Mir Abu Turab's Tomb
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Mir Abu Turab's Tomb, locally known as Qadam-e-Rasul ki Dargah is a medieval tomb in Behrampura, Ahmedabad, India.
History
Mir Abu Turāb al-Uraizi's family belonged to the Salami Saiyids of Shiraz and they were followers of the Saisalah-i-Maghrabiyah. His grandfather Saiyid Shah Mir was a scholar who settled in Muhammadabad (Champaner) during the reign of Mahmud Begada. Abu Turāb's first notable role was as the intermediary between Itimad Khan and Akbar, when the former requested the latter to invade and annex Gujarat. In Akbar's 1572 invasion of Gujarat, Mir Abu Turāb among other nobles paid homage to their new emperor. When Akbar left Ahmedabad, Abu Turāb was among the few nobles who chose to remain loyal to the emperor and not revolt.{{Cite book |last=Commissiariat |first=M.S. |title=A History of Gujarat: Including a Survey of its Chief Architectural Monuments and Inscriptions |publisher=Longmans, Green, and C0. |year=1938 |pages=499, 508-509}}
File:Itimad Khan and his entourage submit to Akbar, November 1572.jpg
Mir Abu Turab was the chief of the army during Mughal rule of Akbar. In 1579, appointed chief of the Mecca caravan, he brought back a large stone from Mecca with a footprint of the Islamic prophet Muhammad in 1582 (987 H.). This stone is said to have been the same which Syed Jalal-i-Bukhari brought to Delhi at the time of Sultan Firuz Shah Tughlaq. Taken first to Akbar at Fatehpur Sikri, Akbar looked on the whole as a pious fraud, and though the stone was received with great respect, Abu Turab was allowed to keep it in his house. When (1583) Itimad was made Governor of Gujarat, Abu Turab followed him as Amin of the Suba and was buried at Ahmedabad in 1597 (1005 H). The relic was afterwards brought to Ahmedabad, and perhaps near his tomb, had a building raised over it, and drew large numbers of pilgrims. In the disturbed times of the eighteenth century, as the suburbs were no longer safe, the stone was taken within the city walls. He also wrote a book on history of Gujarat, Tarikh-i-Gujarat.{{cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ahmedabad|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.3354|year=1879|publisher=Government Central Press|pages=[https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.3354/page/n296 290]–291}} {{PD-notice}}{{cite news|title=Neglect buries two heritage tombs|publisher=Times of India Publications|date=22 November 2011|first=Mehul|last=Jani|url=http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=10§id=edid=&edlabel=AMIR&mydateHid=22-11-2011&pubname=Mirror%20-%20Ahmedabad&edname=&articleid=Ar01000&publabel=MM|accessdate=8 December 2014}}{{dead link|date=April 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite news|title=AHMEDABADS OTHER ROZAS |publisher=Times of India Publications|date=25 February 2011|url=http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=2&edlabel=TOIA&mydateHid=25-02-2011&pubname=&edname=&articleid=Ar00202&format=&publabel=TOI|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141207180957/http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=2&edlabel=TOIA&mydateHid=25-02-2011&pubname=&edname=&articleid=Ar00202&format=&publabel=TOI|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 December 2014|accessdate=7 December 2014}}{{cite book|title=Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rhI-AQAAMAAJ|year=1969|publisher=The Branch|pages=110–134}}
The tomb was damaged in 2001 Gujarat earthquake and was restored in 2002 by Archaeological Survey of India.{{cite news|title=PEARLS OF PAST: Need Some Elbow Room|work=The Times of India|date=25 November 2011|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Layout/Includes/pastissues2/ArtWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=pastissues2&BaseHref=TOIA%2F2011%2F11%2F25&ViewMode=HTML&PageLabel=2&EntityId=Ar00202&AppName=2|accessdate=7 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213193323/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Layout/Includes/pastissues2/ArtWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=pastissues2&BaseHref=TOIA%2F2011%2F11%2F25&ViewMode=HTML&PageLabel=2&EntityId=Ar00202&AppName=2|archive-date=13 December 2014|url-status=dead}}
Architecture
File:Plan of Mir Abu Turab's Tomb, Ahmedabad.png
File:Tomb Of Mir Abu Turab Ahmedabad.jpg
Mir Abu Turab's tomb is simple and graceful, 12.5 sq m (forty-one feet) square platform with a double colonnade of pillars, the inner colonnade formerly enclosed by stone trellis work. Local in style the tomb shows the art in its best form. The flat lintels have throughout given place to the arch, and as no rich minaret bases clash with the plainness of the main building, the whole is uniform and pleasing. On each face three large and two small arches point to the presence of an octagonal dome, and, without confusing, relieve the sameness. The dome is supported by twelve pillars.
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