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Bibi Ka Maqbara, Aurangabad,India

Too famous to be glorified by mere words, in Aurangabad

stands a little sad monument mimicking its big brother (TheTaj Mahal) is BIBI KA MAQBARAalso known as Baby Taj or

Dakkani Taj (Taj of the Deccan).

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The monument is a relica of the TajMahal, with beautiful car!ings built of

white marble, with four minarets at its corners and a flight of stes on the four

sides."t is an eitome of sacred lo!e and sanctity a child has for the mother.

This Mausoleum built by #rince A$am %hah & the son of 'meror Auranga$ebin the late th century is a lo!ing tribute to his mother, Dilras Bano Begam

(%he is also known by her osthumous title & *abia&ud&Daurani)

Built sometime between + - ++, the monument is an attemt to ri!al the

Taj Mahal built by his grandfather, %hah ahan. A$am %hah the oldest son ofAuranga$eb just could get a altry +,+/,012 Annas from his father Auranga$eb

for the construction who did not allow his son to send more money to built this

structure.

Bibi 3a Ma4bara is the rincial monument of Aurangabad and was designedand erected by Ata& 5llah and the engineer 6ansat *ai. Ata&5llah was the son

of 5staad Ahmad 7ahuri & the main designer of TA Mahal.

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8ot as sectacular as the Taj Mahal, yet a one time !isit to this monument

glorifying the lo!e and resect of a son for his mother at a time when Mughal

%ultanate was declining, is worth !isiting.

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