Hazira Maqbara

Hazira Maqbara

"Hazira Maqbara" is a Tomb of Qutbuddin in the city of Vadodara, in the state of Gujarat, western India. Built around 1586, the Tomb of Qutbuddin (the army general of the Great Moghul king Akbar) has beautiful windows carved in stone; there is an old step-well in the large grounds surrounding it. It is one of the oldest Moghul monuments of the city of Vadodara.


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