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Baagh e Naazir

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Baagh e Naazir
باغ ناظر
Bagh e Naazir as it appeared in mid-19th century
Year(s) built1748

Baagh e Naazir (Urdu: باغ ناظر; "Garden of Nazir") was built by the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah Rangila's chief eunuch (Urdu: خواجة سرا, romanizedKhwaja Sara) Nazir in 1748 (1161 A.H.).[1] It is located in Mehrauli, near Jamali Kamali and Mehrauli Archaeological Park.

This garden contained a number of pavilions, the most notable among which was made of red sandstone. Others were made of stone and plaster. The garden was surrounded by a stone wall, large sections of which still exist.[as of?]

Sir Syed Ahmad Khan's seminal work on the monuments of Delhi, Aasar us Sanadeed, contains a description and a sketch of the monument as it appeared in 1854.

The area has now[as of?] been taken over by Ashoka Mission,[2] a Buddhist organization.

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References

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  1. ^ Beale, Thomas William (1881). "Roz Afzun, Nazir" ناظر روز افزون خواجة سرا. The Oriental Biographical Dictionary. Asiatic Society of Bengal. p. 225.
  2. ^ "State of Conservation" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2013.

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