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Tomb of Ataga Khan

Tomb of Ataga Khan is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Tomb of Ataga Khan rather than just read about it. In short: The Tomb of Ataga Khan is a 16th-century mausoleum located in the outer limits of the Nizamuddin Dargah complex in Delhi, India. Built during the reign of Mughal Emperor Akbar, it was dedicated to Ataga Khan, an important noble of Akbar's court.

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Reference excerpt

The Tomb of Ataga Khan is a 16th-century mausoleum located in the outer limits of the Nizamuddin Dargah complex in Delhi, India. Built during the reign of Mughal Emperor Akbar, it was dedicated to Ataga Khan, an important noble of Akbar's court.

History Ataga Khan was Mughal Emperor Akbar's prime minister, and husband to Jiji Anga, one of Akbar's wet nurses. In 1562, he was murdered by Adham Khan, a general of Akbar, as a result of jealousy and court intrigue. Adham Khan himself was immediately killed via defenestration as punishment on the orders of an enraged Akbar. Subsequently, Akbar ordered the construction of a mausoleum for Ataga Khan. Anthony Welch speculates that Ataga Khan's second son Mirza Aziz Koka was more directly responsible for the patronage of the tomb. The tomb's architect was Ustad Khuda Quli, while its calligrapher was Baqi Muhammad from Bukhara. Construction of the tomb began in 1562 and was completed in 1566. In 1905, the colonial government's Archaeology Department reached an agreement with the hereditary guardians of the tomb to split custody, whereby conservation of the site would be directed by archaeologists, and repairs would be financed by the government. In return, public access to the site would be allowed, save the central tomb, and with the exception of the urs ceremony, when the site would be closed. This agreement was made through the terms of the Ancient Monuments Preservation Act of 1904.

Architecture The tomb of Ataga Khan draws from the form of previous Indian tombs. Particularly, it takes after the cube-shaped structure typical of Delhi tombs; the building is a cube of side length 10 m. The tomb features an outer dome of diameter 4 m, under which is an inner dome. The entrance to the structure is from the south, through a wooden door. Located in the outer limits of the Nizamuddin Dargah complex, the site on which the tomb lies is raised compared to that of the dargah courtyard. The primary building material of the tomb is rough sandstone. This is faced with red sandstone (inlaid with coloured stones) and white marble (featuring carved verses from the Quran). This kind of decoration draws from the Qila-i-Kuhna mosque. The interior of the tomb was once covered in plaster decoration, which today only exists in fragments. The particular choices made for the Quranic epigraphy on the tomb, as well as the structure's location in the saintly Nizamuddin Dargah, have been argued by scholars to be indicative of the honor and martyrdom status ascribed to Ataga Khan by the Mughals after his death.

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Example 1 — a first encounter with Tomb of Ataga Khan

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Tomb of Ataga Khan claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Tomb of Ataga Khan before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Tomb of Ataga Khan ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Tomb of Ataga Khan

In research: Tomb of Ataga Khan appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Tomb of Ataga Khan in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Tomb of Ataga Khan is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 16th-century establishments in India, 16th-century establishments in the Mughal Empire, Buildings and structures completed in 1566, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Tomb of Ataga Khan outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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