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Site Name: Delhi

Date: 1753-1754 CE, AH 1167

Subject: Eastern gate, General view

Site Name: Delhi

Date: 1753-1754 CE, AH 1167

Subject: Southeast corner view showing ploygonal towers and arched alcoves

Site Name: Delhi

Date: 1753-1754 CE, AH 1167

Subject: East entrance together with garden and water channel

Site Name: Delhi

Date: 1753-1754 CE, AH 1167

Subject: View of east portal, arched alcoves and polygonal towers

Site Name: Delhi

Date: 1753-1754 CE, AH 1167

Subject: Central chamber, cenotaph in the central chamber

Site Name: Delhi

Date: 1753-1754 CE, AH 1167

Subject: Central chamber, cenotaph in the central chamber

Site Name: Delhi

Date: 1753-1754 CE, AH 1167

Subject: Eastern gate, General view of three storied east side entrance

Site Name: Delhi

Date: 1753-1754 CE, AH 1167

Subject: 3 storied east entrance, Upper half of cusped arch and painted soffit

Site Name: Delhi

Date: 1753-1754 CE, AH 1167

Subject: Main tomb complexwith garden as seen from east entrance structure

Site Name: Delhi

Date: 1753-1754 CE, AH 1167

Subject: A view of double storeyed mausoleum, bulit with red and buff stone relieved by marble, rises from a high platform which consists of a series of arched cell

Site Name: Delhi

Date: 1753-1754 CE, AH 1167

Subject: A view of double storeyed mausoleum, bulit with red and buff stone relieved by marble, rises from a high platform which consists of a series of arched cell

Site Name: Delhi

Date: 1753-1754 CE, AH 1167

Subject: View of large spherical dome rises from a sixteen sided drum, the corner occupied by polygonal towers surmounted by kiosks

Site Name: Delhi

Date: 1753-1754 CE, AH 1167

Subject: Mausoleum rises from a high platform faced with arched openings and corners occupied by a polygonal towers

Site Name: Delhi

Date: 1753-1754 CE, AH 1167

Subject: East side door, third arched corridor, lotus ceiling and decorative squinches

Site Name: Delhi

Date: 1753-1754 CE, AH 1167

Subject: East side door, cusped arch, ornamented soffit and projecting balconies

Site Name: Delhi

Date: 1753-1754 CE, AH 1167

Subject: East side door, cusped arch and borders veneered with marble

Site Name: Delhi

Date: 1753-1754 CE, AH 1167

Subject: General view with garden and water channel

Site Name: Delhi

Date: 1753-1754 CE, AH 1167

Subject: Main tomb, east side portico showing highly decorative squinches and part of ceiling

Site Name: Delhi

Date: 1753-1754 CE, AH 1167

Subject: Main tomb, east side portico showing highly decorated oval shaped ceiling

Site Name: Delhi

Date: 1753-1754 CE, AH 1167

Subject: Southeast corner showing arched alcoves, slender minarets and polgonal tower inlaid with marble design

Site Name: Delhi

Date: 1753-1754 CE, AH 1167

Subject: Southwest corner showing part of polygonal tower inlaid with marble design

Site Name: Delhi

Date: 1753-1754 CE, AH 1167

Subject: Main tomb, showing highly decorated clerestory and lotus shaped dome ceiling

Site Name: Delhi

Date: 1700-1799 CE

Subject: Mosque in the complex showing details of the bulbous domes

Site Name: Delhi

Date: 1700-1799 CE

Subject: Mosque in the complex crowned by three bulbous domes, Back side view

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Tomb of Safdar-Jang, Delhi