Six-year Project: Behind Rahim’s tomb restoration 1,75,000 man-days and 3,000 craftsmen
The physical revival included repairs to major damaged structures in the interior and exterior of the mausoleum, its canopies, dome and facade. Updated: December 22, 2020 1:12:51 pm
It is said that the monument’s double dome was originally clad with marble, which is said to have been quarried from here for use in Safdarjung’s tomb in the mid-18th century.
Five decades before the Taj Mahal was built by Shah Jahan, it was Abdur Rahim Khan-e-Khanan commander-in-chief of Akbar’s army, and a poet who built a tomb in Delhi in memory of his wife Mah Banu. It was the first Mughal tomb built for a woman. After his death in 1627, Rahim was also buried beside his wife, just like Shah Jahan was in the Taj.
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A tomb brought to life: The mausoleum of Akbar s courtier Abdur Rahim believed to inspire Taj Mahal restored to original glory
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Rahim: The poet, soldier and one of Akbar’s nine gems
Perhaps the most lasting legacy of Rahim is in the form of the 700-odd couplets that have over the years become an important part of Hindi school textbooks. “That is his immortality. A man from Akbar’s time whom every school child in the Hindi region knows,” says Harish Trivedi, professor of English at Delhi University.
Writer Rakhshanda Jalil says the greatness of his couplets lies in their simplicity and pragmatic wisdom. “They discuss philosophies and sensibilities that have stuck over centuries and are easy to understand by a 13-year-old even today,” she says.
Mausoleum that inspired Taj restored, opens for public today
Rahim was also a poet par excellence and his poetry and dohas are compared with those by Bhakti poets Surdas, Tulsidas and Kabir. December 17, 2020 1:53:36 am
It is said that the monument’s double dome was originally clad with marble, which is said to have been quarried from here for use in Safdarjung’s tomb in the mid-18th century.
After six years and 1,75,000 man hours of restoration work, the tomb of Rahim Khan, the commander-in-chief of the Mughal army, in Nizamuddin will be opened to the public on Thursday. The completion ceremony of Rahim’s Tomb, as it is commonly known, will be presided over by Union Culture & Tourism Minister, Prahlad Singh Patel, on Thursday, which also marks Rahim’s birth anniversary.