamsbooks.com/no43813.htm|access-date=2009-09-10|quote=South extension was built to the south of an old village called Kotla Mubarakpur, which developed inside the tomb enclosure of the second Sayyid sultan. Near it are a number of Lodi tombs, now scattered among residential neighbourhoods…}}</ref><ref name=Sharma>{{Cite book|last=Sharma |first=Y.D. |title=Delhi and its Neighbourhood |chapter=Sayyid dynasty and Mubaraka Shah's Tomb |pages=28, 87 |access-date=2009-09-10 |publisher=Archaeological Survey of India |location=New Delhi |year=2001 |url=http://www.indiaclub.com/Shop/SearchResults.asp?ProdStock=8780 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050831215230/http://www.indiaclub.com/shop/SearchResults.asp?ProdStock=8780 |archive-date=2005-08-31 }}</ref> | |||
[[Khizr Khan]] who was the governor of Punjab under the Lodi dynasty took over the reins at Delhi, in 1414 AD, after defeating Daulat Khan Lodi. He established the [[Sayyid dynasty]], which had four successors till 1451 AD. His son Muizud Din Mubarak Shah succeeded him. He established a city called Mubarakabad on the banks of the [[Yamuna River]], but no trace of it exists now. He died in 1434 AD and he was buried in Kotla Mubarakpur, named after him. His tomb was built in a fusion of Lodi style octagonal plan combined with [[Tughlaq]] style buttresses and wide dome.<ref name=Sharma/> | [[Khizr Khan]] who was the governor of Punjab under the Lodi dynasty took over the reins at Delhi, in 1414 AD, after defeating Daulat Khan Lodi. He established the [[Sayyid dynasty]], which had four successors till 1451 AD. His son Muizud Din Mubarak Shah succeeded him. He established a city called Mubarakabad on the banks of the [[Yamuna River]], but no trace of it exists now. He died in 1434 AD and he was buried in Kotla Mubarakpur, named after him. His tomb was built in a fusion of Lodi style octagonal plan combined with [[Tughlaq]] style buttresses and wide dome.<ref name=Sharma/> | ||
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After the death of Mubarak Khan Shah, his nephew Muhammad Khan ascended the throne and styled himself as Sultan Muhammad Shah. Just before his death, Muhammad Shah called his son Ala-ud-Din from [[Badaun]] and nominated him as his successor. But both these rulers proved ineffective in providing a viable rule and in fact the last ruler of this dynasty, Ala-ud-Din Alam Shah voluntarily abdicated the throne of the Delhi sultanate in favour of [[Bahlul Khan Lodhi]] on 19 April 1451 who was then ruler of Punjab and left for Badaun. He continued to live there till his death in 1478 AD. Bahlul Khan Lodhi then went on to establish the last dynasty of the Delhi sultanate.<ref name=Sayyid/><ref>Mahajan, V.D. (1991, reprint 2007). ''History of Medieval India'', Part I, New Delhi: S. Chand, {{ISBN|81-219-0364-5}}, p.237</ref><ref>Mahajan p.244</ref> | After the death of Mubarak Khan Shah, his nephew Muhammad Khan ascended the throne and styled himself as Sultan Muhammad Shah. Just before his death, Muhammad Shah called his son Ala-ud-Din from [[Badaun]] and nominated him as his successor. But both these rulers proved ineffective in providing a viable rule and in fact the last ruler of this dynasty, Ala-ud-Din Alam Shah voluntarily abdicated the throne of the Delhi sultanate in favour of [[Bahlul Khan Lodhi]] on 19 April 1451 who was then ruler of Punjab and left for Badaun. He continued to live there till his death in 1478 AD. Bahlul Khan Lodhi then went on to establish the last dynasty of the Delhi sultanate.<ref name=Sayyid/><ref>Mahajan, V.D. (1991, reprint 2007). ''History of Medieval India'', Part I, New Delhi: S. Chand, {{ISBN|81-219-0364-5}}, p.237</ref><ref>Mahajan p.244</ref> | ||
The rulers of the Sayyid dynasty subsisted their rule by collecting revenue by coercion. They could barely counter the pressure from the Sharqī sultans to the east and the Khokars to the northwest.<ref name=Sayyid/> | The rulers of the Sayyid dynasty subsisted their rule by collecting revenue by coercion. They could barely counter the pressure from the Sharqī sultans to the east and the Khokars to the northwest. | ||
Later baisla clan of gurjars coming from haryana palwal baislat and resettled Kotla Mubarakpur | |||
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==Mubarak Shah's tomb== | ==Mubarak Shah's tomb== | ||