Hazira Maqbara

The Hazira in Vadodara is the mausoleum of Qutb-ud-din Muhammad Khan, tutor to Prince Salim, Akbar's son and successor, and of his son Naurang Khan, who held high office in Gujarat under Akbar. Qutb-ud-din, uncle of Akbar's foster brother Mirza Aziz Koka (three times governor of Gujarat), died in 1583 at the hands of Muzaffar Shah III, Gujarat's last sultan.

Built in the manner of the Mughal tombs of Delhi, it rises from a high octagonal platform with small gates at the cardinal points and five arches on each side, under a double dome. The real grave lies in an underground chamber, with a false grave in the tomb chamber above, where Quranic verses in Arabic are carved on lintels, arches and above the stone screens. Traces show the roof parapet once had brick-red merlon designs. The tomb seems to have stood in a garden, and a stepwell across the modern road to the west may have watered it.