SHIHAB UD- DIN (Cave of)
27.166700,78.050000
Description
A man-made, dug-out troglodyte underground dwelling of unspecified nature (note 1), is (or, perhaps, was) situated somewhere outside of Delhi. CULTURAL HISTORY: Ibn BATTUTA (ca. 1355 for 1325-1354, edited by GIBB, H.A.R. 1929 reproduced 1998: 212): I had visited the shaykh Shiháb ad-Din in his cave outside Delhi. GIBB, H.A.R. (1929 reproduced 1998: 362 note 16): In a previous section, omitted in this edition, Ibn Battuta relates at length the history of Shaykh Shiháb ad-Din. He had incurred the sultan's displeasure first by refusing to take office under him, and spent someyears in an underground dwelling he dug for himself near Delhi, and which contained several rooms, store-rooms, an oven and a bath.A man-made, dug-out troglodyte underground dwelling of unspecified nature (note 1), is (or, perhaps, was) situated somewhere outside of Delhi. CULTURAL HISTORY: Ibn BATTUTA (ca. 1355 for 1325-1354, edited by GIBB, H.A.R. 1929 reproduced 1998: 212): I had visited the shaykh Shiháb ad-Din in his cave outside Delhi. GIBB, H.A.R. (1929 reproduced 1998: 362 note 16): In a previous section, omitted in this edition, Ibn Battuta relates at length the history of Shaykh Shiháb ad-Din. He had incurred the sultan's displeasure first by refusing to take office under him, and spent someyears in an underground dwelling he dug for himself near Delhi, and which contained several rooms, store-rooms, an oven and a bath.
Documents
Bibliography 06/01/2018- [Ibn] Battuta, Muhammad Ibn-Abdallah Awamiri, circa 1355 for 1325-1354 (edited by Defrémery, C & Sanguinetti, B R 1874-1879; edited by Mzik, Hans 1911; edited by Gibb, Hamilton A R 1929 reproduced 1988).
Histoire
EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1341: Ibn Battuta visited the pious shaykh Shiháb ad-Din (Shiab-ad- Din, Shibab Uddin, Shihabuddin), who had renounced the world and stood in a self-made 'cave' of sorts.
Cavités proche
Distance (km) | Nom | Longueur (m) | Profondeur (m) |
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0.0 | FIROZ SHAH's TUNNELS | ||
0.0 | KAMAL UD- DIN (Cave of) | ||
3.8 | Agra Fort Undergrunds [Cave of Sheikh] | ||
48.2 | HATHRAS TAHKHANA | ||
185.1 | MAHDI, Kanauj (Tahkhana ke Dargah ke Sheikh) | ||
277.4 | JIYA RANI MAHAGUFA, Ranibag | ||
281.6 | Mahadev Gupha | ||
282.0 | Nainital Cave 1 [Ducluzaux 1993d: 35] | ||
282.0 | Nainital Cave 2 [Ducluzaux 1993d: 35] |