Tomb of Shah Rukn-e-Alam

The tomb was built between 1320 and 1324 CE by Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq in the pre-Mughal architectural style.[1] The tomb is considered the earliest example of Tughluq architecture, and pre-dates Tughluq monuments in Delhi.[2]

The tomb was built when Ghiyath al-Din served as governor of Dipalpur, and likely was intended to serve as a tomb for himself,[3][1] before he became Emperor of the Delhi Sultanate. Rukn-e-Alam had initially been buried in the Shrine of Bahauddin Zakariya,[3] however, the present tomb was gifted by Muhammad bin Tughluq to the descendants of Rukn-e-Alam,[4] who had his remains interred in the shrine in 1330.[3]

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