MAHDI, Kanauj (Tahkhana ke Dargah ke Sheikh)

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

What appears to represent a sunken, man-made rock cut chamber (or cellar) used for secular purposes, reports Mrs. Meer HASSAN ALI (note 1) from beneath a mosque without specified name (Dargah ka Sheik Mahdi) close to one Baallee Peer Kee Durgah (Baallee Pir ke dargah) or Baallee Peer's Durgah [note 2) at Kannoge (note 3): … a vaulted suite of rooms denominated taarkhanah [note 4], intended as a retreat from the intense heat of the day; such as is to be met with in most great men's residences in India.What appears to represent a sunken, man-made rock cut chamber (or cellar) used for secular purposes, reports Mrs. Meer HASSAN ALI (note 1) from beneath a mosque without specified name (Dargah ka Sheik Mahdi) close to one Baallee Peer Kee Durgah (Baallee Pir ke dargah) or Baallee Peer's Durgah [note 2) at Kannoge (note 3): … a vaulted suite of rooms denominated taarkhanah [note 4], intended as a retreat from the intense heat of the day; such as is to be met with in most great men's residences in India.