Safdarjung Mirza Muqim Abul Mansur Khan, who was popularly known as Safdarjung, who ruled over Awadh (Oudh) was an independent ruler of Awadh as viceroy of Muhammad Shah. The structure was constructed in 1754 in the late Mughal architecture style The tomb is located near the Safdarjung Airport at the T junction of Lodhi Road and Aurobindo Marg (earlier name Mehrauli Road) in New Delhi. This was the first time someone outside the immediate imperial Mughal family built themselves such a tomb and garden complex, reflecting the greatly diminished powers of the emperors by this date. The tomb, within a garden, is in a late version of the style of earlier Mughal imperial tombs, most famously the Taj Mahal, with inside "eight paradises" ( hasht bihisht) or eight rooms around the main chamber under the dome, and a garden divided into four parts outside. Safdarjung, Nawab of Oudh, was made prime minister of the Mughal Empire ( Wazir ul-Mamlak-i-Hindustan) when Ahmed Shah Bahadur ascended the throne in 1748. The monument has an ambience of spaciousness and an imposing presence with its domed and arched red, brown and white coloured structures. It was built in 1754 in the late Mughal Empire style for Nawab Safdarjung. Safdarjung's tomb is a sandstone and marble mausoleum in Delhi, India.
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