The tomb (circa 1626) is right next to the mosque and is in a dilapidated state with little maintenance. This tomb was built by the tutor of Khairunnisa, daughter of the sixth Sultan of the Qutb Shah dynasty Sultan Mohammad Qutb Shah (1612-1626). Khairunnisa had built the Khairatabad mosque (which stands next to this tomb) for her tutor Akhund Mulla Abul Malik - and he seemed to have built this tomb for himself - as was the custom during the Qutb Shah times - for self- burial. But he passed away on his Haj pilgrimage and the mausoleum is empty. There's one such in the Qutb Shahi tomb necropolis which was unfinished and there is no one buried there if I remember right.
The structure is beautiful though.
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| A view of the tomb (1626 circa) |
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| Plants growing out of the msoque |
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| Jostling for space with new constructions |
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| Beautiful work |
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| Another view |
Not a soul in sight. It lies in a small lane just off the Khairatabad mosque. A short walk and we are at the Khairatabad centre where there is a huge library and where the tallest Ganpathi in the twin cities is installed every year. I could see some old 60s type houses, a crowded locality.
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| Old house |
There is a railway line that one must cross if one approaches the area from the main road and then the chourasta and it leads off to Prasad's IMAX if you keep following the road. To the right come the mosque and the tomb. If you head straight down the mosque you land up next to Meera theatre and where the old Rajdoot hotel was once. Never knew!
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