Mahabat Maqbara

Mahabat (not Mohabbat) Maqbara Palace, also Mausoleum of Bahaduddinbhai Hasainbhai, is a mausoleum in Junagadh, India, that was once home to the muslim rulers, the Nawabs of Junagadh. It was built by Nawab Mahabat Khan II of Junagadh (1851–82).

Mahabat Maqbara Palace Bahaduddinbhai Hasainbhai Maqbara
Mausoleum
Tomb of Bahar-ud-din Bahar

The city of Junagadh has other 18th-century mausoleums built by the Nawabs in the area around Chittakhana Chowk. This architectural marvel is known for amalgamation of Indo Islamic, Neo Gothic and European style. The minars and dome are Islamic in nature, the sculpture and pillars are gothic in style. The most unique and interesting fact about this mausoleum is that it has stairs from outside of minars, unlike others minars, like the Qutub Minar which has stairs from inside of minar.

At the time of India’s independence from British rule in 1947, incumbent ruler Mahabat Khan III elected to join Pakistan despite Junagadh having no common boundary with the new country. Under pressure from the Indian government he fled to Pakistan, and Junagadh reunited with India just three short months after declaring its independence.