Tomb of Khudawand Khan — Attraction in Gujarat

On the Chakla Bazaar road leading onto Ved Road, one comes across this magnificient mausoleum where Khudawand Khan, Governor of Surat in 1546,lies buried. This place is among some of the most popular places in Surat having historical importance. As a consequence of continuous piratical raids by the Portuguese in the city of Surat, the city was experiencing a dark time which was tackled by the then Governor of Surat, Khudawand Khan. The tomb is beautiful and is made using Islamic caricature and architecture. There is a plaque with information about the life of Khudawand Khan near the tomb. But it needs care and maintenance as its condition in ruining. Timings are from...

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ख्वाजा सफर सुलेमानी का मकबरा, सूरत

TOMB OF KHWAJA SAFAR SULEMANI, SURAT

खुदावन्द खान की उपाधि से विभूषित ख्वाजा सफर सुलेमानी, सूरत के गवर्नर थे। वे जन्म से एक यूरोपीय ईसाई थे और पाश्चात्य युद्ध शैली में प्रवीण थे। ख्वाजा सफर सुलेमानी की मृत्यु 24 जून, 1546 में तोप का गोला लगने के कारण हुई थी और उन्हें सूरत में दफनाया गया था। उनकी कब्र पर अहमदाबाद के इन्डो- सारसेनिक शैली में, संभवतः उनके ज्येष्ठ पुत्र रजब द्वारा एक सुन्दर मकबरा बनाया गया था जिसे बाद में सूरत का गवर्नर नियुक्त किया गया। इस स्मारक में एक छोटा पुरालेख है जिसमें लिखा है:

66 यह प्रतिष्ठित एवं देदीप्यमान मकबरा सौभाग्यशाली एवं शहीद ख्वाजा सफर- ए-सुलेमानी का है, उदान्त एवं गौरवपूर्ण

खुदावन्द खान "

भारतीय पुरातत्त्व सर्वेक्षण, वडोदरा मण्डल

दमण उप-मण्डल, दमण

KHWAJA SAFAR SULEMANI WAS THE GOVERNOR OF SURAT UNDER THE TITLE OF KHUDAWAND KHAN. HE WAS BY BIRTH A EUROPEAN CHRISTIAN, AND HAD BEEN TRAINED IN THE ART OF WAR AS PRACTISED IN THE WEST. KHWAJA SAFAR SULEMANI WAS KILLED BY A CAΝΝΟΝ - BALL ON THE 24TH JUNE, 1546 AND BURIED AT SURAT. OVER HIS BODY A BEAUTIFUL MAUSOLEUM WAS BUILT IN THE INDO- SARACENIC STYLE OF AHMEDABAD PROBABLY BY HIS ELDER SON RAJAB WHO WAS APPOINTED AFTER HIM GOVERNOR OF SURAT. THIS MONUMENT CONTAINS A

SHORT EPIGRAPH WHICH RECORDS:- "THIS IS THE HONORED AND RESPLENDENT MAUSOLEUM OF THE AUSPICIOUS AND MARTYRED KHAN KHWAJA SAFARE SULEMANI, THE EXALTED AND DIGNIFIED KHUDAWAND KHAN."

ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, VADODARA CIRCLE

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