ata-ullah was the engineer that built the bibi ka maqbara in aurangabad.
ata-ullah was the engineer that built the bibi ka maqbara in aurangabad.
who is the engineer that built the bibi ka maqbara in aurangabad?
ata-ullah
the comparison to the taj mahal has often obscured its very own considerable charm. due to the strong resemblance, it is also called the "dakkhani taj" (taj of the deccan). the bibi ka maqbara is the principal monument of aurangabad and its historic city. an inscription found on the main entrance door mentions that this mausoleum was designed and erected by ata-ullah, an architect and hanspat rai, an engineer respectively. ata-ullah was the son of ustad ahmad lahauri, the principal designer of the taj mahal.
bibi ka maqbara
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three years after dilras' death in 1660, aurangzeb commissioned a mausoleum at aurangabad to act as her final resting place, known as bibi ka maqbara ("tomb of the lady"). it is notable that aurangzeb never raised monumental edifices during his half-a-century reign, but made just one exception, that is, to build the mausoleum of his wife. here, dilras was buried under the posthumous title of 'rabia-ud-daurani' ("rabia of the age"). the bibi ka maqbara bears a striking resemblance to the taj mahal, the mausoleum of dilras' mother-in-law, empress mumtaz mahal, who herself died in childbirth.
dilras banu begum