Jamali Kamboh
Shaikh Jamali Kamboh (Shaikh Jamal-uddin Kamboh Dehlwi, also known as Shaikh Hamid bin Fazlullah, Dervish Jamali Kamboh Dehlwi, Shaikh Jamal-uddin Kamboh Dehlwi or Jalal Khan etc. ) was a 16th-century
He was father of Shaikh Gadai Kamboh.[1] Jamali Kamali Mosque and Tomb are situated in Mehrauli Archeological Park, close to the Qutb Minar.
Biography
Jamali came from a
Jamali Kamboh was a poet at the court of Sultan Sikandar Lodhi. The Sultan who himself was a poet (he wrote poetry under the pen-name Gulrukh)[4] patronized learning and literary acquisitions and used to show his poetry to Shaikh Jamali Kamboh for corrections and improvement.[5]
As a poet of
Shaikh had once admonished Sultan
Jamali Kamboh died in 1536 AD while accompanying the
Tomb of Jamali Kamali
The tomb of Jamali-Kamali is situated just near the mosque on north side which has 7.6 m (25 ft) square structure. It is painted in sharp red and blue colours. It contains a few Koranic inscriptions. The inside walls are adorned with inlaid coloured tiles inscribed with Jamali's poems. There are graves of Jamali Kamali built of marble material.[10]
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Tomb of Jamali Kamboh,Mehrauli, Archeological Park, Delhi
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Graves of Jamali Kmali, Mehrauli, Archeological Park, Delhi
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Interior decoration on the roof of tomb of Jamali kmali, Mehrauli, Archeological Park, Delhi
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Closer view of interior decoration on the roof of tomb of Jamali kmali, Mehrauli, Archeological Park, Delhi
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- ^ Social and Cultural Trends in Islamic India, 1206-1719 A.D., 1989, p 148, M. P. Srivastava - India.
- ^ Journal of Research (humanities), 1977, p 4, University of the Punjab.
- ^ Journal of Research (humanities), 1977, p 4, University of the Punjab; Mirati Sikandari Or, The Mirror of Sikandar, 1899, p 195, Sikandar ibn Muḥammad (Manjhū Akbar Sikandar ibn Muḥammad); Iranian Influence in Mughul India, 1978, p 4, Yar Muhammad Khan.
- ^ Note: "Amir Khusrao who flourished during the reign of Alauddin (1295 AD-1315 AD) was called the "Phillip Syiney of the East" (see fn 1, Mirati Sikandari Or, The Mirror of Sikandar, 1899, p 195).
- ^ Dictionary of Indo-Persian Literature, 1995, 278-79, Nabi Hadi - Biography & Autobiography.
- ^ Journal of the Asiatic Society of Pakistan, 1963, p 101, Asiatic Society of Pakistan - Oriental philology.
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