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 The burials at the Jafarganj Cemetery | |
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| Location | Murshidabad,West Bengal, India |
| Coordinates | 24°12′03″N88°15′45″E / 24.20083°N 88.26250°E /24.20083; 88.26250 |
| Type | Islamic |
Jafarganj Cemetery is located inMurshidabad, West Bengal, India.
Jafraganj Cemetery is located at24°12′03″N88°15′45″E / 24.20083°N 88.26250°E /24.20083; 88.26250.
TheNamak Haram Deorhi,House of Jagat Seth,Nashipur Rajbari,Kathgola Palace andTomb of Azimunissa Begum are all located nearby. One can reach the temple town of Rani Bhavani atBaranagar, on the other side of the Bhagirathi, by country boat from Ajimganj.[1]
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in Murshidabad city. Most of the places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map. A few, without pages yet, remain unmarked. The map has a scale. It will help viewers to find out the distances.
Jafargaj Cemetery was built byMir Jafar over an area of 3.51 acres within an enclosure of waved walls, about half a mile north to theNizamat Fort Campus and inside the campus ofNamak Haram Deorhi. It hosts the graves of the laterNawabs of Bengals of the Najafi dynasty, starting from Mir Jafar, and their family members whileKhushbagh, which was built by NawabAlivardi Khan, hosts the graves of the Nawabs of Bengal belonging to the Afshar dynasty and their family members. At present, this graveyard is controlled and maintained by theArchaeological Survey of India.
It is said that earlier there was a "Kitchen Garden" at the site of this cemetery which Shah Khanaum Begum (Mir Jafar's wife and Alivardi Khan's sister) was very fond of.
The Jafarganj Cemetery has the graves of the family members of the Nawab of Bengal. It hosts the graves of Nawab NazimHumayun Jah, his wives Umdat-un-nisa Begum, Amir-un-nia-Dulhan Begum, Sultana Ghetiara Begum and Rais-un-nisa Begum; Nawab NazimWalla Jah, his wife Nazib-un-nisa Begum; Mir Jafar and his wives Shah Khanaum Begum, Babbu Begum and Munny Begum; Nawab NazimMubarak ud-Daulah, his wife Faiz-un-nisa Begum; Syud Ahmed Nazafi, (Mir Jafar's father); Muhammad Ali Khan (Mir Jafar's brother); Bohu Begum, wife of Nawab NazimAli Jah; Nawab nazimNazam ud-Daulah; Nawab NazimSaif ud-Daulah; Babar Ali; Mehr Lekha Begum, (also known as Guiti Afroz Mahal), wife of Humayun Jah, who was previously amut‘ah wife and Ismail Ali Khan and Ashraf Ali Khan (the sons-in-law of Mir Jafar).
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Murshidabad travel guide from WikivoyageTourist attractions inMurshidabad | |
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| Kathgola | |
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